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MTO Projects Program

In Feb 2020, 56 fresh Management Trainee Officers (MTOs)
were inducted in different departments at Interloop Hosiery and
Denim. Due to Covid-19 pandemic situation, there was a
country-wide lockdown in March 2020 which resulted in partial
completion of MTOs’ orientation and their induction program
was delayed. After the relaxation of lockdown, Interloop Way –
People (ILW) team commenced an MTO Project Program on
June 1, 2020 to keep the inductees engaged in business
activities.
Each MTO was assigned a project, designed to assess his/her
capability and potential with a completion timeline of 4-6 weeks.
The objective of this program was to explore MTOs’ creativity
and intelligence and to bring the best out of them in this early
stage of their working career. The ILW-People team marked the
project areas; BPW Focus Groups, Functional Projects and MTOs getting briefed about the program at Interloop Denim Plant
General Projects related to Covid-19, Health & Safety,
Automation, etc.
MTOs were briefed about the program through different
sessions conducted in batches at Plant 1 & 3 while observing all
safety precautions. The sessions covered the program design,
its purpose, process, and outcomes followed by a refresher on
Uniform Behaviors. Department Heads assigned mentors to all
MTOs for guidance, direction setting, and successful completion
of projects. A mandatory EHS guideline of working on & off
premises and from home was also provided to the participants.

Saira Taimur Khan, Senior General Manager, Strategic HR/L&D,
conducted company’s virtual training on Mentoring Skills on
Zoom on Jun 16, 2020. The training was provided to 38 selected
mentors simultaneously. The 2-hour online training session was
very interactive and received positive feedback from the
Hasnain Abbas, Head of Interloop Way - People conducting the briefing participants.
session with MTOs at Plant 1

Uniform Behaviors: Leadership Online Trainings

In 2019, Interloop Limited launched Uniform Behaviors; a covering 3 levels of employees. Employees at Level 1 will be
complete manual about how to conduct business across the trained about the basics of applying each Uniform Behavior,
organization. Over the years, Interloop has developed a robust Employees at Level 2 will be trained about the complete
organizational culture based on the strong foundation of implementation of each Uniform Behavior and the employees at
company’s Mission, Vision & I-Care Values. The Uniform Level 3 will be trained about the strategic importance and the
Behaviors manual has been developed to replicate the same implication of each Uniform Behavior. Keeping the Covid-19
culture across rapidly growing multiple businesses. In this pandemic situation and Health & Safety SOPs at Interloop
regard, an initial awareness session; ‘The Great Debate’ was Limited, in perspective these trainings will be conducted through
held in 2019, attended by the company’s senior management & the virtual platform.
executives.

To help people develop the six Uniform Behaviors; Work Ethics,
Customer Focus, Team Work, Communication, Leadership, and
Problem Solving, it was deemed important to create awareness
about these at every level of the organization. The Interloop
Way-People team, being the custodian of this program,
distributed Uniform Behaviors book among all executives after
the launch of this program last year.

Progressing into the next phase of this program in 2020,
Interloop’s Learning & Development (L&D) team is keen on
delivering trainings during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic
situation. The plan is to initiate trainings from August 2020

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