The DDI Canada Award for
Best Learning & Development Strategy
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“Our leaders are fantastic – they give us the latitude to dabble and to be creative and to do all sorts of crazy things” KATHY KESTIDES City of Vaughan
“DDI is very passionate about growing talent within organizations and accelerating them, and this honours the people who do that” ADAM TAYLOR Managing director DDI Canada
AFTER EXTENSIVE preparation, including employee surveys, manager roundtables, operational reviews and municipal benchmarking, the City of Vaughan finally rolled out its remarkably comprehensive learning & development strategy in December 2014. The three-year project put countless resources at the fingertips of every employee, including 10 organizational and development series on a wide range of topics such as communication, technology, workplace safety, people management and municipal government. Catering to a diverse workforce with varied learning styles, the organization now provides more than 100 offerings in different formats
such as instructor-led sessions, e-learning opportunities, forums, think tanks, secondments, job shadowing and many more. Particular focus was also given to the learning & development of new recruits, which is now broken down into several segments and offered in various formats. As a result of the recently implemented learning & development strategy, the City of Vaughan’s employee engagement score has skyrocketed – initially, only 9% of employees agreed that the organization strongly supported learning & development, whereas now 60% say the same.
FINALISTS BC Hydro
AWARD SPONSOR
Canadian Tire Retail
Development Dimensions International (DDI) is a leading global human resources consultancy, specializing in leadership assessment and development. We transform the way companies hire, promote and develop leaders across the entire pipeline. Only two in 10 companies have the leaders to meet tomorrow’s business challenges. That’s where DDI comes in. Obsessed with the science of leadership. Four decades of experience. Across thousands of organizations. One million better leaders. Across 93 countries.
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