AUTUMN 2019 | OUR CULTURE STORY 09
U AND YOUR CAREER: HOWA UNIFYING CULTURE HELPS YOU SUCCEED CHAPTER FIVE
BE SUCCESSFUL Each of us has our own definition of success. We want to help our people define and achieve theirs. In doing so, we will ultimately contribute to the overall success of the firm. Last year, we gave more than 5,000 awards to our people to thank them for going the extra mile. These awards can be anything from a £75 instant award to a quarterly award of up to £2,500 for individuals and up to £5,000 for teams.
ALISON EAGLE, Head of People Development, keen gardener and cake baker In career development, we’ve revamped our trainee recruitment and Early In Careers programmes, as well as how we support people through exams. This must be working as we have some of the best exam scores in the country! We have a really comprehensive Learning Catalogue – with thousands of online training courses, TED Talks, Virtual Classroom events, technical workshops and over 250 days a year spent learning business skills, leadership programmes and development centres – to help people succeed in a way that matches their personal ambitions. We’ve formalised sponsorship for, and mentoring of, people with ambitions to be partner, and created a new range of partner development programmes so we can support our inspirational leaders of the future.”
Each year, we host an annual awards dinner, which recognises the ‘best of the best’ quarterly award winners. 52 people
across the firm gathered to receive their awards at a very special and celebratory event in London (and the next day off work too!). Last year’s ‘Managing Partner Award’ was handed to a team of 17 people from across our Global Outsourcing, IT, Legal and Marketing departments – a great example of collaboration in support of our clients.
At BDO, we have one very clear framework to guide our personal career development. Called ‘Achieving My Potential’ (AMP), it gives us a set of criteria that underpins our journey through our lifetime at BDO. This year, we have broadened our scope. In addition to the 1,000 Counselling Managers that attended the workshops in 2017, we have developed videos to support Objectives setting, guidebooks, templates and a video, in which our
ACHIEVING MY POTENTIAL
Managing Partner, Paul Eagland, talks about his key tips for career development, using AMP.
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