Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB) has launched a new internal initiative to improve communication between staff members and top level management.

It involves a random selection of employees being invited to have lunch with chief executive Khalil Al Meer on a monthly basis as part of the innovative drive, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

The luncheon is the brainchild of the human resources department of KHCB and stems from its duty to promote the free expressions of speech and personal opinion among the bank's employees.

Al Meer said this series of monthly luncheons herald a new era for KHCB, one that promotes fully fledged transparency and a feeling of homogeneity among our employees.

“This endeavour not only exemplifies our commitment towards providing a free environment that induces increased efficiency and work rate but also, ultimately results in KHCB offering the most innovative and practical products and customer oriented and interactive services that the banking and finance industry in Bahrain will have on avail,” he said.

“This is just one of our many such internal ventures that constantly strives to instil an immaculate and coherent work ethic among the members of our staff and this is an integral part of our new three-year strategy, which aims to align our resources with the aforementioned strategy towards achieving the overall organisational objectives, thereby encouraging the concept of growth from within.

“We are confident of the success and enormously positive impact that this undertaking will have on our overall output and capacity and look forward to introducing many more initiatives such as this that align with our vision of constantly innovating so as to consolidate our position as premium and reliable financiers in the kingdom,” he said.

Headquartered in Bahrain, KHCB is a leading Islamic retail bank, providing a comprehensive range of high quality Sharia-compliant banking services and investment solutions to both individual customers and corporate clients. - TradeArabia News Service