Joining CDP is the start of a journey of discovery, development and growth in personal and professional competencies. We are committed each day to creating a stimulating working environment, offering a wealth of learning opportunities.

Training at CDP

*The figures refer to 2023 Integrated Report

Welcome activities - onboarding

Each new person is welcomed by their HR Business Partner, who will guide them in initial induction activities at work. Appointments include a Welcome Day, with other new recruits joining in the same month, to gain further insight into CDP’s organisation model, training paths and company welfare. In addition, a dedicated team will provide more information on the Strategic Plan, with a focus on its related economic and financial impacts. The activity continues with JUMP (Join Unconventional Monthly Program), consisting of a day in the classroom exploring company values, three days of experiential training off-site and a final game with a constructive, team competition, plus two side activities: Mentoring and Job Shadowing.

Training and continual professional development

Training is a cornerstone of the development of personal competencies and opportunities for growth. We contribute to making CDP a centre of excellence, through over 40 hours of training on average provided each year for every employee, thanks to partnerships with the best Italian and international Business Schools (Headspring -IE Business School in partnership with the Financial Times, IESE Business School, Luiss BS, POLIMI, SDA Bocconi, Bologna Business School). All programmes are designed and implemented with the aim of developing people’s skills, ensuring fair participation, without any distinction (e.g. gender, age, part-time/full-time work).

Our initiatives include:

• Extensive training. Each year we offer all CDP people the chance to independently choose one or more courses from a training catalogue. Each person has a certain number of credits to spend over the year, opting for courses with different credits. Plus, we offer other vertical training, with masters’ and specialist courses.
• Mentoring and coaching. We invest in the development of people with internal mentoring programmes (we have over 200 trained mentors), and individual coaching and team coaching programmes with external partners. To further consolidate growth paths, we have set up a group of certified in-company coaches.