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Talent Career Pathing Has Saved Business Millions Of Dollars

02/03/09, Dallas, TX

/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- By instituting a career pathing program BRAVO! DEVELOPMENT, INC. (BDI) saved over $5.5 million in employee turnover costs in 2008 alone. BDI, owners of BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, BRIO Tuscan Grille and BON VIE Bistro, operates 72 restaurants in over 20 states. With the help of BATRUS HOLLWEG INTERNATIONAL (BHI), BDI instituted a competency based talent management and career pathing program which dramatically reduced turnover in both hourly and management employees.

The International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC) recently held a conference on career pathing focused on engaging and retaining your workforce through career planning and development programs. Scott McTague, M.S., Senior VP, Talent Solution at Batrus Hollweg and Jeff Ramm, VP, HR at BDI spoke about career pathing as a crucial tool for retention and productivity. McTague explained the methodology behind career pathing and Ramm described how career pathing has improved employee engagement, productivity and retention at BDI.

Identifying the core competencies necessary to be successful is at the heart of building a career ladder from entry level to management. Batrus Hollweg worked with BDI to develop custom competency models for hourly and management positions. Competency models clarify and put the focus on the truly important behaviors that lead to successful organizational performance. By using these competencies BDI was able to hire people with the capacity to do the job and the potential for advancement.

Batrus Hollweg maps the progression of competencies across key levels in the organization to identify the competency behaviors, training gaps and developmental needs. This competency map serves as a guide to evaluate current effectiveness and a predictive measure for success at the next level. By defining what good performance looks like at every level, the map enables employees to prepare and develop skills needed for the future... and as a result, employees are more engaged and organizational performance is accelerated.

A few years back BDI's hourly turnover was at 125% and rising, costing them and average of $1,500 per individual. Management turnover was at 32% and rising costing BDI an average of $30,000 per individual. By instituting a competency based talent management and career path program BDI was able to save an estimated $3,510,000 on hourly and an estimated $2,160,000 on management in turnover costs in 2008.

About Bravo! Development, Inc.

The Columbus based Bravo! Development, Inc. was founded in 1992. Today, it operates more than 60 restaurants in more than 20 states including three restaurant brands -- BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, Bon Vie Bistro, and BRIO Tuscan Grille. Further details can be found on the website www.bestitalianusa.com.

About Batrus Hollweg International

Dallas based Batrus Hollweg International (BHI) is a leading human capital consulting firm specializing in High Definition Assessment Science™-- assessing and developing people to drive organizational results. With 39 years of experience, BHI provides companies with objective, quantifiable solutions for: selecting the best talent; minimizing hiring mistakes; growing internal talent; aligning talent competencies with business goals; gauging company climate to identify barriers and leverage points; and filling the succession planning pipeline with more precision.

For more information, please visit http://www.batrushollweg.com or call 800-274-4541.

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