TSKB Receives 6 Awards from Brandon Hall Group
TSKB achieved a great success and won a total of 6 awards, comprising 4 gold and 2 bronze awards, at the Excellence Awards by Brandon Hall Group, one of the world's most respected corporate award events evaluating human resources practices. TSKB has been awarded for three consecutive years at Brandon Hall Awards for its people-oriented approach. This year, TSKB received gold awards in the categories of Best Unique or Innovative HR Program, Best Recruitment Marketing and Employer Branding Program, Best Unique or Innovative and Development Program, and Best Employee Engagement Program. The Bank also received bronze awards in the categories of Best Extended Enterprise Learning Program and Best Use of Social/Collaborative Learning.
Distinguishing itself with sustainability practices focusing on inclusive development, TSKB (Industrial Development Bank of Türkiye) has reaffirmed its major success at the Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards, one of the world's most prestigious corporate award platforms, by adding 6 more awards to its tally. During the 24th Excellence Awards organized by Brandon Hall Group, TSKB received 4 gold and 2 bronze awards, crowning the previous awards it bagged for three years in a row thanks to its innovative human resources projects.
At the Excellence Awards, entrants are evaluated by an international independent jury under various categories in the field of human resources. TSKB received the gold award in the Best Unique or Innovative HR Program category with its ‘HR Representatives Program’; the Best Recruitment Marketing and Employer Branding Program category with its ‘Employer Branding in TSKB’ program; the Best Unique or Innovative and Development Program category with its ‘Sustainability Learning Journey’ program, and the Best Employee Engagement category with its ‘Employee Engagement Activities in TSKB’ program. Moreover, the Bank received two bronze awards, one in the Best Extended Enterprise Learning Program category with its ‘Sustainability Workshops’ program and the other in the Best Use of Social/Collaborative Learning category with its ‘Sustainability Learning Journey’ program.
TSKB Executive Vice President Özlem Bağdatlı: "Our priority is to build an employee experience that offers equal opportunities for everyone and puts learning at the core"
Stating that they shaped their human resources strategies on the basis of TSKB's sustainable and inclusive development approach, Özlem Bağdatlı, TSKB Executive Vice President for Human Resources, said, "TSKB is a brand that stands out in our sector with its highly competent and qualified human resources as well as its long-established history spanning almost 75 years. We are pulling out all the stops to further develop our deep know-how and share our experience with our new colleagues, and to create an efficient, productive and equal work environment by supporting intergenerational experience sharing. Our HR practices prioritize building an employee experience that offers equal opportunities for everyone and puts learning at the core. We have implemented various innovative practices to that end. We encourage open communication through our HR representatives program and have created a platform enabling our colleagues to actively contribute to organizational development. This program aims to improve communication and cooperation between HR and various departments and to enhance employee engagement. As part of our employer branding efforts, we not only provided information about good practices and career opportunities at our bank but also had the opportunity to contact potential candidates. In addition, we support our employees' lifelong learning through a myriad of practices including intern meetings and Career Workshop, which is a recruitment program for fresh graduates, as well as inspiration sessions with experts in the finance sector and trend talks with leading entrepreneurs. As part of employee well-being program, we organize exclusive events such as the Wellness Week and spot awards, where we come together to celebrate the achievements of our employees."
International Human Resources Success by TSKB
Özlem Bağdatlı emphasized that they maintained a focus on gender equality in their human resources practices and that they addressed employee well-being in a way that also included employees' families. "The relevant projects we have implemented have been awarded by Brandon Hall Group, a highly reputable organization. This is proof that our efforts to continuously improve employee experience are on the right track. As a financial institution which has adopted sustainability as its mission in every aspect, we will continue to invest in the future of both our bank and our employees through our innovative and value-oriented approach in human resources practices. These awards recognize our efforts to sustainably improve our qualified human resources, making us extremely happy and inspiring us to launch new programs. As the TSKB Family, we will continue to achieve new successes and create permanent value by working in synergy with our strong colleagues in the coming period."
