CHICAGO, IL—June 23, 2008—
Society for
Human Resource Management 60th Annual Conference
OI Partners, a global talent management and leadership
solutions firm, today announced the availability
of OI SolutionsSM eDevelopment Center, an all-in-one
management and tracking application for business
coaching assignments. The Web-based portal gives
HR 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 coaching engagements
and ultimately, align talent management with corporate
strategy,” said Mark Leathers, chairman
of
OI Partners Inc. “Many organizations are
left either with building their own system, using
pieces and parts of various other systems or using
nothing at all. OI SolutionsSM eDevelopment Center
is a fully developed business 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 SolutionsSM.”
The primary significance of OI SolutionsSM eDevelopment
Center is that it allows thousands of engagements
to be tracked over time, equipping HR and management
with the ability to better align talent management
strategies with business objectives. 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 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 SolutionsSM
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 SolutionsSM 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. |
