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mystarjob.com, Saturday 21 March 2015
Best of
the best
Going behind the sceneS
Group photo for Aon Hewitt Best Employers Malaysia 2015
High employee
engagement
l Employees speak highly about their
organisation
l Employees intend to stay with the organisation
l Employees feel motivated to make extra
effort to meet business goals
Compelling
employer brand
l Organisations are well known and have
good reputation in the market
l Organisations ensure people joining the
company experience what they’d imagined
l Organisations deliver on the promises
made to employees
l Organisations have employees who are
proud of being part of, and can clearly
explain what makes their organisation
different
Effective
leadership
l Leaders who provide a clear vision for the
organisation
l Employees who believe that leaders make
good business decisions
l Employees who are treated as a valued
asset and think that communications from
their leaders are open and honest
High
performance
culture
l Employees are aware of their goals and
how they contribute to the organisation’s
overall performance
l Employees share in the overall success of
the organisation
l Excellent career and employee learning
opportunities
Figure 1
A
ON Hewitt Best Employers
– Malaysia is back again! In
the 2015 Malaysia study,
Aon Hewitt recently recognised 10 companies as best
employers.
The Best Employers in Asia-Pacific
study started in 2001 with a three-fold
aim:
l to provide insights into how to
create real competitive advantage
through people.
l to explore what makes a workplace
of choice.
l to identify the best employers in
the region.
Research from the study has
shown some interesting common
traits between organisations that are
deemed best employers.
Comparatively with other organisations, they:
l achieved double the growth in
profit.
l achieved over 20 percentage points
higher employee engagement levels.
l observed lower employee turnover
levels.
l observed higher percentage of
employees being internally promoted, particularly managers.
The ‘hows’
The 2015 study offers a professional, data-driven approach to recognising the best employers through the
use of three data sources, an external
judging panel and larger coverage in
Asia-Pacific.
Aon Hewitt identifies four measurable factors as vital in contributing
to a best employer recognition (See
Figure 1).
Special recognition
awards
The study also featured three special recognition awards to acknowledge organisations with best practices
in these areas:
l Engaging Gen-Y
The millennials is increasingly in
search of careers that are able to
cater to higher needs: opportunity
for development, purpose, alignment
of personal and company values, and
work-life balance.
l Engaging women in the workforce
With diversity and inclusion practices being key on many organisations’
agenda, it was important that the
study highlighted what organisations
are doing to attract, engage and retain
women in the workforce.
l Commitment to engagement
Consistent engagement and credible people initiatives are key features
on the journey to be a best employer,
as employee engagement becomes a
continuous process not to be taken for
granted in the long-term.
Methodology
The best employer study process
is rigorous, conducted over a ninemonth period.
1. Data Collection
l Data comes from three sources:
n Employee opinion survey (EOS) –
gather employee perception
n People practices inventory (PPI) –
gathers information about policies
and practices
n CEO survey/questionnaire –
captures CEO’s approach to
managing people and business
2. Judging
l Five panel judges assembled from
various industries
l Panel judges deliberate on data
collected without company names
revealed (masked data)
l Panel judges also provided with:
n Talent management effectiveness
data
n Business performance and HR
effectiveness data
3. Announcement
l Aon Hewitt Employers – Malaysia
2015 announced
THE JUDGING PANEL
JOHAN
MAHMOOD
MERICAN
was appointed
chief executive officer (CEO) of Talent
Corporation Malaysia Bhd (TalentCorp)
since its establishment on Jan 1, 2011.
TalentCorp focuses on building partnerships, particularly between leading
employers and relevant public agencies to address the talent needs of
Malaysia’s economic transformation.
Johan was previously the principal
private secretary to the Minister in the
Prime Minister’s Department and he
has 20 years of experience in policy
development, corporate finance and
accountancy in both the public and
private sectors in Malaysia and the
United Kingdom.
He holds a first class honours
degree in Economics from the
University of Cambridge and is a
member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in England and Wales.
ROSHAN
THIRAN
is CEO of
Leaderonomics
– as social enterprise dedicated to
democratising leadership development for the masses. Prior to this
role, he was the director of global
talent management with Johnson &
Johnson overseeing global talent programmes.
He was also with the General
Electric Co for more than 13 years,
working in a number of roles in various cities in the United States, Europe
and more recently across Asia. He
started his career with Exxon-Mobil in
the United States.
He writes various business columns
on leadership and hosts a number of
leadership TV and radio shows.
He engages with the public via
Facebook at www.facebook.com/
roshanthiran.leaderonomics and via
LinkedIn.
JENNY OOI
is the head
of human
resource for USG
Boral. She champions its people as
USG Boral’s competitive advantage
to impact and improve the way the
world lives.
She brings with her over 20 years
of diverse working experience in the
field of finance, supply chain, business
development and human resources
(HR). Under her leadership in her
past role as the senior HR director of
Agilent Malaysia, the organisation has
garnered accolades as an employer of
choice, including as a Aon Hewitt Best
Employer 2013.
Ooi has also been recognised by
various organisations for her role as a
HR leader and HR professional.
Ooi is a graduate of the Royal
Chartere​d Institute of Management
Accountants (UK).
SAJITH
SIVANANDAN
is managing
director of Google
Malaysia, where he oversees sales,
partnerships and business development operations in the country.
Previously he was the head of
travel vertical sales for Google SouthEast Asia, where he looked after the
growth of online advertising in the
travel sector for the region.
He has also held key sales and
management positions at Affle UK Ltd
(a mobile media startup), the Gallup
Organisation and Star TV.
Sajith holds a Master’s degree
in Business Management with
Distinction (majoring in Finance) from
the Asian Institute of Management
in Manila, an MBA (majoring in
Marketing) from the Fore School of
Management in New Delhi, and a
Bachelor’s degree (majoring in History)
from Delhi University.
A. WAHAB
BAKAR has
more than 35
years of corporate
experience in the airline, oil and gas,
mining, financial institution and food
and beverage industries.
He is currently vice-president of
Malaysian Employers Federation,
and serves as a board member of
a few companies, such as HRDF of
MoHR and GEMS Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of TalentCorp. He represents
the International Organisation of
Employers, a Geneva-based organisation for Asia-Pacific on the Policy
Forum for European Development
Corporation.
He is a graduate in Economics
(Applied Economics) from Universiti
Malaya, alumni of International
Management Development,
Lausanne, Switzerland and London
Business School.
Wahab is also the co-author of the
book Your Dream Job published in
2009.