The leading health, wellness, and beauty retailer brand, Watsons Philippines, was recently awarded gold and silver recognition at the first annual Investors in People (IIP) Philippines Awards, a global affiliate company that provides advice and assessment services on people management.
The top honor is given to companies that champion the very best community of people who are driven by a purpose. It is about shining a light on a community – making a difference in people’s lives.
In the awarding that took place on July 27 at the Watsons Head Office, the brand received the Investors in People Sixth Generation People Management Practices Gold Accreditation and Investors in People Well-being Silver Accreditation. Watsons Philippines’ Managing Director, Danilo Chiong, received these awards on behalf of the Watsons community.
“It was such an honor receiving this award on behalf of the whole team. This has solidified our company’s ambition of having a good health and wellbeing strategy at the same having our principles in place. We have established a wellbeing vision and framework thus receiving positive responses from employees through our implemented initiatives,” Chiong said.
With Watsons scoring the gold level accreditation from IIP rightfully confirms that the organization has people practices in place and is successfully engaging the employees in creating a positive outcome or impact to the overall business.
Watsons was also awarded the Silver accreditation for Health and Wellbeing. The commendation assesses the organization’s employee wellbeing practices. Thus earning an IIP accreditation attests that a company’s people management initiatives are measured up with the international standards and best practices.
Criteria were based on a completed survey by Watsons employees giving their assessment of Watsons as an employer and organization specifically in the way it leads, supports, and improves people performance. About 85 percent of the total employees have completed the survey. Likewise, conversations, observations, and context discussions with the senior leadership team and a review of relevant documents were also part of the assessment conducted by Investors in People Assessors.
Watsons Philippines has also been an inspiring partner for Investors in People since 2016 which is aimed to lead, improve, and support the company’s initiatives to attain exceptional performance within the organization. The data used to develop the initiatives, the goals of wellbeing programs, the communication and implementation plans, and the engagement of employees on the wellbeing initiatives.