GROWMARK employees will see a change to how they access training and development opportunities with the launch of GROWMARK System University, or GSU, introduced during the company’s annual meeting in Chicago.

“We want to help our employees to understand that there will now be one place to go to search for training and development opportunities, and that one place will be GROWMARK System University. We want to get them into that mindset,” said Michelle Hillary, GROWMARK education analyst. “We have so much great training throughout our divisions, and we want to make it easily accessible for all corporate employees, members, everyone throughout our system.”

Hillary said the idea for the program came about 10 years ago, but the timing just wasn’t right. In the meantime, the company has continued to grow in size and diversity and new technology has afforded more opportunities for employee development. Hillary said team members have spent the past two years or so bringing the project to fruition. She said training and development includes much more than on-site workshops. Employees will also have access to offsite events, podcasts, PDF files and other resources from places like LinkedIn.

Employees across the GROWMARK and FS System will have the same access to all of those training and development resources, as well as ample communication and coaching about how to learn and manage the new GROWMARK System University website.

Listen to Carrie’s interview with Michelle here: Interview with Michelle Hillary, GROWMARK