Ecclesiastical puts learning and development centre stage with integrated Kallidus Learning and Talent Suite
Ecclesiastical Insurance has chosen Kallidus, the leading provider of learning and talent management solutions, to deliver an integrated solution for learning, performance and talent management.
Ecclesiastical is a specialist insurance provider founded 125 years ago. Today, the organisation operates in the UK and overseas, providing tailored solutions to protect museums, stately homes like Chatsworth House, the Eden Project, cathedrals, churches and other heritage properties, charities and educational establishments.
The first phase of the project is the implementation of the Kallidus Learning Management System (LMS) which is due to go live in May 2013. Initially, the LMS will enable more than 800 employees in the UK to access e-learning and blended learning programmes aligned to their individual development needs within the organisation, directly from their desktops.
Nathan Monk, Learning and Talent Consultant at Ecclesiastical explains:
“Our new Kallidus learning platform is going to be critical in up-skilling our people and helping us to be experts in our specialist field in today’s increasingly competitive marketplace. Underwriters and other key users will be able to access personalised training in an extremely intuitive way, saving the organisation both time and money. Most importantly, the solution will help us to embed a culture where people take ownership for their own development and can access the tools they need in one click of a mouse to improve their performance.”
The Kallidus LMS will deliver e-learning courses in key areas such as technical, regulatory, compliance and health and safety training as well as providing bite-sized learning and blended learning programmes incorporating webinars. These are designed specifically to help employees develop and deliver business impact in their individual roles.
The LMS will also underpin Ecclesiastical’s Training Academy offering Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) qualifications and other accredited training programmes and will support the organisations ‘Train the Trainer’ training and coaching initiatives.
As part of the project, Kallidus will be delivering financial compliance e-learning modules via the LMS developed by its partner Inmarkets, one of the UK’s leading content providers.
Sophie Howell, Talent & Learning Coordinator added:
“The LMS allows us to hold all training data and our offering in one place which makes it easy for people to find, additionally it allows us to target training to different areas of the business to ensure all colleagues are compliant and have the knowledge to perform effectively and efficiently in their roles. Throughout the implementation process we have had readily available support to guarantee that we get the most out of the system.”
Once the LMS is live, the next stage of the project will be to implement Kallidus Performance which will integrate with the LMS helping Ecclesiastical to create a dynamic development environment to help maximise the potential of its people.
Ecclesiastical is also looking to integrate Kallidus Talent Management and Succession in the future providing a robust, long-term road-map for learning and talent management within the organisation.
Nathan Monk explains the key reasons for selecting Kallidus: “We chose Kallidus because of their experience and because we got a good sense of a partnership approach. Some of their key consultants have worked client-side and so we felt they were ideally placed to help us make real improvements to our learning and development. The Kallidus solution also represented good value for money.”
Rob Caul, CEO of Kallidus concluded:
“Ecclesiastical is putting the development of its people at the heart of its organisation and recognises the benefits of integrating learning and talent management processes and the impact this can have on business performance. We are delighted to be working with an organisation that clearly values its people and actively encourages them to take ownership of their development. Through a strong partnership approach we are creating a system that gives learners and managers much more control over their learning.”