In some large international corporations employees can feel overlooked and uncertain about the direction their careers are taking, but that is certainly not the case with Jones Lang LaSalle.
The New York-listed company, which specialises in real estate services and investment management, has made a point of introducing a broad range
of people management programmes which keep business operations running smoothly and allow staff to track their own progress.
With about 22,400 employees worldwide, of whom 12,400 work in the company's 38 offices in the Asia-Pacific region, the company has long regarded career development as a priority issue.
'We track the performance and motivation of our staff closely,' said Elsie Hui, head of human resources for North Asia.
She said this then made it possible to 'identify specific aptitudes and to line up the most appropriate training programmes to groom our future leaders'.
The company has a well respected performance management scheme which takes direct account of each person's achievements and links pay and promotion to the internal grading system.