Company: BOH
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-031193
Chunk: 21

Company: BANK OF HAWAII CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 21
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 thrive, contribute and succeed. As of December 31, 2024, approximately 88% of our workforce identifies as minorities (non-Caucasian) and approximately 61% of our employees are female. Among our senior leaders and managers, 82% are minorities and 59% are female. We conduct regular external pay equity studies to evaluate compensation practices and confirm that gender pay gaps do not exist. Our commitment is to create a workplace where every individual feels valued, known, empowered and inspired.

Leadership and Employee Development: We are committed to the success of our teammates and have focused on their growth and development both personally and professionally. We nurture a collaborative, digitally connected workplace aligned to the changing needs of the work environment. Skills and professional development training is provided to employees at all levels, with additional development sessions specifically targeted to managers and leaders. Making Leadership Excellence a Priority is a key component of the Employee Experience, and we need our leaders to deliver exceptional employee experiences and develop the successful workforce of tomorrow. Key initiatives include the continued support of executive coaching to elevate leadership capabilities, a new senior leader development series called the Leadership Excellence Forum, a competitive Leadership Development Program, a hybrid Pathways to Professional Excellence cohort with 36 employees from Oahu, the neighbor islands and the West Pacific and an enhanced online performance management process that empowers the employee to own the first step of the performance review process.

To help maintain Hawaiʻi’s special culture of ‘ohana and working together toward common goals, continued attention was paid to engaging teammates in a hybrid environment. Based on employee feedback from surveys, online and in-person sessions were continued in 2024 to connect with employees and encourage collaboration. “Recruit Connect” continued in 2024 to help teammates identify job opportunities within the Company and find out more about them. In some cases, sessions led to referred candidates joining the Bank, and to current employees finding a new career path. “Manager Excellence Forums” continued in 

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2024 as a platform connecting managers so that they can learn from and support one another when facing real management issues and discuss practical solutions. Manager engagement has been key to navigating the ever-changing business environment, and these forums help managers stay connected and improve their management skills while moving forward with their teams. Topics have included: Evaluating Employees and Meaningful Conversations to prepare our managers for the 2024 Performance, Merit & Bonus season, Rising Team, and how our leaders can continue to build stronger team dynamics. “Rising Team” continued to be a