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Performance indicators
Cofinimmo invests 1.9% of its gross payroll in employee
training. With what return?
C.C. That figure of 1.9% is for 2015. In some years, we
spend more than 2% of our payroll. In many
companies, you’re no longer sent for training
after a certain age. That’s absolutely not the case with
us. We have a total equity, whether in gender, origin, and
especially age.
Compared with our peers group, we have an intellectual
richness among our staff and outside collaborators
that is the result of these training efforts in technical
areas, but also in personal development, speaking,
assertiveness, conflict management, and certainly in
leadership. We prepare the training of our future team
managers long in advance. Unfortunately, a return on
training cannot always be translated in numbers. It may
be found in the quality of services, in the individual and
collective effectiveness and in retention. At our company,
I believe that our good elements develop loyalty. In
fact, we are only a small company, but we try to do
everything like a large business in the most professional
and comprehensive way. This is the consequence of our
presence in the index of the first 20 Belgian listed values.
Excerpt from the interview with Chantal Cabuy,
Head of HR & internal Communication at
Cofinimmo*
This label underscores the essential
deployment of knowledge. The Human
Resources department works with managers
and employees to draw up an individual
development plan. In tandem with the more
traditional training courses, the company
offers its staff the opportunity to pursue
longer-term training at post-graduate level,
both in Belgium and, more exceptionally,
abroad.
INVESTORS IN PEOPLE –
GOLD FOR 2018
Employees having participated
in one or more training courses
82.6 %
Training budget relative to
gross payroll
1.9 %
Graduate
50 %
Post-graduate
33 %
* The full interview with Chantal Cabuy is available at
Total combined number of
training hours
3,348 h
1,057 h 2,291 h