Use of FIDO in the Payments and Identity Landscape: FIDO Paris Seminar.pptx
Delivering a Great ROI on Learning Investment
1. Delivering a great return
on our learning investment
8 October 2014
Sally Cabrini, Business Services Director, United Utilities
2. What I want to cover today
Context for my business and the Learning & Development offering
Who we are and our challenges
Where we started in terms of L&D
The issues we faced in our business
What and how we deliver
Outcomes and benefits
Where are we now
Our L&D capability and offering
Future in UU
involvement in key external partnerships
External recognition
Award-winning
In summary…
4. We own
57,000
hectares of catchment land
96
water treatment works
5,000
We have
42,000km
of water mains, enough to
wrap around the world!
575
wastewater treatment works
184
reservoirs
1,400km
aqueducts
UU has about
skilled employees
We bring three million households
and 200,000 businesses in the North
West an incredible 2,000 million
litres of clean, clear water each day
72,000km
of sewers, equivalent to four
flights from Manchester to
Sydney
5. UU - our vision and focus
OUR VISION OUR BUSINESS
To be a leading North
West service provider and
one of the best UK water
and wastewater
companies
FOCUS
The best service at the lowest
sustainable cost
delivered in a
responsible manner
7. Political landscape
“In case you have not heard it
clearly enough already, listen
well –
customers’ bills will go down
or the company will explain to
its customers why”
Sonia Brown – Chief Regulation
Officer Ofwat [Nov 13]
8. UU - our customer promises
Bills now and in
future need to
be kept as low
as possible
Revenue will
go down
Costs increase
labour, power,
chemicals
9. L&D: where we started from
2010
• No central records
• Multiple suppliers
• £6m annual spend
• No understanding of skills gap
• No clear return or investment
• No central capability
• No alignment against strategic drivers
10. L&D: what and how we deliver
Virtual
Learning
Centre
Defined
curriculum all
in one place
Training Centres
L&D
Business
Partners
Leadership
Programmes
Talent
Programmes
Learning
System
SAP ENTERPRISE
LEARNING
11. UU Graduates &
Apprentices
Apprentices of the
Year Awards
STEM
ambassadors
UU Apprentices
team building
12. L&D: where are we now?
Costs
down
100%
Training
delivery
increased by
300%
96%
Customer
Satisfaction
3,500
visits to
Virtual Learning
Centre
every month
13. L&D: Future in UU
Accreditations:
Technical
Training Centre
15. In summary
Health & wellbeing
• The service we provide directly
contributes to the health and
wellbeing of our customers
Value for money
Change
• Enhanced L&D offering delivers
value for money
• Great return on investment
• Contributed to improved business
performance
• Changed the way our people can
learn
• Embraced different cost effective
channels and methods
• Moved away from traditional
methods of classroom training
Experts
• Now have extensive expertise within
UU
• No longer rely on funding expensive
external training
All in all, a great return on our learning investment!