{"id":61256,"date":"2020-06-30T18:06:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explore.local\/2020\/06\/30\/how-atb-financial-is-equipping-its-team-future-skills\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:37:18","slug":"how-atb-financial-is-equipping-its-team-future-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/degreed.com\/experience\/blog\/how-atb-financial-is-equipping-its-team-future-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"ATB Financial: Equipping a Team of 5,500 with Future-Forward Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When talent leaders at ATB Financial envisioned the future of work there, they saw an organization staffed by employees with a growth mindset. They sought people who were adaptable. And they wanted to see people feeding an insatiable appetite to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get there, the company needed to provide a better learning experience to its 5,500 employees \u2014 one that gets the right learning resources in front of people at the moment they need them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLearning strategy at ATB is really about learning in the flow of work<\/a>,\u201d said Meriya Dyble, managing director of connected learning and change. \u201cBut also, how do we create a learning system around them that connects to people, technology, resources, any type of learning experience that they might need in order to grow their skills?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ATB\u2019s Solution: Build a Better Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ATB Financial selected Degreed, which connects employees to resources they can use to learn, like courses, videos, articles, podcasts, and more \u2014 wherever and whenever they\u2019re needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe chose Degreed firstly because it was an experience platform<\/a>,\u201d Dyble said. \u201cWe wanted something that was about our team members and our learners and creating the best experience for them, because we know the outcome of that would be better for the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATB\u2019s Results: Engagement & Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Degreed gave employees access to learning that\u2019s relevant to their roles, on an integrated platform that makes learning engaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A whopping 100% of employees are active users, with 40% using it every month on average. People are learning about business strategy, leadership, adaptability, being agile, design thinking<\/a>, and other topics critical to the future of the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, \u201cDegreed helps open up opportunities for employees to take new skills to new roles within the company,\u201d said Justine Croft, director, Skills of the Future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Degreed, employees have rated their own skills 20,000 times, helping the organization get a better understanding of its capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Degreed has boosted employee loyalty, Dyble said, adding that \u201cit\u2019s made us a better learning organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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