We want to be the field’s best and most successful player promoting well-being and health. This requires us to continuously renew and develop ourselves – both as individuals and as a workplace. Orion supports the development of professional competence in many ways – the skills and knowledge of Orion employees is an asset we want to look after.

Implementation of strategy through training

We make development plans based on our strategy and goals to determine the kind of competence we need in order to succeed both now and far into the future. We have long focused on improving supervisory skills using, for example, group-wide supervisor training, a handbook on Orion’s management practices, as well as 360-degree feedback, which provides feedback to superiors. One of the main target groups consists of experts, for whom we have tailored a training programme and 180-degree feedback.

On average, each Orion employee attends training 5.5 days a year. Orion offers numerous internal training options designed to meet the needs of our employees. Competence development also benefits from a mentoring programme in which top experts pass on information and experience – “tacit knowledge” – to younger colleagues.

On-the-job learning is a core method used to enhance competence. At their annual performance reviews, employees draw up a plan for personal development jointly with their superior. Orion has also prepared descriptions of career paths to encourage employees to expand or deepen their skills and knowledge. Job rotation and increasingly challenging duties help everyone to grow professionally.

Innovations from multidisciplinary co-operation

We want our corporate culture to support shared growth and renewal. Work at Orion is typically carried out in multidisciplinary teams and projects.  Cross-disciplinary co-operation and open interaction are necessary requirements for job satisfaction, development and new ideas.

A big corporation has room for very different types of individuals. We need people from different backgrounds in our work community, because interaction between viewpoints offers fertile ground for innovation.