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Choithrams HR-T&D Official Newsletter

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Highlights  of the Megamart Bahrain Employee Engagement.
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HR-T&D achievements in the 1st Quarter of 2017.

what is employee engagement?p.
Sugar Espadera tells the need to engage employees.
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1st quarter Choithrams Training Achievers.
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1 FI Speak Out When do you feel
engaged at work?

Mona Shah

HR Coordinator

For me, I feel fully engaged when I become so
eager to go to work because I know that
something great is going to happen. It’s being
in a work place that gives me opportunity to
maximize my potentials. It’s being in a working
environment that upholds collectivism and
injects an element of fun in achieving corporate
goals. I am happy I am in one! Thank you
Choithrams Group.

Jagdish Wadhwani

Export Manager

As an Export Manager I have a lot of
responsibilities, deadlines, meetings and so
many things. Even with my busy schedule I
find time to chat with my team get to know
them; ask about their challenges; appreciate
them of any good things they have done or
just simply laugh with them. I do this because
that’s when I feel I am engaged at work. I
believe that work place should always feel
like your second home.

Neeraj Makhijani

Asst. Store Manager

Editorial Staff One is fully engage at work when he is fully
absorbed and enthusiastic about what he
Sugar Espadera does. Just like me. I always make sure that I
Editor-in-Chief take the extra mile in everything I do to help
the company achieve its goals. I believe that
ADassnociieatle EJodistoer when the company achieves its goals I also
Geethashree fulfill my personal goals.

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employee
Engagement?by: Kunal Wadhwani

Employee engagement is a workplace approach resulting Make them relevant and personal, and schedule
in the right conditions for all members of an organization regular meetings to ensure progress is tracked
to give of their best each day. With a sense of personal 3. Focus on Strengths:
well-being, it is about being committed to organizations Those seeking to improve engagement should focus
value system and be motivated to contribute, each day, to on the strengths of their staff, and on developing the
organizations success. areas where they are naturally strong. Where they are
Why is it important? weak, other members of their team will be strong, and
An engaged employee is one who feels a strong support can be given where needed.
emotional and personal connection to their workplace. 4. Carry your team:
They’re enthusiastic and passionate about their work, Customers can get two different prices, for the same
throw themselves into tasks with maximum effort and product, from two shop floor representatives. In a
always want to achieve the best possible results. large team, it is possible to encounter one employee
Strong employee engagement will be a key factor to doing one thing, while someone else is doing
influence organizations success. Having said that, something entirely different, possibly at odds with
engagement cannot take place on its own. Certain what their colleague is working on.
factors include: At times, employees want to feel essential and it may
1. Being a Good Boss: lead to a feeling of insecurity. Therefore, keeping
People do not leave organizations, they leave Managers. everyone in the loop and fully aware of what they
Disliking their manager is one main reason why an should be working toward is crucial. Discussing,
employee will leave their job, and even if they stay it’s organizations/ department level goals regularly will
unlikely they’ll put in maximum effort. create a confluence.
2. Set Achievable Goals: To conclude, as Richard Branson quotes, “If you take
Simple challenges to meet an arbitrary figure will not care of your employees/ teams, they will take care of
create employee engagement. You need to set the customers”.
meaningful goals.

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Highlights  of the Megamart Bahrain Employee Engagement.

“To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.”

-Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell’s Soup
What makes a good employee? When do you say that an employee is the best? How do you characterize an
outstanding employee?

For sure, many of you will have a plethora of answers to these questions. After all, we always want to have the
best so we can be the best.

The bigger question is, how do we get a hold of these type of employee pedigree? If you have them already, how
do you make sure you get to keep them in your team?

Employee Engagement is one of the best ways to attract and maintain quality employees. It brings about positive
behavior and affirmative attitude from employees, eventually leading to a collective and harmonious work
environment.

On February 2017, Megamart Bahrain sponsored series of engagement activities for retail, office and warehouse
staff. An estimated 300 Megamart Bahrain employees participated in different activities that showcased their
skills and their untapped potentials.

Here are the highlights of the 2017 Bahrain Employee Engagement.

Bowling
Tournament

The contest was participated by bakery
CSC's and F&V Stockers.
Contestants assembled the best sandwich
they can and through blind tasting the
winner was declared.

Obstacle
Challenge

The contest was participated by
bakery CSC's and F&V Stockers.
Contestants assembled the best
sandwich they can and through blind
tasting the winner was declared.

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The contest was participated by
bakery CSC's and F&V Stockers.
Contestants assembled the best
sandwich they can and through blind
tasting the winner was declared.

GM Stockers had a good time GM
acting like mannequins in the Challenge
GM Challenge. The task in
this contest is to do a proper
merchandising display with
contestants as mannequines.

Fresh This competition Task
Challenge determined the fastest Hunt
FMCG Stocker to properly
The Fresh Challenge was place price labels in the
product knowledge contest for shelves.
Butchers and F&V Stockers.

Awarding The culminating activity was held on the last day
were winners were awarded certificates and
mementos.
Employees who have shown great dedication to
their work were awarded Star Employee
Certificates.
Supermarkets who got the highest audit scores
for 2016 were also recognized.

1st QUARTER STARTER
HR-T&D Milestones for the 1st Quarter of 2017

February January

Selected Choithrams Shorooq Butchers have undergone Customer Service
Mirdif staff got the chance to training with the help of MLA.
learn Basic Arabic. Managers got the chance to learn how it is
The Choithrams JIP team had the to be an effective leader in the Leadership
chance to show how strong their Training conducted by James Vineeth,
bond is during the team building Leadership Consultant.
session conducted by HR-T&D. The PMI initiated Step Up program was
Bahrain Employee Engagement formally introduced to the Store Managers
was a total success. and Cluster Managers.

March

HR Training Audit kicked off in Qatar with 2
stores reaching the benchmark score.
New staff of Megamart Qatar were given an
overview of NBK and Choithrams Group.
Fresh staff from F&V and Butchery were trained
on the basics of merchandising, product
knowledge and wastage & expiry management.
Recently joined Cashiers and Stockers were
trained on the basics of their respective jobs.