Growth is a big part of Agrium Wholesale’s Growing Together culture so it makes sense that we put an emphasis on employee development. Growth is an expectation of all employees, where they have aspirations of advancing their career or want to improve and develop within an existing role. Our approach to Learning and Development is 70% Experience, 20% Feedback and 10% Education. Individually Agrium Wholesale employees are encouraged to pursue continual personal development. Employees are encouraged to work with their leader to develop a career plan, to pursue training and development, to share knowledge with others and provide feedback. Employees have access to feedback tools that help them identify their strengths, weaknesses and development opportunities.

On-the-job Experiences

Experience makes up the largest part of development as employees work through tasks in their role at the Company. There are special job assignments that may involve new initiatives or locations at the company. Cross-functional teams are also a way to gain access to and learn from different types of skills and backgrounds. Agrium Wholesale employees learn from both successes and failures as well as from experiences and practices of other organizations.

Education

We are committed to providing our employees with opportunities to learn new skills. Our On-boarding program for new employees provides an orientation to Company policies, our business, nutrients and a review of plant basics. Documents on our business, and the science we use, are readily available on our Intranet.
Opportunities such as training, conference participation, internal forums and train-the-trainer workshops allow for learning and leadership training by giving employees an opportunity to put their new skills into action. Agrium Wholesale also sponsors employees to take external education programs.

Feedback

 Leaders provide employees with both formal and informal mentoring and coaching. This is typically linked to Agrium’s Formula for Success, which provides criteria for accessing behaviours that will support employees in achieving success.

External Knowledge

 Agrium Wholesale also supports our employees who will benefit from specialized training from conferences, seminars or at a local educational institution. External knowledge can also come in the form of belonging to professional associations or getting professional designations. Employees are encouraged to participate in these areas and to share the acquired knowledge.
The employee development process within Agrium Wholesale will enable you to identify meaningful developmental goals to help you attain your growth aspirations.