Dialog Awards is a game changer, enabled by MTI Consulting

A successful conclusion of Dialog Awards 2020 marks a key milestone for Dialog Axiata PLC of a decade long journey of this unique HR initiative which Dialog along with MTI Consulting, conceptualised in 2011. For the 10th consecutive year MTI Consulting has been the independent judging partner and lead facilitator to enable Dialog to successfully conclude the event during this tough global situation, MTI said in a media release.

It said the Dialog Awards aims to identify, motivate and recognise the employees of Dialog who have been untiringly working to explore innovative technology solutions to empower and enrich Sri Lankan lives and enterprises.

A ground-breaking success in human resource management as the focus of the award programme was to recognise and reward, achievements and contributions of highly performing teams and individuals at Dialog, enabling and driving Dialog’s performance excellence towards the reinforcement of Dialog’s position in the highly competitive sectors that it operates. Over the years, MTI, in addition to providing an independent evaluation of nominated initiatives, has assisted Dialog in the annual review of the awards process through the assessment procedure to better recognize employees.

To mark the decade long journey of Dialog Awards, MTI’s digital team joined hands with Dialog to completely digitalise the award process, allowing judges and participants to join remotely from multiple locations, locally and internationally. This allowed MTI to not only be the Independent Judging Partner for the event, but also to assists Dialog in the annual review of the awards process through the assessment procedure to better recognise employees. Digitalisation of the Awards also allowed both Dialog and MTI to reduce the carbon footprint of both the organizations and allowed both teams to embrace a paperless culture strongly believed by Dialog and MTI.

“Standing tall as Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, we are what we are today because of our people. Dialog Awards has given us the opportunity to recognise and reward our team for the incredible value they add to take Dialog to even greater heights” stated Dialog Axiata PLC’s Group Chief Executive, Supun Weerasinghe. “Year on year, MTI Consulting has remained a vital partner for Dialog Awards, developing and continuously improving the awards process and serving as an independent judge,” he further added.

“We are very pleased to be a part of Dialog Awards serving as an independent external partner once again. Since its inception, Dialog and MTI have worked together to critically review and improve the process, making Dialog Awards one of the most relevant, comprehensive and scientifically measured organisational awards programme covering all spheres and functions of the company. Despite the global pandemic, teams at Dialog have managed to implement hundreds of initiatives related to Dialog’s annual performance which were evaluated by MTI. The initiatives included some very insightful and game changing initiatives that will have immediate and long-term impact to Dialog’s overall performance” said MTI CEO Hilmy Cader.

Against the backdrop of the pandemic, the Dialog Awards 2020 event was successfully conducted as a grand, interactive virtual event, the first of its kind in the company’s history and the country.

Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, who led the organization as Group CEO from 1997 to 2016 and is now the Chief Executive Officer – Telecommunications Business & Group Executive Vice President of Axiata Group Berhad, commented, “MTI has remained a vital partner to the Dialog Awards, developing and continuously improving the awards process, and serving as a referral external evaluator. The Dialog Awards epitomizes several of Dialog’s core values including but not limited to Exceptional Performance, Uncompromising Integrity, Team Work and Service from the Heart. Dialog’s leadership in Sri Lanka’s Telecommunications industry is derived in no small measure from the excellence of our people.”