Driving a change of culture

Type of business : Sport and leisure wear
Subject : Driving a change of culture in language training and maintaining a level of socio-professional English

Lunch and Learn sessions provide a great opportunity to speak in English with different colleagues on different professional themes. I would recommend it without hesitation. - Yannick L. - Project Manager

CONTEXT
Our client is a French designer and manufacturer of sports and leisure equipment created in 1930 and one of the pioneers of outdoor sports equipment. The group has eight production sites: four in France, one in Hungary, one in Tunisia, one in Morocco and one in China. Approximately 60 % of turnover is made on the French market.
Employees are accustomed to individual programs in English. Faced with this culture and with a limited training budgetthe client asked Birdwell to design a training program to help employees maintain their level of English in an atmosphere that was both relaxed and structured to encourage language training in a group.
 
BIRDWELL SOLUTIONS
• Group workduring the lunch hour, once every two weeks

• A very flexible schedule was set up for the participants
• Involving participants by building the training course together. The training topics are chosen with the participants prior to training

 
AT STAKE FOR THE COMPANY
• Offer staff a means of maintaining their level by means of an approach that is both motivating and fun

• Demonstrate that language training can be addressed effectively in groups
• Find a budget solution for this program

 
BIRDWELL & CUSTOMER BENEFITS
• Promote a positive atmosphere within the company

• Staff see the benefits of group work
•Staff maintain their level