Training and development

ASSA ABLOY believes that people make it all happen. Depending on the employee’s ambition and initiative, career development is achieved through challenging tasks, learning, feedback and teamwork.

Two Group-wide development programs, ASSA ABLOY Management Training and the ASSA ABLOY-IMD Business Leadership Program, are offered to a number of senior managers each year. In 2009, 84 managers participated in the programs.

The ASSA ABLOY Scholarship Program allows employees to work at a Group company other than their own for a period of time. They share knowledge and experiences, and learn about the culture and ways of working at the host company. All employees can apply for the program.

Talent management

ASSA ABLOY’s Group-wide Talent Management process aims to further opportunities for career development. The process involves all levels of the organization and includes a structured approach to succession planning as well as to the development of employees in general.

Sustainability on the intranet

Employees can learn about ASSA ABLOY’s history, products, strategy, Code of Conduct and how their jobs contribute to the Group’s goals through the web-based interactive training program Entrance to ASSA ABLOY. The program is available in 15 languages. In 2009, more than 22,000 employees completed the program, which is available on the Group intranet. The program is a mandatory part of employee introduction across the Group.

The Group intranet contains two sustainability sites. One is open to all employees and one is intended to support sustainability managers and includes tools, best practices and access to the reporting data base.