Build your Corporate Academy

Continuous growth and strategic skills: the heart of the Academy

Build your Corporate Academy

Continuous growth and strategic skills: the heart of the Academy

Launching a corporate Academy is a key strategy to address current challenges in the competitive arena, such as talent shortage, up-skilling and re-skilling of resources, engagement and management of corporate know-how. For this reason, corporate academies are gradually spreading not only in large enterprises, but also in SMEs.

An Academy makes it possible to spread corporate culture, standardize training plans and develop the strategic skills needed for sustainable growth. With the Corporate Academy, training is not approached as an on-demand activity, but is a long-term project, an integral part of the company's activities and transforming the company into a learning organization.

La design and launch of a corporate academy, in fact, allows theDelivery of a custom learning pathway on knowledge and specific and necessary skills for the organization.

Thanks to the presence of a corporate academy, it is possible:

  • Enhancing the intellectual or intangible capital of the organization
  • Promote and disseminate corporate culture and values
  • develop teamwork skills 
  • attracting and retaining talent 

Goals of a Corporate Academy

  • Facilitate the induction and training of new hires
  • Update and expand the knowledge and skills of corporate resources with a view to re-skilling and up-skilling
  • Fostering the sharing of business know-how and best practices
  • Reduce errors and improve the quality of work
  • Supporting generational transition and polyvalence of skills

The Steps for Launching a Corporate Academy.

Based on our experience, the launch of the corporate academy follows a structured path in 5 steps fundamentals:

1. Define - "Why"

  • Establish the vision and mission of the Academy
  • Identify strategic goals and expected benefits
  • Determine stakeholders and metrics of success

2. Analyze - "What"

  • Assess the current status of corporate training (AS-IS)
  • Analyze the processes of onboarding, training, and skills assessment
  • Identify skill gaps and organizational needs

3. Design - "How"

  • Creating an Academy Pilot Model (TO-BE)
  • Structuring training paths, methodologies and tools based on actual business needs
  • Define a structured implementation roadmap

4. Implement - "Now"

  • Launching the Academy in the pilot perimeter
  • Integrate new onboarding processes and training plans into business operations
  • Monitor results with KPIs and feedback

5. Climbing - "After"

  • Inaugurating the corporate academy
  • Standardize best practices and continually update training courses

Tools and Methodologies

To ensure the success of the Academy, it is essential to adopt appropriate tools:

  • Training Tools: Training materials , operating instructions, certifications, Learning Management System (LMS)
  • Assessment of Competencies: Skill Matrix, Training KPIs, Performance Appriasal
  • Models of Training:
    • Reactive training: interventions on immediate needs
    • Preventive training: prevention of training gaps
    • Proactive training: continuous skills development

Governance and Monitoring

Academy implementation must follow the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle:

  • Plan: Detailed planning of activities
  • Do: Implementation of training activities
  • Check: Monitoring results, collecting feedback and KPI analysis
  • Act: Process optimization and standardization

Digital tools such as e-learning can become an integral part of Corporate Academies, but they cannot be separated from in-person training.

The implementation of a corporate Academy is a strategic process that makes it possible to respond to the challenges of the labor market by improving the training, motivation and productivity of human resources. By following a structured and methodical approach, it is possible to create an effective and sustainable system that contributes to company growth and skills development.

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