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With OI SolutionsSM eDevelopment Center, human resources and management can track, manage, and determine ROI for thousands of assignments, aligning talent management strategies with corporate strategy. Web-based solution includes all necessary coaching tools in one online location, giving employees control over their coaching engagement. Clients can access real-time data, take personality assessments, review competency information, and report on coaching progress.
OI Partners Unveils 'All-in-One' Business Coaching Product That Helps Better Align Talent Management Strategy with Corporate Strategy
CHICAGO, June 23 /-- Society for Human Resource Management 60th Annual Conference -- OI Partners, a global talent management and leadership solutions firm, today announced the availability of OI Solutions(SM) eDevelopment Center, an all-in-one management and tracking application for business coaching assignments. The Web-based portal gives human resources and management a way to track, manage and determine return on investment for thousands of such assignments. It also includes all necessary coaching tools in one online location, giving employees better ease of use and more control over their coaching engagement.
"OI Partners has found that many organizations have a need for technology that helps them more effectively manage and track business coaching engagements and ultimately, align talent management with corporate strategy," said Mark Leathers, chairman of OI Partners Inc. "Many human resources departments are left either with building their own system, using pieces and parts of various other systems or using nothing at all. OI Solutions(SM) eDevelopment Center is a fully developed coaching management system that answers these organizational challenges. OI Partners is pleased to help organizations develop better talent management strategies with products and services like OI Solutions(SM)."
The primary significance of OI Solutions(SM) eDevelopment Center is that it allows thousands of engagements to be tracked over time, equipping human resources and management with the ability to better align talent management strategies with corporate strategy. HR and management now can build a return on investment case for business coaching that has been difficult to do before. The ROI is seen in leadership competency adjustments and the way in which individuals improve.
In addition, having one business coaching management system creates a standardized coaching process for an organization. Across thousands of engagements all over the world and either with an organization's internal coaches or with outside coaches, the same coaching tools are used, the same coaching language is used, and the manner in which results are analyzed is the same. In essence, OI Solutions(SM) eDevelopment Center helps create a coaching culture within organizations.
Another benefit is that coaching clients -- as well as HR and management -- have more control over each engagement. This means better ease of use for employees, more flexibility for organizations and potentially, fewer resources devoted to managing each coaching assignment.
The new platform complements OI Partners' all-in-one career transition management system, OI Solutions(SM) eCareer Center. Employees can use OI Solutions(SM) eCareer Center as either an in-house career development tool or to develop job search skills and access resources to aid them in finding new opportunities upon being outplaced. This Web-based service has been available since 2002.
Benefits and Features of OI Solutions(SM) eDevelopment Center and eCareer
Center
eDevelopment Center: A Total Coaching Resource
The Benefits for the Coaching Client / Employee
-- Access real-time data and functionality
-- Take personality assessments and 360 assessments
-- Review competency information
-- Create development plans
-- Report on his or her coaching progress
-- Read important literature on leadership in our leadership resource library
-- Maintain an active "coaching blog" with his or her coach
The Benefits for HR and Management
-- Identify focus areas for each coaching engagement in order to launch coaching effectively
-- Note completed steps of coaching programs as the coaching client proceeds
-- Evaluate the success of coaching at key steps
-- Access key reports for individual coaching programs
-- Track information across multiple engagements in order to utilize aggregate data that can help overall talent strategies
-- Quickly determine return on investment
eCareer Center: A Total Career Transition Resource
Its features include:
-- Career research tools -- access to more than 250 of the most popular job posting sites on the Internet
-- Information -- salary information, relocation data, entrepreneurship opportunities and more
-- Online databases -- ability to view comprehensive industry and company information
-- Resume tools -- an integrated communications system that allows candidates to automatically apply for jobs and send correspondence
-- Job search skills training -- training sessions that supplement the information provided by consultants
-- Resume tools -- an integrated communications system that allows candidates to automatically apply for jobs and send correspondence
-- Assessment tools -- an array of psychological, personality and behavioral assessment instruments selected to address an employee's unique career planning needs
OI Solutions(SM) eDevelopment Center, as well as OI Solutions(SM) eCareer Center, is available through local OI Partners offices. To reach a local office and obtain additional information, call 1-800-232-5285 or email info@oipartners.net.
About OI Partners
OI Partners is the talent management and leadership solutions firm that provides a better human experience for a better business outcome. Established in 1987, OI Partners Inc. is a global corporation of career consulting, executive coaching, leadership development and career transition professionals located in more than 200 locally-owned offices in 27 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.oipartners.net/ or call 800-232-5285.
CONTACT: Jill Van Nostran, cell, +1-330-347-2386, jvannostran@oipartners.net, for OI Partners
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USA
Phone: 330-347-2386 E-mail this person Company Information: Name: OI Partners, Inc. Address: 618 Church Street, Suite 220 City: Nashville State: TN ZIP: 37219 Country: USA Phone: 615-522-5241 FAX: 615-254-7047 http://www.oipartners.net
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