Waitrose supports employee development with online tool

13 Oct 2011

by: Margaret Snell

Waitrose has launched PartnerLearn, an online tool to provide personal and team development to partners across its business.

Developed in partnership with The Open University (OU) and Ashridge Management College, Waitrose says that PartnerLearn will help its 47,000 employees achieve their full potential by enabling them to fit professional development around their other commitments.

Partners can choose when and where to access content including four of The OU’s continuing professional development (CPD) courses on personal and team development, and more than 100 20-minute bite-sized modules covering a wide range of topics from maximising your potential to leading your team and achieving excellence.

There is also an enabling performance programme to provide managers with the tools they need to develop themselves and the partners they manage. This covers a range of techniques to enhance effectiveness including coaching, feedback, rapport-building, listening and questioning.

Jo Kelly, head of talent at Waitrose said: “We’re a rapidly growing company so it was important that we came up with a new tool to help embed learning and development across a large and complex business. PartnerLearn will be integral in our continued commitment to help all partners develop their skills and achieve their career aspirations.”

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