Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) chief human resources officer, Fatima Haidar, was recently named Government HR Leader of the Year during the annual Government HR Summit Awards in Abu Dhabi.
The summit brought together GCC government and public sector HR leaders to discuss a broad agenda that featured regional best practice and attraction strategies to bring Arab women into the workforce.
The award judges recognised Haidar’s leadership in harmonising the national strategies of both workforce development and healthcare
improvement.
The award submission highlighted a number of recent projects which have had a significant positive impact at HMC. These included the decentralisation of HR offices to establish offices in each hospital; the introduction of HR Self Service, reducing the amount of paperwork and time spent on administrative processes; and the launch of the National Development Programme which welcomes more and more new Qatari employees to HMC each month.
“I believe this award is recognition not only for myself, but for my team’s ambition and hard work in delivering the very best for employees of HMC. As Qatar’s largest employer, HMC’s Human Resources Department faces significant challenges - but I am proud of the way my team has risen to these challenges over the course of the past year and achieved significant progress,” said Haidar.