ODAŞ follows a comprehensive strategy to support the individual employee development and ensure long-term sustainable corporate success. The company’s core values—"Dynamic," "Collaboration" "Improvement "Reliability" and "Discoverer"—play an important role in its business processes and relations with stakeholders.
ODAŞ's corporate values, which are deeply integrated into the company culture, form the basis of all business processes. According to research published in the Harvard Business Review, companies with strong corporate values increase employee loyalty and support the efficiency and long-term success of the organisation.
By internalising these values, ODAŞ supports the individual development of its employees and makes them feel stronger in the company. The company, which also stands out with its ability to be open to change and adapt quickly to new situations, encourages the development of innovative approaches by keeping its employees' desire to explore alive.
ODAŞ’s Values Guide Employees
ODAŞ embraces an approach that seeks to explore diverse opportunities across various sectors. This strategy serves as a key factor in supporting the company’s entrepreneurial spirit. At the same time, by strengthening internal communication through its values, ODAŞ creates a dynamic and innovative working atmosphere, positively affecting the way employees do business.
ODAŞ People and Culture Director İnci Arıkan states that corporate values are designed in accordance with the company's current structure and future goals. ‘Our values guide our colleagues on their career journeys. Our content, which we regularly update through digital platforms such as ODAŞ Online (intranet), helps our colleagues understand the values in depth.
Both Entertaining and Teaching
ODAŞ aims for employees to internalise values not only theoretically but also through fun and instructive activities. To strengthen teamwork and support the integration of values into business processes, ODAŞ organizes quizzes and digital values games.
Comprehensive training programmes are also offered. Discussing the training processes, Arıkan said, "Our behavioural competencies training focuses on collaboration, results-driven performance, and fostering innovation. In these trainings, our colleagues experience how to practically apply the values through group work and case studies. For all organisations, values reflect the atmosphere of the company. At ODAŞ, we don’t just encourage our colleagues to adopt these values; we also believe in lifelong learning, as highlighted by our Improvement’ value, and we consider our experiences as a guide on this journey. Through these values, we aim to contribute to their future career paths."
Future projects and practices
Arıkan, who also shared ODAŞ's future projects and practices, said, "We have developed projects to make our values more visible to our colleagues in both physical and digital environments. We’ll continue to organise surprise events, trainings, and seminars throughout the year in line with our ODAŞ values calendar. With these practices, which will both entertain and contribute to learning, we’ll address both the theoretical and practical aspects of the values, helping our colleagues gain more knowledge and awareness in this regard."
The Social Benefit Awards, organized by Dünya Newspaper, spotlight outstanding social responsibility efforts by the private sector, public institutions, and local governments. In 2023, ODAŞ People Volunteers Program to address societal challenges with a sense of social responsibility. Throughout 2024, the program recorded 2,709 volunteer hours with 12 diverse projects, positively impacting environmental, humanitarian, and educational domains. Collaborating with organizations such as TOHUM Autism Foundation, KAÇUV, AFAD, and KEDV, contributing through fundraising, earthquake preparedness, and various social campaigns.
The program's 2024 achievements include notable successes. During an event for KAÇUV’s Umut Café, the highest single donation was secured, covering treatment costs for 87 children with cancer. Volunteers who ran the Istanbul Marathon for the TOHUM Autism Foundation broke the individual donation record. On April 23, volunteers didn’t forget the children affected by the Kahramanmaraş earthquake. Moreover, over 100 books were donated to a library at the Village Life Center in Çan, supporting the education of young people.
Provides trainings with a culture of readiness
During the 6 February earthquake, a team of 100 experienced miners from ODAŞ voluntarily participated in search and rescue operations. These efforts once again highlighted the critical importance of sfast, effective, and informed responses during disasters. For this reason ODAŞ established a Search and Rescue Team at the Çan2 Thermal Power Plant to more prepare for future disasters with a culture of readiness A total of 47 volunteers underwent 1,080 hours of training and participated in the AFAD accreditation process. Within the scope of AFAD, covered safe operations, risk assessment, rescue management, and effective management of rescue operations. Additionally, they were also supported the team, equipping them to enhance their preparedness.
‘We’ll continue to create value with our projects that touch the society’
Yasemin Aydınlar, Corporate Communications Manager at ODAŞ, emphasised the importance of crowning the projects they have implemented with success in the eyes of the public and stated: “This award is an indicator to our vision of creating social benefit and the commitment of our colleagues to volunteering activities. The ODAŞ People Volunteers Programme integrates volunteerism as an essential part of our corporate culture.” “This initiative, which provides solutions to a wide range of social problems, offers a volunteering model that is compatible with ODAŞ's values and is sustainable. The recognition of the programme with this award once again highlights our company’s commitment to creating benefit-oriented impact in the field of social responsibility. Receiving this award alongside two of our volunteer miners, representing our search and rescue team that participated in earthquake relief efforts, is especially meaningful for us. As ODAŞ, we’ll continue to create value through projects that make a difference in society,” she added.
ODAŞ follows a comprehensive strategy to support the individual employee development and ensure long-term sustainable corporate success. The company’s core values—"Dynamic," "Collaboration" "Improvement "Reliability" and "Discoverer"—play an important role in its business processes and relations with stakeholders.
ODAŞ's corporate values, which are deeply integrated into the company culture, form the basis of all business processes. According to research published in the Harvard Business Review, companies with strong corporate values increase employee loyalty and support the efficiency and long-term success of the organisation.
By internalising these values, ODAŞ supports the individual development of its employees and makes them feel stronger in the company. The company, which also stands out with its ability to be open to change and adapt quickly to new situations, encourages the development of innovative approaches by keeping its employees' desire to explore alive.
ODAŞ’s Values Guide Employees
ODAŞ embraces an approach that seeks to explore diverse opportunities across various sectors. This strategy serves as a key factor in supporting the company’s entrepreneurial spirit. At the same time, by strengthening internal communication through its values, ODAŞ creates a dynamic and innovative working atmosphere, positively affecting the way employees do business.
ODAŞ People and Culture Director İnci Arıkan states that corporate values are designed in accordance with the company's current structure and future goals. ‘Our values guide our colleagues on their career journeys. Our content, which we regularly update through digital platforms such as ODAŞ Online (intranet), helps our colleagues understand the values in depth.
Both Entertaining and Teaching
ODAŞ aims for employees to internalise values not only theoretically but also through fun and instructive activities. To strengthen teamwork and support the integration of values into business processes, ODAŞ organizes quizzes and digital values games.
Comprehensive training programmes are also offered. Discussing the training processes, Arıkan said, "Our behavioural competencies training focuses on collaboration, results-driven performance, and fostering innovation. In these trainings, our colleagues experience how to practically apply the values through group work and case studies. For all organisations, values reflect the atmosphere of the company. At ODAŞ, we don’t just encourage our colleagues to adopt these values; we also believe in lifelong learning, as highlighted by our Improvement’ value, and we consider our experiences as a guide on this journey. Through these values, we aim to contribute to their future career paths."
Future projects and practices
Arıkan, who also shared ODAŞ's future projects and practices, said, "We have developed projects to make our values more visible to our colleagues in both physical and digital environments. We’ll continue to organise surprise events, trainings, and seminars throughout the year in line with our ODAŞ values calendar. With these practices, which will both entertain and contribute to learning, we’ll address both the theoretical and practical aspects of the values, helping our colleagues gain more knowledge and awareness in this regard."
