Golden Star rewards dedicated staff

By Juliet AGUIAR, Bogoso

Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea) Limited (GSBPL) has presented packages to 143 employees of the company who have served for five years and 10 years respectively.

They received certificates, packets of roofing-sheets and table-top fridges for their hard work, commitment and dedication to the sustainability and growth of the company.

Mr. Neale Naffin, the General Manager of GSBPL speaking on the theme “Redefining labour’s contribution to the business”, pointed out that every company has two resources that it relies upon to be successful -- the first is the product and the other is the human resource.

He noted that no company can be successful without the product and its human resource, therefore it is important for employees to perform to the best of their abilities and add value to what they do.

“We must all play leadership roles in safety, production and ensuring effective cost-management practices” -- as we progress and get a firm grip on our challenges, the continuous  improvement of the business ultimately depends on efforts and contributions of our employees,” he added.

He said since the implementation of the long-service awards six years ago, 980 employees have been beneficiaries and this constitutes about 94% of the workforce -- the amount spent to date on the long service awards is US$650,000.

Mr. Francis Eduku, the Human Resource Manager of GSBPL, explained that employees’ strength, skills, abilities and knowledge as well as foresight and insight are the main driving force for organisational success.

“We need to move toward fresh boundaries and initiate organisational breakthough by valuing our values, being ethical, innovating and simplifying our organisational processes,” he said.

According to him, employees cannot afford to do what others are doing -- because if we continue to do what others are doing, we will get the same results; we have to do things differently to make a positive difference.

“We need to be committed to what we do; succeed as business, grow the economy and create more jobs for current and future generations,” he said.

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