BBK, Bahrain’s pioneer in retail andcommercial banking, further underscored its position as an employer of choice with the implementation of its new Employee Recognition Programme
The programme, which recognizes and rewards all BBK employees, is aligned with the Bank’s philosophy that a motivated and engaged workforce translates into a superior banking experience for its customers.
BBK’s CE Mr A.Karim Bucheery, praised  the programme by saying; “A motivated team of employees is the most important competitive advantage in today’s fast paced business world. The Employee Recognition Programme fully engages our employees with the Bank’s customer – centric values, motivating them to achieve even higher levels of performance. It does this simply by showing gratitude for those that live the BBK values in their everyday work life and go the extra mile.”

Hassaan Burshaid, Assistant General Manager – Human Resources and Administration added “Recognition creates a positive culture in the Bank, where management is actively rewarding employees doing a greatjob. Creating an environment of gratitude inside the Bank, radiates out to our customersand translates into a better banking experience for all BBK’s customers and shareholders.”

The programme, which replaces the existing Employee of the Month scheme and the Star Service Excellence Award, has increased the number and frequency of awards presented to employees, and includes casual ‘Spot Awards’ and ‘Monthly Awards”.

The ‘Spot Awards’ recognizes employees for everyday acts of professionalism and innovation.

The ‘Monthly Awards’ acknowledges a higher-level of achievement with three classes of appreciation Gold, Silver and Bronze  and are granted to deserving employees for their extraordinary and notable achievement toward the Bank’s performance and productivity based on a predetermined criteria approved by the Top Management. Gold and Silver ‘Monthly Award’ winners will be recognized in a ‘Day of Appreciation’, which will be held on a monthly

“Our employees play a crucial role in enabling the Bank to create and achieve standards of operational excellence and we appreciate this. At BBK we endeavor to be an employer of choice and as such we are dedicated to empowering and motivating our employees to reachtheir full potential through training, development and recognition,” added Mr. Burshaid.

The new programme commenced effective April.

We are proud to announce the first batch of winners for the months of April and May 2013, Mohammed Abdulla Bucheery from Information Technology Division, Rashed Abdulrahman Al Ahmed from Treasury and Investment Division and Zainab Habib Ebrahim from Retail Banking Division as winners of the Gold category and Shafi Al Mannai from Human Resources and Administration Division, Jaffar Juma A.Aziz from Operations Division and Hessa Jassim Al Nisuf from Financial Planning and Control Division , as winners of the Silver category.