Why is Starbucks committed to promoting its employees?
We believe in offering our partners opportunities to grow and advance. More importantly, Starbucks believes in providing partners (employees) with adequate – and continuous – training throughout their career. Starbucks offers three foundational leadership workshops: Increasing Human Effectiveness, Servant Leadership and Situational Leadership. Starbucks also has a variety of other courses and experiences to develop partners. What are some of the programmes used to develop potential leaders? Every leader is different and Starbucks adopts a personal approach to developing potential leaders depending on their strengths and opportunities. Training may include workshops designed to enhance partners’ understanding of their role in developing future leaders; increase their ability to help partners improve performance and develop new capabilities; strengthen their skills in assessing direct reports and settling performance expectations; and provide effective feedback and coaching in a way that