AstraZeneca is a company that values Science, Patients and People meeting patients’ needs; They follow the science bringing all the innovative science possible scaling up the practice of the partners. They put patients first making the maximum difference in patients’ lives through the innovative medicines. They play to win; they collaborate, coach and transfer learnings & best practices.

They do the right thing; they are disciplined and focused on outstanding execution. They are entrepreneurial taking smart risks for faster and better decision making.

The company is guided in its work by a strong set of values that enable the people to do their business in a right way. The company hires people who share the passion for science and believe that everyday can make a difference. The company seeks the best talents and develop winning teams. They encourage the people to take and adopt calculated smart risks and learn from both success and failure. And most importantly, they value the corporate social responsibility as part of the sustainability strategy and are committed to serving the communities in which they live in. Moreover, they foster a collaborative engaging culture to make people feel comfortable in their second homes, while ensuring the right balance between their corporate and business lives.

The people are offered a career not only a job through the company learning & development culture and career progression opportunities. The company created a future for the employees through having a clear career path and development plan tailored to each individual’s needs and enrolling them in several developmental programs that would help build talents and create future successors.

The past year was exceptional across all aspects as the situation around the world with regards to COVID-19 has been evolving. But despite the challenges, the company was able to make good progress on the business agenda with several improvement initiatives.

The company has adopted a “Work from Home” culture where our employees are trusted to deliver on both their business and personal responsibilities and most importantly treasure the health and safety of our people.

The company stopped all travel plans, replacing physical with virtual meetings and utilizing technology through the digital platforms.

Following the value of putting patients first and the social responsibility towards patients, AZ has donated a fully equipped ambulance to the Lebanese Red Cross. In addition, they have supported the different governments and MOHs across Near East & Maghreb during the pandemic by the donation of N95 face masks.

• Performance driven
• Enriching
• Inspiring
• Motivating
• Engaging

Ooredoo is operated by the collaboration and dedication of talented individuals, all of whom are driving Ooredoo to be the number one choice for world-class communications services in Maldives. In the face of intensifying competition, rapidly advancing technology and rising customer expectations, nothing is more important to our success than our team - and it's a team that you can be part of. At Ooredoo, we welcome the ‘new’ – new approaches, new knowledge, new expertise and new experiences. Some of our learning initiatives include :

• Continuous leadership development interventions
• Skill development on new technology
• Adopted the digital way of working
• Academic upscaling through Education Assistance Scheme (EAS) for our employees

Ooredoo Maldives’ employees visited the Children’s Orphanage – an annual event, where the employees spend a day with children engaging in different games and activities. The company launched a first of its kind Accelerator program - NIRU, 360-degree learning based business program for new entrepreneurs passionately working towards social change, with access to the right resources, seed funding and connecting to great mentors with valuable connections to powerful networks.

Ooredoo Maldives partnered with UNDP since 2016 to host Miyaheli - the first Social Innovation Camp in Maldives to improve our community through innovative solutions, which is followed by an itch workshop where they are trained to turn the ideas into reality.

Ooredoo Maldives donated a Smart Campus, a Digital Classroom to Maafushi Prison. The Digital Classroom can hold different courses and educational programs of different levels to build skills and prepare the detainees to reincorporate themselves in the society and for employment.

The company also launched a Digital Literacy Program for the elderly, aimed to contribute to bridge the age and gender based digital divide. Building a strong and long-lasting bond with our communities is of great importance to our team, and we continued our engagement with the public with fun and memorable annual events such as the Ooredoo Mas Race and the Ooredoo Color Run – the biggest the most colorful run in the Maldives.

• Anchoring on our Employer Branding:
• Empowering and Supportive Culture
• Innovative and Entrepreneurial Company
• Global and Influential Fun Brands
• Fast Phased and Dynamic

• Corporate Social Responsibility Programs Annual
• Corporate Employee Programs (Christmas Party, Trick or Treat, Sports Events, Be Fit and Fab ,etc.) and Wellness Programs
• Leadership Assemblies for Management Team and Key Leaders and Employee Town Halls
• Coffee Chat Sessions (with our employees and Management Teams)
• Annual Engagement Survey (to pulse check employee productivity and engagement)

• Annual corporate trainings on Technical, Leadership and General Management that addresses year on year individual development plans
• E-learning Platform (all throughout the year)
• 4 training per employee with full certification Educational Loan (for further studies support)

They only celebrate When Everyone Can. As 70% of our employees are in Sales-related roles, it’s important that they always feel connected to each other and to the Leadership Team as, they know how vital each person is to the team success.

It is crucial that each of the people are focused on what’s important for them to succeed today and there is also a common expectation that all of their colleagues will be doing their part in the best interests of the team.  The reason is that people really care about each other.  Not just about being successful, but the ability to draw on each other’s strengths to continue to drive the overall company forward in good and in bad times.

They encourage employees to attend conferences and development workshops to allow them to enhance their knowledge, improve situation awareness, encourage “future-thinking” and to gain new insight from external sources.

The company is committed to helping the community. They support organizations, such as UNAIDS as well as support and attend country-wide events like “Run for a Cause” and “World Teachers Day”. Their individual employees also have charitable causes that they support.  The Filipino culture is one of helping and supporting others, so it is no surprise that the culture of our company is also very proud to be that way.

The company strongly encourages the development of expertise and mastery of any given role. However, along with the depth of a skill set, which allows an individual to perform at a level that is higher than needed most of the time, iNova believes strongly in a breadth of understanding across the organization.

The sharing of skills, learning on the job and from others, the transfer, rather than storage of knowledge is important but most is to encourage coaching and mentoring across the organization. They provide the team members the opportunity to learn both, formally and informally. There are competency-based training programs conducted almost every quarter for the Sales team to be fully equipped in their roles. They consider how they can provide challenging assignments to “ready-now” or “ready-soon” employees in preparation for higher roles.