Sponsorship and Mentoring Initiatives Score Big at Cardinal Health

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Cardinal Health Dublin, Ohio

Cardinal Health Dublin, Ohio

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MentorCliQ Columbus Ohio Cardinal Health

MentorCliQ Columbus Ohio Cardinal Health

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ATD Excellence in Practice 2015 Award Winner Cardinal Health helps providers focus on patient care while reducing costs, enhancing efficiency, and improving quality.

ATD Excellence in Practice 2015 Award Winner Cardinal Health helps providers focus on patient care while reducing costs, enhancing efficiency, and improving quality.

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A formal mentoring program was implemented as a primary focus within the organization’s global talent management strategy. It enables employees to build leadership capabilities across the enterprise and provides the organization with a distinct, sustainable competitive talent advantage. Currently there are more than 700 employees participating globally, from hourly workers to senior vice presidents.

A formal mentoring program was implemented as a primary focus within the organization’s global talent management strategy. It enables employees to build leadership capabilities across the enterprise and provides the organization with a distinct, sustainable competitive talent advantage. Currently there are more than 700 employees participating globally, from hourly workers to senior vice presidents.

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Specifically, the mentoring/sponsorship initiatives help address improvement opportunities, such as:

Specifically, the mentoring/sponsorship initiatives help address improvement opportunities, such as:

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  increasing the number of women and minorities in the leadership pipeline

  increasing the number of women and minorities in the leadership pipeline

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  building a more inclusive culture

  building a more inclusive culture

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  assimilating new leaders

  assimilating new leaders

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  increasing collaboration across business segments, functions, and geographies

  increasing collaboration across business segments, functions, and geographies

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  increasing employee engagement and retention.

  increasing employee engagement and retention.

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The corporate mentoring initiative provides resources and connections to help employees continue to develop and grow great careers. In addition, the initiative supports such talent development objectives as:

The corporate mentoring initiative provides resources and connections to help employees continue to develop and grow great careers. In addition, the initiative supports such talent development objectives as:

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  providing employees greater access to mentoring as a development resource

  providing employees greater access to mentoring as a development resource

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  providing a structure and process flexible enough to support a variety of mentoring formats that meet business or function-specific needs

  providing a structure and process flexible enough to support a variety of mentoring formats that meet business or function-specific needs

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  gathering relevant data to inform talent development opportunities and decisions.

  gathering relevant data to inform talent development opportunities and decisions.

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ATD Excellence in Practice Awards are Presented to practices that have demonstrated clear and measurable results of achieving organizational goals, meet a demonstrated need, have appropriate design values, and are clearly aligned with other performance improvement initiatives. These practices have long-term, sustained results. Read about past Excellence in Practice winners by visiting the Winners Archive.

ATD Excellence in Practice Awards are Presented to practices that have demonstrated clear and measurable results of achieving organizational goals, meet a demonstrated need, have appropriate design values, and are clearly aligned with other performance improvement initiatives. These practices have long-term, sustained results. Read about past Excellence in Practice winners by visiting the Winners Archive.