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Pete Gritton trains Interloop Executives on Performance Management CEO Visits Texlan Center

trainings to equip both appraisers and appraisees by On 19 Sept., 2018, Navid Fazil, CEO Interloop Limited visited
enhancing their skills for successful performance Texlan Center (Pvt.) Ltd., an associate company of Interloop
discussion, hence improving the overall performance. Limited. He was accompanied by Aqeel Ahmed, AVP Hosiery
Operations. The CEO inspected all the offices and work floors
Pete spoke about providing performance feedback to of the plant. Irfan Nazir, Plant Head briefed him about the
employees at the right time, in a respectful, positive and induction of the Nano bubble technology in processing which
constructive manner as it was the key to individual and helps reduce water consumption by 95%, chemical
organizational success. consumption by 71% and energy consumption by 48%, with
zero liquid discharge. Navid Fazil also saw the Product
He emphasized that when feedback was included as part of Development Center and Quality Assurance Lab and admired
regular, ongoing performance discussions throughout the the progress made by the company. In his address, the CEO
year, the employee, the manager and the organizations appreciated Texlan Center team for developing Texlan Center Irfan Nazir, Plant Head Texlan Center talking about the process
were all better off. Further sessions of the same training for as a progressive organization. improvements on the shop floor
remaining executives would be planned all through 2019.

Pete Gritton explaining key focus areas for roleplay activity
of performance management

Interloop Way - People team is dedicatedly working on
various dimensions of the Performance Management
System to make this tool more effective. In this context, the
‘How to Succeed in Performance Management’ training
was conducted at Plant 4, Interloop Industrial Park, on 31
Jul. and 2 Aug., 2018, for Middle Managers and
Department Heads. Pete Gritton, a Sr. Consultant at
American Links International, Adjunct Professor at the
University of Kentucky, USA and former Vice President, Navid Fazil, CEO Interloop appreciating the progress made by the teams at Texlan Center
Human Resource at Toyota North America conducted the Groups debating various outcomes of the performance discussion roleplay

ED People & OD Speaks at CERB Workshop
Mission Awareness Sessions
On 6 Nov. 2018, Faryal Sadiq, ED People & Organization from sourcing responsibly to reducing its carbon footprint,
Great success always comes with great company mission. They highlighted some Development along with Fauz ul Azeem, Sr. Manager from supporting labour rights to taking care of its
team work. To achieve a greater Company recent initiatives taken by the company for Corporate Sustainability & Strategic Management and communities while continuously growing the business.
Mission, it is imperative that the team betterment and convenience of its Hasnain Abbas, DGM Interloop Way-People, represented Faryal said, ‘Caring for our people and environment is part
members are acquainted with it, understand employees. Interloop during an interactive panel discussion on of our DNA and is integrated into our thinking ways,
it and believe in it. Corporate Positioning & Strategy for Sustainability, at the processes and policies. Like all our business practices, our
To ensure their undivided attention to the talk Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. sustainability philosophy is also driven by our Mission.
With this perspective, Interloop Way-People and the message, the production lines were That’s why we have well defined sustainability targets and
team planned an awareness campaign, completely shut down. This was followed by The workshop was organized by Centre of Excellence in are investing significantly on sustainability initiatives.’
being conducted across the whole a question and answer session between the Responsible Business (CERB), in affiliation with Pakistan
organization. team members and the Speakers. Business Council. The panel included Usman Hafeez, While answering the question about tool for implementing
Head of Brand & Customer Marketing, Akzonobel; Kamal sustainability culture at Interloop, she said that the
The 1st Awareness Session was arranged at Respective Plant Heads, Latif Zaib, Head of Mian, Director Fast Cables Limited and Mustafa Ahmad, company had engaged ex-Toyota employees from Japan &
Plant 1 in August, 2017 and these have Interloop Way - Lean, Saeed Ahmad, Head Manager Environment Health and Safety (EHS), US as consultants to design a structured way for the
continued throughout 2018 at Plant 1, 2, 3 & of Quality Assurance and Hasnain Abbas Bullehshah Packaging. Faryal spoke about the strategy for organization to carry on in a sustainable way. She also
4. Navid Fazil, CEO, Azhar Sadiq, Director Head of Interloop Way - People, were also culturing sustainability in the company. spoke about Interloop-Way comprising of Lean & People
Operations, Brig. (Retd) Ahmad Riza Siddiqi, present. At the end of each session everyone components, inspired by the TOYOTA Lean model. She
Executive Director and Shahid Hameed, in the hall read aloud Interloop’s mission She highlighted that Interloop’s Sustainability framework stated, ‘We are simultaneously executing People side of
Brig. (Retd) Ahmad Riza Siddiqi Head of HR & Admin were the key speakers statement. was based on the Triple Bottom Line approach comprising Lean & Process side of Lean models. The purpose is to
explaining Interloop’s mission
to talk to Interloop team members about the People, Planet & Prosperity and was focused on reduce wastages in all forms and make people &
transforming the way the organization conducted business; processes more efficient.’

Navid Fazil talking about various initiatives taken by the compnay Azhar Sadiq addressing the audience
Participants at the Transforming Business Culture Workshop organized by CERB Faryal speaking at the discussion forum

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