In January 2002, Godrej Industries Ltd. (GIL) purchased a 26% stake in "Personalitree Academy Ltd." Personalitree provided interactive soft skills training programs online to companies. Since then, Personalitree training modules have been part of Godrej's training and development initiatives.
It all began in 1996 with the disintegration of the joint venture between Godrej Soaps Ltd (GSL) and Proctor and Gamble (P & G). After the breakup, GSL was devoid of a distribution system and had to start from scratch. As part of the reconstruction exercise, GSL recruited about 250 new employees who had to be aligned with their corporate culture. In 1997, GSL conducted a Total Quality Management (TQM) workshop for all its 5000 employees to help them connect to their work.
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Parivartan2 was launched in September 2000 at GSL to train new and existing employees on various aspects of the business and motivate them. In 2001, new initiatives such as the Young Entrepreneurs Board (YEB), Red and Blue Teams, Mentors and Reverse Mentors were introduced to the Godrej Group (Godrej) to encourage the participation of young people in strategic decision making.
In early 2002, there was a need among Godrej's top executives to instill a performance-based culture in the company. In addition to improving the talent of existing employees, Godrej had to train new recruits.
Thus, Godrej developed a comprehensive and innovative training program for management apprentices and named Godrej's Accelerated Learning Guidance and Leadership Program (GALLOP).
The goal of GALLOP was to develop a newcomer into a professional, giving exposure to various departments and instilling in him or her a sense of belonging.
Later, in September 2002, GIL introduced Spark, a training program for managers to help them become effective trainers. At the end of 2002, E-gyan was introduced in GIL to increase the learning potential of employees.
In January 2003, a special human resources program was launched at GIL to improve the interpersonal and negotiation skills of staff employees. In addition, in October 2003, an English training program for Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd (GBML) floor workers was conducted so that they could follow all instructions given in that language independently.