Employee development culture becomes integral to running a business

To effectively respond to the business cycle Standard Aero, a Canadian Aircraft maintenance and repair company, set out to build a multi-skilled workforce. The firm determined 20% of time should be spent on training and development, continuous improvement, and team building, and became aggressive on skills development and continuous improvement, starting at the front line up through to the executive table. Work was structured along standardised cell system work units, training was made into an o...

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9.4.2 Develop education and training programs.
9.4.5 Develop functional/process competencies
9.4.7 Develop team competencies