I’m really glad to have joined DNV and really fortunate that they accepted me.
DNV is a maritime classification society that conducts surveys, audits, and provides advisory services to vessel owners/managers all over the world. They provide many other services in other industries and sectors such as oil & gas, energy, supply chain. I was in the maritime business development department.
DNV has collaboration as one of their core values. The team I worked with and everyone else I’ve interacted with has shown me that they truly believe in this value. Any time I ran into issues, I never felt that I could not approach my senior colleagues for help or advice. They were always happy to answer my questions and provide me with guidance.
Everyone is invited to contribute ideas on how to improve the company’s processes, be it interns or senior executives. Everyone’s ideas were given fair consideration and credit.
A great deal of trust is also given within the team. Everyone is expected to play their part and were trusted to carry out their duties. I was not micromanaged on how I carried out my assigned tasks, I was simply given the required knowledge and allowed to complete it how I saw fit. Granted, there are many layers between what I do and the final execution so mistakes made at my level would not be significant in the grand scheme of things. However, when I complete my tasks well and without mistakes, it makes the job of those who build off of my tasks easier. Instead of having to spend time to rectify my mistakes, they can concentrate on carrying out their jobs, which would ultimately impact the team’s performance.
Working together and cooperating seems so easy and logical. Yet, many somehow fail to grasp that. Or maybe they do but they prioritise their individual goals over that of the team and choose to sabotage others so they may rise higher.
