We support the professional and personal skills of our employees with the training activities we organize under the roof of Tofaş Academy. Within the Academy, we gather the development of our entire value chain under one roof. Tofaş Academy acts with the mission of: “Providing the best learning experience for Tofaş and the value chain so that our employees make the job better today and prepare for the future.”

Tofaş Academy focuses on individual, professional and institutional development by identifying the need in the most accurate way to provide trained and experienced human resources to the automotive sector.

Tofaş Academy, which has hundreds of training modules designed according to different individual learning styles and which educates its own trainers, represents a development platform with comprehensive physical conditions and content infrastructure. Within the Tofaş Academy, 71% of employees' development is covered by internal resources. In this context, there are 194 active internal trainers, 8 development consultants, 8 internal coaches and their development is supported by Tofaş Academy.

”Tofaş Academy has been awarded 13 different awards in 2018 by the world's reputable international platforms such as Stevie and Brandon Hall”.

The Best Academy in Education and Development Tofaş Academy, was awarded with ATD (Association for Talent Development) BEST Awards (Best Institution in Education and Development) 2018, one of the most prestigious awards in the field of education and development and which was held for the 16th time this year. Each year, the ATD BEST Awards are awarded to organizations that create added value by aligning their development activities with the company's goals and strategies. Among the important elements that brought Tofaş Academy the first place at ATD BEST are its effective role in the development and implementation of innovative ideas, and also www.tofasakademi.com, a content compilation site that offers innovative development solutions and support for the development of educational professionals in the world.

In 2018, we provided class training with the participation of 7,514 people and distance education with participation of 14.698 people for office workers; and for field employees class training with 9.096 participants and distance education with 7.680 participants.

Also, we organized 13,072 person * hour technical class training for 618 employees of 57 suppliers employees and 30,459 person * hour technical and behavioral training for 2,633 dealer employees.

“In 2018, the training time per person was 73.9 hours for office workers; 28.4 hours for field workers.”

In line with our personalized learning approach, we provide our employees with development consultancy, individual coaching and team coaching support through in-house certified coaches. The program, which can be described as a 7-step behavioral development journey, is designed for employees aiming for transformation in their professional and personal development. Employees are encouraged to transform their existing potential and developed competencies into action.

In 2018,

• With its interactive video platform, Tideo, corporate memory and social learning platform Wiki, Training Management System has continued to develop the 24/7 digital learning experience for field and office workers.
• Tofaş's reversed mentoring practice “Present Youth” is implemented. The practice aims to increase inter-generational interaction and prepare Tofaş for the future. Within the scope of the program, 21 directors and general managers from Tofaş's senior management and 66 “Tofaş New Generation Mentor” were brought together. In this program, where all the top management is in the mentee seat, mentors have explained their preferences regarding the leadership, digital transformation, career opportunities, working environment and conditions of the new generation and contributed to the development of their mentees.
• A technical competence assessment system has been launched. The system has been designed based on the need for a system that can be rapidly adapted to the constantly evolving and changing processes of Tofaş, which can be managed with a single technological infrastructure and whose quality is standard. The system provides field workers with the opportunity to monitor their own development and to see the expected skills for other positions within the company.
• In order to support the development of field employees and ensure that they reach their expected levels of competence, special training programs such as Maintenance and Mold School have been carried out under the umbrella of the Production Academy. In this context, 114 different topics were provided by the internal trainers that Tofaş Academy trained with internal resources.

In addition to providing development programs that support employees' development, we monitor development processes with the Performance Management System covering all Tofaş employees. The two most important building blocks of the Performance Management System are Leadership Principles, which are defined as targets and behavioral competencies. Targets are determined at the beginning of the year and are reviewed with development plans and interviews conducted between managers and employees throughout the year. Performance improvement meetings are held twice a year with Tofaş employees, whose performance evaluation results are open for improvement. An effective development plan is prepared between employees and their managers by discussing action steps for feedback, evaluation and development. In this context, more than 200 interviews have been conducted with over 100 employees in 2018.