System for optimizing employee leadership training program enrollment selection

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14/670696

March 27, 2015

According to some embodiments, information may be retrieved from an employee database that stores, for each of a plurality of employees, a current leadership value and a business unit association. Information about an employee leadership training event may be determined (including a number of slots associated with a first business unit and a number of slots associated with a second business unit), and, based on the information about the employee leadership training event and information in the employee database, including the current leadership values and business unit associations, a subset of the employees may be automatically selected to participate in the employee leadership training event. An indication of the automatically selected subset of employees may then be transmitted to at least one remote device.

Hartford Fire Insurance Company (Hartford, CT, US)

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Hartford, CT, US)

1. A system comprising: a human resources department data storage device storing a human resources department employee database, the employee database storing information about a plurality of employees, including, for each employee, length of employment data, job title data, job description data, customer surveys, performance reviews, supervisor surveys, supervised employee surveys, a current leadership value corresponding to one of a plurality of defined leadership levels, and a business unit association; a training department data storage device storing a training events database, the training events database storing data about a plurality of training events including, for each training event, a total number of available spots for the training event, goals data corresponding to a functional goal of the training event, and rules data corresponding to employee selection rules for the training event including at least one rule defining the current leadership value required for selection to participate in the training event; a training program server coupled to the human resources department employee database and the training department training events database and interposed between at least one supervisor device and a plurality of employee devices, said training program server including program instructions operative to cause the training program server to: determine, by a business group rules engine, information about an employee leadership training event, including a first number of slots associated with a first business unit and a second number of slots associated with a second business unit, wherein a sum of the first number of slots and the second number of slots does not exceed the total number of available slots for the employee leadership training event, automatically select, by a first individual rules engine corresponding to the first business unit and a second individual rules engine corresponding to the second business unit, based on the information about the employee leadership training event, information in the employee database including the length of employment data, the job title data, the job description data, the customer surveys, the performance reviews, the supervisor surveys, the supervised employee surveys, current leadership values and business unit associations, and application of the goals data and rules data corresponding to the employee selection rules for the training event, a first subset of the employees in the first business unit to participate in the employee leadership training event and a second subset of employees in the second business unit to participate in the training event, responsive to selection of the first subset of the employees, automatically select, based on application of business logic, a third subset of employees from the first subset of the employees to determine: (i) a first group from the third subset of employees to automatically receive electronic invitations to participate in a second employee leadership training event, and (ii) a second group from the third subset of employees to be automatically enrolled in the second employee leadership training event; output to the at least one supervisor device a training event recommendation display which includes (i) a name of the employee leadership training event, (ii) a number of slots available for the training event, (iii) a first list of the automatically selected first subset of employees, and, (iv) a second list of recommended employees for the training event; and automatically transmit, via an employee portal, an electronic invitation to the employee leadership training event to each of the automatically selected first subset of employees, and an electronic invitation to the second employee leadership training event to each of the automatically selected first group of employees from the third subset of employees; wherein said automatic selection of said first subset of employees and said second subset of employees is based at least in part on a predictive leadership model trained with historical leadership training transaction data; wherein the predictive leadership model is configured to output leadership training program parameters including employee identifiers; and wherein the system is further configured to direct workflow based upon the leadership training program parameters.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the training program server to automatically enroll the first and second subset of employees and the second group of the third subset of employees in the employee leadership training event, and transmit enrollment recommendations to managers of the first, second, and third subset of employees.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein selection of a first employee to be included in the first subset of employees is based at least in part on information about other employees.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said automatic selection is further based on (i) a geographical location, (ii) an office of an enterprise, (iii) time information, (iv) a prior employee training event, (v) an employee training event request, (vi) prior training experience, (vii) potential training program conflicts, and (viii) an overall talent potential profile.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein post-employee leadership training event data is collected and used to update the predictive leadership model.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of defined leadership levels comprise: (i) an individual contributor level, (ii) an emerging leader level, (iii) a leader level, (iv) a high potential leader level, (v) an experienced leader level, (vi) an accelerated successor level, and (vii) a senior leader level.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the employee leadership training event is associated with at least one of: (i) a presentation, (ii) classroom based learning, (iii) a test, (iv) a coaching opportunity, (v) a mentoring program, (vi) a project-based learning opportunity, and (vii) an online simulation training module.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to: automatically transmit information about the first subset of employees to: (i) an email server, (ii) a workflow application, (iii) a report generator, (iv) a social media server, and (v) a calendar application.

9. A computerized method to optimize employee leadership training program enrollment selection, the method comprising: retrieving information from an employee database stored in a human resources data storage device, said employee database storing, for each of a plurality of employees, length of employment data, job title data, job description data, customer surveys, performance reviews, supervisor surveys, supervised employee surveys, a current leadership value corresponding to one of a plurality of defined leadership levels and a business unit association; retrieving information from a training events database stored in a training department data storage device, said training events database storing data about a plurality of training events including, for each training event, a total number of available spots for the training event, goals data corresponding to a functional goal of the training event and rules data corresponding to employee selection rules for the training event including at least one rule defining the current leadership value required for selection to participate in the training event; determining, by a business group rules engine of a training program server coupled to the employee database and the training events database and interposed between at least one supervisor device and a plurality of employee devices, information about an employee leadership training event, including a number of slots associated with a first business unit and a number of slots associated with a second business unit, wherein a sum of the first number of slots and the second number of slots does not exceed the total number of available slots for the employee leadership training event; automatically selecting, by an individual rules engine, based on the information about the employee leadership training event and information in the employee database, including the length of employment data, the job title data, the job description data, the customer surveys, the performance reviews, the supervisor surveys, the supervised employee surveys, the current leadership values and business unit associations, and application of the goals data and rules data corresponding to the employee selection rules for the training event, a first subset of the employees to participate in the employee leadership training event; responsive to selection of the first subset of the employees, automatically selecting, based on application of business logic, a second subset of employees from the first subset of the employees to determine: (i) a first group from the second subset of employees to automatically receive electronic invitations to participate in a second employee leadership training event, and (ii) a second group from the second subset of employees to be automatically enrolled in the second employee leadership training event; and outputting to the at least one supervisor device a training event recommendation display which includes (i) a name of the employee leadership training event, (ii) a number of slots available for the training event, (iii) a first list of the automatically selected first subset of employees, and (iv) a second list of recommended employees for the training event; and automatically transmitting, via an employee portal, an electronic invitation to the employee leadership training event to each of the automatically selected first subset of employees, and an electronic invitation to the second employee leadership training event to each of the automatically selected first group of employees from the third subset of employees; wherein said automatic selection of said first subset of employees and said second subset of employees is based at least in part on a predictive leadership model trained with historical leadership training transaction data; and further comprising: outputting, by the predictive leadership model, leadership training program parameters including employee identifiers; and directing workflow based upon the leadership training program parameters.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising automatic enrolling the first subset of employees in the employee leadership training event, and transmitting enrollment recommendations to managers of the first subset of employees.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein selection of a first employee to be included in the first subset of employees is based at least in part on information about other employees.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein said automatic selection is further based on at least one of: (i) a geographical location, (ii) an office of an enterprise, and (iii) time information.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: automatically transmitting information about the first subset of employees to: (i) an email server, (ii) a workflow application, (iii) a report generator, (iv) a social media server, and (v) a calendar application.

14. A system to optimize employee leadership training program enrollment selection, the system comprising: a human resources department data storage device storing an employee database, the employee database storing information about a plurality of employees, including, for each employee, a current leadership value corresponding to one of a plurality of defined leadership levels, job title data, length of employment data, job description data, customer surveys, performance reviews, supervisor surveys, and supervised employee surveys; a training department data storage device storing a training events database, the training events database storing data about a plurality of training events including, for each training event, a total number of available spots for the training event, goals data corresponding to a functional goal of the training event and rules data corresponding to employee selection rules for the training event including at least one rule defining the current leadership value required for selection to participate in the training event; a training program server coupled to the employee database and the training department training events database and interposed between at least one supervisor device and a plurality of employee devices, said training program server including program instructions operative to cause the training program server to: determine, by a business group rules engine, information about an employee leadership training event, automatically select, by an individual rules engine, based on the information about the employee leadership training event and information in the employee database, including the current leadership values job titles, lengths of employment data, job description data, customer surveys, performance reviews, supervisor surveys, and supervised employee surveys, and application of the goals data and rules data corresponding to the employee selection rules for the training event, a first subset of the employees to participate in the employee leadership training event, responsive to selection of the first subset of the employees, automatically select, based on application of business logic, a second subset of employees from the first subset of the employees to determine: (i) a first group from the second subset of employees to automatically receive electronic invitations to participate in a second employee leadership training event, and (ii) a second group from the second subset of employees to be automatically enrolled in the second employee leadership training event; output to the at least one supervisor device a training event recommendation display which includes (i) a name of the employee leadership training event, (ii) a number of slots available for the training event, (iii) a first list of the automatically selected first subset of employees, and, (iv) a second list of recommended employees for the training event; and automatically enrolling the first subset of employees in the employee leadership training event and automatically transmit, via an employee portal, an electronic invitation to the employee leadership training event to each of the automatically selected first subset of employees; wherein said automatic selection of said first subset of employees and said second subset of employees is based at least in part on a predictive leadership model trained with historical leadership training transaction data; wherein the predictive leadership model is configured to output leadership training program parameters including employee identifiers; and wherein the system is further configured to direct workflow based upon the leadership training program parameters.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein selection of a first employee to be included in the first subset of employees is based at least in part on information about other employees.

16. The system of claim 14 , further comprising: automatically transmitting information about the first subset of employees to: (i) an email server, (ii) a workflow application, (iii) a report generator, (iv) a social media server, and (v) a calendar application.

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