We are a Family united by the same principles and values, one where everyone is made to feel welcome and free to express their authentic selves. We motivate and support the development and growth of our people through training experiences and continuous cycles of performance evaluations, giving them the tools they need to develop their full potential.
PEOPLE GROWTH STRATEGY
The synergy between training, engagement, and communication at Golden enables us to take care of everyone within a safe and inclusive work environment – one that respects their individuality and uniqueness. It also creates a pool of opportunities for our people to grow together with the Company. Every training experience is designed to amplify our people’s talents, embracing our heritage and building on our Founding Values.We like to combine training with collective experiences, conversations, and pulse surveys, and to mix digital gamification tools and personality assessments with workshops and coaching programs, all of which make the learning environment more dynamic and well-rounded. Our People Growth Strategy is built on four pillars: Culture, Leadership, Up & Reskill, and Acceleration.
CULTURE
Brand ImmersionA journey of discovery of Golden’s culture, strategy, milestones, and lifestyle, designed to raise both our corporate and retail people’s awareness of our founding principles.
Golden NarrativeOur selling ceremony, designed for our store managers, to bring retail on board, let them discover the Brand, the collections and customer experience.
Golden Stars System A close look at our performance development system’s timing and goals, and how to properly perform self-observations, aimed at raising our people’s awareness of their conduct and behaviors while developing empathy in giving and receiving feedback. As part of this effort, we created and implemented the Experience Pathfinder, the ultimate tool empowering our people to design their own journeys of continuous growth. The outcome, an Experiential Map, helps outline the skills required for success in each role, identify areas for development, and amplify individual skills to engage in new experiences through upskilling, cross-skilling, and/or reskilling plans.
Diversity and Inclusion in a NutshellConsisting of a series of DEI key concepts and frameworks focusing on the business aspects of DEI within a company, the different nuances of diversity, power and privilege, and unconscious bias.
LEADERSHIP
Individual Leadership Coaching A modern digital talent solution extended to all employees designed to unlock performance and boost self-awareness at work.
Conversation Coaching ClubTransformational group coaching program aimed at helping managers build a healthy foundation for effective communication, psychological safety, and growth opportunities.
Accountability3-day training course dedicated to the store managers to strengthen their self-management and time-management skills, improve the management of operational activities, and encourage teamwork.
ACCELERATION
Golden Goose Evolution GroupDesigned to enhance managerial skills and fundamentals to enable meaningful connections, development, and engagement with team members, other departments, and the organization as a whole. The program empowers managers to 'Inspire everyone to be a Star' by unleashing their creativity and desire to outdo themselves, in line with Golden’s core values.
Step to EvolutionDevolpment provram for middle management, designed to improve managerial and relation skills, by strengthening its role as point of reference within the Company.
UPSKILL AND RESKILL
This program aims to develop the skills required to excel in a given role and achieve objectives effectively and sustainably. The main courses include:
One Year Dream MakerA path of discovery, a transformative journey where artisanship and creativity merge into evolutionary processes and languages.
Communication & StorytellingA two-day training program for our corporate people, implemented in partnership with Scuola Holden, aimed at mastering universal principles of structure and composition to shape the space and time of engaging narratives.
Language30 hours of online classes tailored to specific business needs and roles, available on demand to both our retail and corporate people to improve language competencies, intercultural communication, and cultural understanding.
GovernanceCustomized training to accelerate the adoption of new corporate policies and procedures, offering clarity on specific regulations relevant to different job functions and our industry, including those related to health and safety, cybersecurity, data protection, our Code of Ethics, and Organizational Model 231.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Training program for the Italian headquarters on the best practices for using AI within the Company.
