DaVita Receives 'Training Top 100' Award
June 02 2005 - 7:59AM
PR Newswire (US)
DaVita Receives 'Training Top 100' Award EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 2
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE:DVA), today announced
that it has been selected by Training magazine as one of the
Training Top 100. The Training Top 100 award recognizes DaVita's
commitment to learning and performance improvement. The awards are
given to companies who foster their people's learning, development,
and relationships within the company. They encourage the pooling
and sharing of knowledge, not only for the betterment of the
company, but for the betterment of the individual. "One of the keys
to DaVita's success is our unique training and education curriculum
for all teammates," explains DaVita CEO Kent Thiry. Continuing
education programs are taught by "DaVita University" and focus on
raising performance levels, enhancing caregiving skills, and
advancing careers. The results of the training are dramatic,
reducing employee attrition to 12% among attendees vs. 23% among
nonattendees. Key DaVita University classes include: -- DaVita
Academy -- DaVita corporate and clinical teammates work together in
this two-day workshop that teaches leadership, teamwork and
professional competency. -- Administrator University -- In
comparison to the three-day learning modules of other providers,
DaVita features a six-day program to enrich the business management
skills of facility administrators. -- DaVita Way of Teams --
Offered at either a regional or unit level, this program teaches
teambuilding with a special emphasis on building shared
accountability for both clinical and operational outcomes. DaVita
is the largest independent provider of dialysis services in the
United States, with more than 650 affiliated dialysis facilities
and more than 53,000 patients. DaVita has received the 2005
"Leadership in Innovation" Award by the Adaptive Business Leaders
(ABL) Organization, the California Governor's "Exemplary Employer
of Older Workers" award and the AARP award for best employer of
workers over age 50. Thiry has been a frequent speaker on creating
a value-based culture. DATASOURCE: DaVita Inc. CONTACT: LeAnne
Zumwalt of DaVita Inc., +1-650-696-8910 Web site:
http://www.davita.com/
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