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The Emirates Group awarded 35 employees on Thursday for going above and beyond their call of duty.
Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Emirates airline and Chief Executive of the Emirates Group, presented the "Najm Chairman's Award" to eight individual and team achievements at a ceremony that took place at the Emirates Group headquarters.
The grand ceremony saw hundreds of colleagues, families and friends in attendance. All winners also received a monetary award.
"Across the group last year we continued to grow our operations, business footprint and improve our product offering. These milestones are important markers of business achievement; what's equally if not more important is our people at every level who make our plans and goals a reality through their dedication and talent," Shaikh Ahmed said.
"Day in and day out, our employees are making a difference for our customers, for their colleagues, and for our business. Today we are proud to celebrate the most outstanding employees and their contributions in the past year to the Group's reputation and success."
Najm, which means "star" in Arabic, is the group's reward system that acknowledges employees all year round for their excellence, commitment and innovation in what they do.
This year, the Emirates Group recognised over 10,000 achievements by its employees throughout this financial year.
The Najm Chairman's Award, however, is the highest tier that employees can achieve through a rigorous selection process voted by department heads and senior management. Since 2008, over 60 awards have been given out to the brightest stars of the company at a ceremony that takes place every January.
The Najm Chairman's Award 2015-16 winners were recognised for a range of outstanding achievements - saving lives, dedicating their time to create innovative solutions for the business, circumventing a serious incident, demonstrating professionalism in utmost adversity, and delivering service excellence.
Zeeshan Haris, Maxie Kari, and Shabbir Ahmed Yusuf were Najm Chairman's Award winners from Emirates SkyCargo who developed the "White Container" to protect cool chain shipments from the UAE's scorching sun. The container's thermal insulators stop cargo from overheating when sitting on the tarmac.
Supreet Singh, Safaa Khanfar, Ali Choker and Sathish Jeyakumar from Emirates Group IT were recognised in the Najm Chairman's Award for developing a smart baggage tag. The smart baggage tag notifies passengers when their baggage arrives on the baggage carousel. The prototype developed by this team among the firsts in the industry; it was successfully tested in four major airports during production, with tag reading rates increasing from 85 per cent to 98 per cent.
Craig Cole and Peter Miller from Alpha Flight Catering - part of dnata Australia - received the Najm Chairman's Award for their commitment to saving their colleague's life. When they discovered that their colleague passed out on the floor during a shift, Cole and Miller managed to keep calm and acted sensibly in a life-threatening situation. They set up a defibrillator and took turns at performing CPR while waiting for the emergency services to arrive, and eventually saved their colleague's life.
- business@khaleejtimes.com
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