HNA Hotels Group Implements Key Talent Development Strategy

Beijing, August 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- As a Fortune Global 500 company, HNA Group has always regarded talent as the primary resource for enterprise development. For over 20 years since its founding, it has adhered to the talent philosophy of selective recruitment, meritocracy, integrity and ability, cultivation and development, and survival of the fittest. The group has developed a unique mechanism in the selection, utilization, training, retention, and evaluation of talent. Within HNA Group’s corporate culture, responsibility culture is one of the important cultural systems. It refers to the enterprise’s responsibility to consumers, investors, employees, society, and the environment. In terms of responsibility to employees, HNA Group closely aligns the aspirations of employees with those of the group, focusing on their lives and career development, making harmony and kinship ever-present.

In the modern economic society, talent is a very important strategic resource for enterprise development and also serves as the core competitiveness of a business. Successful enterprises are inevitably those that can continuously attract and consistently cultivate high-quality talent. The outcome of talent development, for enterprises, is the enhancement of productivity and competitiveness; for employees, it is the improvement of quality of work life and life satisfaction. Enterprises do not merely produce products, but also nurture talent.

HNA Hotels Group, upholding the talent development and management mechanisms of HNA Group, provides employees with diversified development plans to rapidly enhance the realization of self-worth and the core competitiveness of the enterprise. In terms of employee training, HNA Hotels Group regularly conducts specialized training programs for new hires, frontline, mid-level, senior, and executive management employees. These sessions are led by internal trainers or externally hired experts, enabling employees to continually improve their professional knowledge and cultural literacy while performing their daily duties.

HNA Hotels Group’s Key Competitive Strategy — “Talent Development”

In the area of talent development, HNA Hotels Group offers various types of development programs to meet the career growth needs of employees, laying a solid foundation for the shared aspirations of employees and the enterprise. To date, the talent development programs provided by HNA Hotels Group include: Tangla Seeds (frontline development), Management Trainees (mid-level development), Future Directors (senior-level development), and Future General Managers (management team development). Among these, the Tangla Seeds program is a tailored development plan for frontline employees. Through relevant professional knowledge training and job rotations across operational departments, it enables them to quickly grow into grassroots management roles. The Management Trainee program provides a fast-track development path for outstanding recent university graduates. Through a one-and-a-half to two-year rotational development program, it cultivates a pool of mid-level management talent for HNA Hotels Group. The Future Directors and General Managers programs offer a better and faster development platform for outstanding employees within HNA Group. Through one to two years of overseas hotel management training, professional knowledge education, corporate exchanges, and on-the-job practice, it rapidly develops a group of high-level management talent or management team talent suited for HNA Hotels Group. After completing the program, they are assigned to senior management positions within member companies of the hotel group or appointed as general managers. By combining different talent training and development programs, HNA Hotels Group establishes and improves the employee training and talent growth system, realizing the social value of employees and facilitating their transition from making a living to fulfilling life goals, and from personal fulfillment to serving the greater good.

Today and in the future, competition among enterprises is a competition for talent. HNA Hotels Group has always regarded talent development and talent reserve as one of the enterprise’s key core competitive strengths. Through a comprehensive talent development system, it continuously improves the professional knowledge and technical level of employees, ensuring the enterprise maintains strong innovation capabilities, thereby providing impetus for long-term development.

HNA Hotels Group’s Key Competitive Strategy — “Talent Development”

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