Putting a culture of learning into action
By Elizabeth Eyre (December 2007 Issue)
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“Our culture is one of empowerment. We tell our staff: 'you’re empowered to do this. Here are the tools to do it. You’re not alone – you’re part of a team’. This creates trust and, from that, you get buy-in from your staff.”
That’s Martin Fojt, chairman and HR director of magazine and database publisher Emerald Group Publishing, on the benefits the company has seen from its new corporate
university learning initiative.
More than 40 of Emerald’s 190 staff have graduated from the university since it opened its doors two years ago, including ten earlier this year, and it is continuing to expand and develop its action-based learning approach.
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