RIYADH: Dale Carnegie Training®, one of the world's leading human resources and management consulting organizations, presented its prestigious Leadership Award Sunday to Mobily, a leading Saudi telecommunications operator.
Mobily and its managing director and Chief Executive Officer Khalid Al Kaf, became the first entity in the Arab world to be granted the prestigious Dale Carnegie® Leadership Award.
Chairman & CEO Mr. Peter Handal of Dale Carnegie presented Mr. Al Kaf with the award at a ceremony held in Riyadh.
"We are delighted to recognize Mobily for its ongoing commitment to the development of a corporate culture based on their six values, Open, Respect, Energy, Progressive, Contemporary and Success that foster trust-based empowerment at all levels of the organization," Mr. Handal said.
"We recognize those qualities that separate the truly great companies: commitment to providing excellent service and quality products to their customers, dedication to their employees' growth and understanding of the value of employees, and a sense of obligation that compels them to a high level of community involvement. It is for these reasons that we want to acknowledge and recognize Mobily as a truly formidable organization," he added.
Mr. Al Kaf lauded the role played by Dale Carnegie at Mobily saying: "There is no doubt that Dale Carnegie Training® has contributed to the success of our people and business."
"As we work to promote the attitudes and behaviors aligned with our new six values, Dale Carnegie Training® has been an integral part of our emphasis upon human resources training and its importance to our business is quite clear," he added.
For Mobily, the award is recognition and honoring by Dale Carnegie Training® for the way Mr. Al Kaf and his team at Mobily have been able to create a unified culture as they continue to acquire and merge various telecommunication operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and abroad.
"It is truly admirable that an organization as large and successful as Mobily continues to believe and stay committed to the success of every individual within their organization. They have been able to create a sense of teamwork and a unified culture and, at the same time, have continued to successfully continue with their aggressive acquisition strategies," Mr. Handal said.
In 1985, Dale Carnegie Training® established the Leadership Award with an international scope. The award is granted to a company that places special emphasis on the development of its human resources, innovation and organizational creativity for the purposes of achieving its business objectives. The award recognizes companies that use human resources management parallel to their technology, thereby becoming major contributors to the development of their countries' society and economy. Among the companies and people who have been granted the award are Daimler-Chrysler Corporation and its president Mr. Lee Iacocca, SAS Scandinavian airlines and its CEO Mr. Jan Carlson.
Mobily is a rapidly growing Saudi telecommunication operator. The company has the largest enhanced 3rd Generation mobile network in the Kingdom and the region, based on high speed packet access (HSPA) technology and offers a converged line of mobile voice and data products and services. In 2008, Mobily had revenues of SAR 10.8 billion and had a customer-base of 14.8 million customers.
Dale Carnegie partners with middle market and large corporations, as well as organizations to produce measurable business results by improving the performance of employees with emphasis on leadership, sales, team building and interpersonal relations, customer service, public speaking and presentations and other essential management skills. The courses are available in 27 languages throughout the world; they cover the entire United States and reach over 70 countries. Dale Carnegie includes as its clients 400 of the Fortune 500 companies. Approximately 7 million people have experienced Dale Carnegie Training.
Dale Carnegie's corporate specialists work with organizations to design solutions that unleash the potential of employees, enabling organizations to reach the next level of performance. Dale Carnegie Training offers in-house customized training, corporate assessments, online reinforcement and one-on-one coaching.
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Mobily also honored some 130 of its employees as Brand Champions after they had received intensive training on leadership and communication skills.
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