Ghanim Al-Kuwari receiving the award from David Dale as (from left) Qatargas head of training and education Lloyd Lazarus, Adnan Al-Shaibi, Abdulaziz Al-Mannai, head of Qatarization and national development Ali Al-Sulaiti, and head of competence development and performance management Erik Spurgin look on.
Qatargas has achieved Gold level status, making it the only company in Qatar to be accredited with the “Investors in People” (IiP), an international business improvement tool.
Achieved in November 2013, the accreditation makes Qatargas’s learning and development (L&D) department the only L&D department in any LNG company worldwide to merit this award.
The award also places Qatargas’s L&D Department in the top 5% of IiP accreditations around the world.
Ghanim Al-Kuwari, chief operating officer (administration), Qatargas, received the Gold Accreditation award from IiP director (operations) David Dale during a ceremony held in Doha.
The awarding ceremony was also graced by Qatargas L&D manager Adnan Al-Shaibi and Qatargas human resources manager Abdulaziz Al-Mannai.
IiP is an international business improvement tool administered by UK Commission for Employment and Skills and supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). It was launched in 1991 and is now a network spread across over 70 countries, consisting of over 23,000 organisations of all sizes representing all sectors.
The IiP framework has been developed over 21 years with some of the world’s leading businesses. Accreditation is awarded following a thorough assessment based on the IiP framework, which sets out a clear structure and benchmark for improvement “to help every team be the very best they can be.”
The Qatargas L&D Department applied to join IiP International and work towards accreditation for the department with the objective of raising its performance in communication and customer services to the best international standards.
All staff members of the L&D Department were engaged in all aspects of process improvement and equipped with full understanding and knowledge to be able to participate fully in the strategic aims of the department.
Each employee was interviewed over a three-day period and challenged to give practical examples of how the department communicates, how it demonstrates the Qatargas values, and how the it contributes to the bottom line return on investment for Qatargas.
