Sodexo University

Helping you reach your full potential 

Sodexo is a unique organization providing quality of life services around the world to more than 10 million customers every day. Our training and development strategy is a unique blend of formal education programs and informal workplace learning.  
 
With state-of-the-art online tools, you can plan your own development, keep track of your performance goals, and make use of thousands of resources that allow you to shape your own future and grow with the company.

• Learning is immediate and interactive
  We use online learning to allow you to dig in from day one on the job. Real-life work scenarios and online simulations link you immediately to other resources within Sodexo.

• Networking with your Sodexo colleagues and senior leaders
  Instructor-led programs help you network with colleagues and include practical skill-building for consistent leadership and exposure to Sodexo's unique business strategy.

• Managers serve as learning coaches
  You will help shape Sodexo's future development and learning tools and empower your employees to grow with the company.

A few specific development and learning tools include:

• Come Alive with Sodexo
• Leading the Sodexo Way
• Emerging Leaders
• Sodexo's Spirit of Mentoring

COME ALIVE WITH SODEXO

Come Alive with Sodexo offers you a flexible, blended approach of interactive online courses as well as engaging live sessions that introduce you to our company, our inclusive culture, our values and our business.

Our Come Alive Program - Five Phases:

	Our comprehensive Introduction to Sodexo.
	An introductory online module that will explore such topics as food safety, customer standards, strength in the workplace and talent development.
	A dynamic, instructor-led experience to learn and practice skills for strategic leadership and network with colleagues from across all business lines.
	A self-study course designed to minimize risks and provide resources and training opportunities to managers.
	An interactive eLearning and self-study course designed to address ongoing skill development for managers.

In May 2010, Sodexo University's ”Come Alive with Sodexo" development and learning tool was awarded the Excellence in Practice Citation by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) for the support provided to new managers.

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LEADING THE SODEXO WAY

Leading the Sodexo Way is an innovative approach to leadership development. These courses foster a deep knowledge of leadership best practices and help leaders tailor those practices to their own situations.  Whether you manage people, projects or both, these techniques and skills will take your leadership skills to a new level.  

Leading the Sodexo Way Courses and Objectives include: 

• The Principles and Qualities of Genuine Leadership™
• Providing Constructive Feedback™ 
• Speaking to Influence Others™
• Addressing Emotions at Work™
• Giving Recognition™
• Developing Others™
• Listening in a Hectic World™
• Identifying Work Priorities and Setting Verifiable Goals™
• Personal Strategies for Navigating Change™

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EMERGING LEADERS

Emerging Leaders is a dynamic, challenging program that offers selected participants the opportunity to develop their strategic leadership and critical thinking skills and enable you to embrace a larger responsibility for the success of the entire organization. You will strengthen skills in five leadership practice areas:

• Building Personal Effectiveness
• Executing for Results
• Managing Change
• Managing and Developing Diverse Talent
• Influencing the Business

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SPIRIT OF MENTORING

Sodexo's Spirit of Mentoring program offers employees the opportunity to support one another through collaboration, goal achievement and problem solving. Mentoring is a developmental partnership through which partners share perspectives as they foster personal and professional growth. Read more.

Learn more about your career growth opportunities at Sodexo.

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