Airtel wins big at Best Employer Brand Awards 2017

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01Bharti Airtel Lanka won big at the 12th Employer Brand Awards held at Taj Samudra, Colombo. 

Airtel was awarded the Best Employer Brand Award during the ceremony hosted by the Employer Branding Institute in India.

The prestigious award ceremony has been rewarding highly acclaimed employer brands since 2010, recognising corporate entities for best practices.  

The recent award ceremony also recognised Airtel’s performance and excellence service under two important categories: best HR strategy and best HR strategy in line with the business. People are the asset that drives the business forward therefore Airtel’s HR Ssrategy is part of the overall business strategy. Numerous awards and accolades, topped with a continuous winning streak, stand testament to Airtel’s bottom-up approach in developing strategy, transparency and good governance. 

Unlike the traditional top-down strategy, Airtel takes pride in its highly innovative strategy which takes all stakeholders into account towards making a positive change. The company takes measures to review and revise strategies annually and customises them in line with internal and external stakeholders and market conditions. Moreover, the company’s CEO has shouldered the responsibility of cascading the strategy to all employees. 

Commenting on Airtel’s victory at the Best Employer Awards 2017, Bharti Airtel Lanka Chief Executive Officer Jinesh Hegde said: “People are the core of our business. The Airtel family believes in working together as a team towards a common goal. The recent victories through cross functional teams make leaders very proud, as the family has learnt and grown within the organisation and I believe this award is an endorsement of the same.” 

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