The Next Step in Eco-Education
Originally published February 25, 2011
on GLOBE-Net
Calgary, Alberta - Environmental Careers Organization of Canada (ECO Canada), has announced an agreement with Harvard Business Publishing to deliver its renowned Stepping Up to Management™ online training modules.
The partnership supports ECO Canada's newest business stream into the professional training services realm. ECO Canada's environmental employer and professional members will directly benefit from the partnership and expanded human resource offerings.
The partnership reinforces several of ECO's existing employee engagement commitments and professional development offerings through its Canadian Centre for Environmental Education (CCEE).
ECO's 2010 Profile of Canadian Environmental Employment report, ongoing training of these skilled workers is a priority for many employers, with 36% of environmental employers budgeting $2,000 or more annually to train each environmental employee.
Compounding this with the lack of qualified candidates with the appropriate education or experience, cited by about a quarter of firms and the competitive recruitment environment, investing in staff's professional development has become a major component through which many companies are defining themselves.
Doing so limits the staggering costs to an organization of: hiring an employee, training, ongoing poor performance, ultimate failure, dismissing the employee, and beginning the cycle again.
"Building effective partnerships that provide crucial professional development support and provide environmental organizations the tools to invest in their employees and strengthen engagement is the best way we can make a difference." Michael Kerford, Vice President of ECO Canada"We are very pleased to establish this agreement with Harvard Business Publishing and look forward to escalating our Human Resource initiatives for our membership."
The Harvard Business Publishing online model is a natural fit for the environmental industry with its vast interdisciplinary nature of work which tends to have a largely scientific and technical foundation.
The online arena harnesses great advantages to attract this highly mobile workforce that posses a rich skill-set including; reduced training costs, more rapid deployment, more consistent applications of training with less dependence on the performance of individual instructors, adaptability to scale up (or down) training programs based on an organizations or individual needs.
The Stepping Up to Management™ series includes eight targeted modules to assist project team leaders, employees who serve on teams, individuals looking to upgrade their credentials or managers who need to enhance their leadership skills as they shift into managerial roles.
The lessons cover everything from managing performance and working through others to supporting your organization and evolving as a manager.
ECO Canada rolls out this training series on its website February 15th, 2011. To learn more and to register, please visit www.eco.ca/harvard
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