(Quick News Africa)- Deutsche Post DHL Group, generated more than €57 billion in revenues during the 2016 financial year, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
In response to this, DHL Express, and arm of the company, in its annual “Employee Appreciation Week,” gave a special recognition to about 4000 of its staff in Africa.
“This year, this Africa-wide initiative was run in the month of June in over 50 countries impacting over 4,000 employees,” said DHL in an official statement circulated by Africa Press Organization (APO).
“Special meals, giveaways, fun team activities and long service awards are just few of the ways we are celebrating, recognizing and rewarding our employees across the continent,” says Paul Clegg, vice president, human resources, DHL Express sub-Saharan Africa.
With about 350,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL connects people and businesses, enabling global trade flows.
According to Deloitte’s 2017 Global Human Capital Trends report, while employee engagement is increasingly being recognized across the globe as an integral component of business success, relatively few companies have begun to build programs, strategies and teams that understand and continuously improve employee engagement.
While calling for a proactive role in understanding and improving employee experience in companies, especially those that operate in competitive global economies, the study also suggests that pushing out these engagement programs and strategies is becoming increasingly vital to business bottom-lines.
This is because when companies succeed in attracting and retaining skilled employees, these employees will in turn provide excellent customer experiences.
“At DHL Express, we have a full scope of supporting programs, such as Certified International Specialist (CIS), a cultural change program that all employees across sub-Saharan Africa go through, along with regular reinforcement training and our Certified International Manager program, which focuses on ensuring that leaders have the right leadership and social skills to support and develop their teams,” said Clegg.
