Lotus positions itself wisely
HOW DO YOU BOOST STAFF ENGAGEMENT IN A FAMILY-RUN BUSINESS?
Throughout the years, inspiring staff and being socially responsible have been company core values.
Strategy
Our human resources (HR) policies are built upon promoting harmonious workplace relations, opportunities for employee development, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
At Lotus, people are our most important asset. We believe in encouraging everyone to develop themselves to their full potential, and to take on responsibilities and new challenges.
Since the early 1990s, we have been organising overseas staff outings during good business years to thank our employees for their hard work, and to celebrate all of our past successes.
Starting from the Taiwan company outing in 2011, trips have been combined with employee development and test-marketing practices to offer staff members the chance to experience newly-designed travel routes, so that they can share their personal experiences with customers to enhance the quality of client service while enjoying themselves.
Comments from staff members about these different routes are taken into consideration for the design of future tour packages.
To promote a caring culture in the workplace, we have adopted a family-friendly policy. We offer female staff year-long paid maternity leave, and male employees three months' paid paternity leave.
The company is active in charity work to help people in need, both locally and overseas. We collaborated with the Salvation Army Japan to donate 400 scarves made by Lotus Tours staff to victims of the 11 March tsunami, while spreading the message that Tokyo is a safe travel destination.
Our staff also participated in a fundraising bicycle tour in Taiwan. Locally, we've delivered blankets and moon cakes to the elde