Scaling Skills, Shaping Careers: Inside Greif’s Global Talent Strategy - 2026 Next Practices Weekly
In this i4cp Next Practices Weekly session on February 26, 2026, join Bala Sathyanarayanan, EVP & CHRO, and Tara Plazarin, VP of Global Talent at Greif, Inc., as they share how this 145-year-old industrial packaging company is rewriting the playbook on employee development. Through “Greif University,” their award-winning global learning platform, Greif is creating a culture where continuous learning, upskilling, and internal mobility are central to business growth.
Launched in 2021, Greif University provides more than 20,000 courses in multiple languages, helping team members worldwide access professional development in leadership, safety, customer excellence, and more. Bala and Tara will detail how this initiative ties directly to retention, engagement, and performance, and why learning is now a key pillar of their employee value proposition.
Why You Should Attend
- Learn how Greif built and scaled a global learning platform serving thousands of employees.
- Discover how a modern EVP can position learning as a core cultural value and business driver.
- Hear how leadership development and talent mobility support global workforce engagement.
- Gain insights from two senior HR leaders aligning business strategy with skill-building.
- Explore best practices for launching and sustaining enterprise-wide learning initiatives.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear how two top HR leaders are transforming workforce development at scale. If you're focused on embedding learning into your culture, accelerating internal mobility, or building future-ready capabilities across your organization, this session will deliver the insights and inspiration you need.
To ensure open discussion, this event is exclusively for HR practitioners. Vendors and consultants are not permitted to attend.
