HD Hyundai chairman meets with young employees for Hi-5 Day

HD Hyundai Chairman Chung Ki-sun, third from left, high-fives an employee during the group’s Hi-5 Day event at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ training center in Ulsan, Tuesday. Courtesy of HD Hyundai

HD Hyundai Chairman Chung Ki-sun met with 170 young MZ generation employees of the conglomerate, Tuesday, for an informal communication session and pep talk.

Chung met 97 “change agents” and other employees in their 20s and 30s at the training center of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. The participants came from the group’s subsidiaries, including HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai Construction Equipment and HD Hyundai Electric.

The event, dubbed Hi-5 Day, was part of Chung’s series of offline meetings with employees on site following his appointment as the conglomerate’s chairman in October.

During the four-hour meeting, Chung shared how he has been striving to improve the workplace. This was followed by a Q&A session, turning the gathering into an idea-sharing forum.

Participants discussed what constitutes an “ideal employee” and areas for improvement in HD Hyundai’s organizational culture. Chung asked the young employees, “When was the moment you felt you matured the most at HD Hyundai?” and “What motivates you the most to work proactively and embrace challenges?”

Earlier this month, Chung made kimchi with employees at the Global R&D Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, as part of a donation project. Last month, he visited the construction site of HD Hyundai Electric’s power distribution manufacturing plant in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, as well as HD Hyundai Energy Solution and HD Hyundai Construction Equipment sites in Eumseong County, also in North Chungcheong Province.