Operating across 32 countries globally, UST helps its clients transform their operations through the latest technology and progressive thinking \u2014 setting up companies\u2019 futures with agile processes that evolve with the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But with its existing Learning and Development (L&D) program heavily weighted towards technical roles, UST needed a way to prioritize soft skills, such as management techniques. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n UST is a digital consultancy that helps some of the world\u2019s biggest companies use the power of innovation and technology to engineer a better future for their clients and society at large. “Born to Learn” is one of UST\u2019s foundational pillars, recognizing that learning agility is the most critical core competency employees need to ensure the business stays relevant. It\u2019s why UST prides itself on an ingrained culture of learning that instills curiosity and self-driven development in its people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The company identified that a greater focus on soft skills would help its employees better transform the client experience. UST\u2019s ultimate aim was to blend empathy, resilience, communication, conflict resolution, decision making, and critical thinking skills with data, AI, and digital technologies. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe program proved to be an amazing networking opportunity as well as a supportive environment for me and all the participants of the program to reflect on our strengths and weaknesses and set goals for our future development. Together we learned not just from the leaders and mentors of the program but from each other,\u201d says a Delivery Lead at UST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keen to avoid a reactive solution for its L&D program which could risk creating a quickly outdated, less productive program, UST wanted a way to connect its team of remote and hybrid workers at a human level, giving them access to soft skill community learning on a global scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Using Udemy Business, UST has created a new competency-based technical and behavioral program<\/strong> \u2014 Win It \u2014 designed to support occupational skills standards through tailored learning plans for each employee. 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