SolarEdge Hackathons: We also invest in developing innovation and team-building skills, specifically for our employees in R&D and other technology functions. Our annual 36-hour hackathon in SolarEdge Israel inspires our teams to explore new product and service ideas that will help us achieve our purpose of powering the future of energy. At the 2022 ‘SolarEdge HackaBond’, approximately 330 employees in technology roles competed to generate the best innovations, supported by 20 mentors from our senior leadership. A similar Hackathon was held in SolarEdge Europe in 2022, with over 60 participant employees and 8 senior mentors.
Partnerships with educational institutions: We maintain a collaboration with Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) Faculty of Engineering whereby our R&D employees are invited to take academic courses on a wide range of topics, allowing them to expand their knowledge in professional areas that complement their professional responsibilities. Courses taken by our employees at TAU include topics such as advanced electronics, advanced programing methods, machine learning and others.
Expanded E-learning: In late 2022, we launched a pilot program where several hundred global employees from various departments received unlimited access to one of several E-learning designated platforms. The main goal of this pilot program is to examine the content offering of each platform and its alignment with the specific needs of our employees. All platforms offer self-paced learning in several languages, with an extensive portfolio of both professional/tech learning and soft skills courses. Through the tools eventually chosen, we aim to significantly expand the learning portfolio offered to our employees and the number of employees engaging in continuous learning, thus broadening the scope of our learning and development culture.
New LMS system for mandatory training: In 2022, we introduced a new global learning management system (LMS). The new LMS already includes mandatory annual on-line training for all global employees on Safety, Ethics, Information Security and Procurement Procedures and will be further expanded in 2023.
Management and Leadership Training Programs: Throughout 2022, we created several new development and training programs to meet the needs and support the growth of our managers:
Topic-specific courses and workshops for all managers covering areas such as remote management, interview skills, situational leadership, effective goal setting and meaningful feedback.
1st level managers courses undertaken locally in different regions and focusing on management and leadership skills, effective task delegation, how to motivate and provide feedback to employees, diversity and inclusion in day-to-day management, and additional skills.
A Leadership Development Program for Women Managers designed to support our goal of advancing women to more senior roles at SolarEdge, and providing them with effective leadership tools. Similarly, a designated development program was created for women performing technological roles. Read more in the ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ section.
A Coaching/Mentoring Program for Managers aimed to enhance their management capabilities. The target SolarEdge managers were provided with several one-on-one sessions with former executives from various global businesses
A Development Course for our Global Directors (senior managers, such as department leaders). The course included, among else, sessions with company executives, sharing their personal experience
An Executive Leadership Development Program tailored to the needs of our executive leadership
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Several new training and development programs were launched at SolarEdge throughout 2022, and some existing programs were expanded. Following are some primary examples:
Ethics 3%
Soft skills 9%
Professional job-specific skills 40%
Anti-harassment 5%
Management skills 8%
Cyber Security 3%
Safety 29%
Diversity 3%
Distribution of 80K total training hours, in 2022
training hours,
80,000
In 2022, SolarEdge employees undertook more than
equivalent to an average of 16.3 hours per employee per year.
Of the total training hours undertaken by SolarEdge employees in 2022, 40% covered professional job-specific skills, and 29% included different forms of safety training (see further details in the Health and Safety section). The full distribution of training time by categories is illustrated below.
Communication Skills
Presentation Skills
Time & Project Management
Wellness
Excel
English Skills
Employee Development Soft Skills Plan: This program aims to provide quality training to help enhance individual and organizational productivity and growth by focusing on a core set of skills relevant to all employees. The plan included both on-line learning offered for all global employees and frontal regional courses and workshops. The main topics addressed in 2022 appear in the illustration to the right.
We aim to provide our employees with advanced professional development skills so that they can perform effectively in their roles, develop their skills and capabilities, and define future career goals.
As part of our extensive investment in training, we provide annual leadership and development programs for managers and team leaders as well as advanced professional training for sales, R&D and other teams. These programs are defined each year in line with identified training needs and delivered to different populations as required. We also partner with local educational resource providers to offer formal learning programs on a variety of subjects.
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Training & Development
Distribution of 80K total training hours, in 2022
SolarEdge Hackathons: We also invest in developing innovation and team-building skills, specifically for our employees in R&D and other technology functions. Our annual 36-hour hackathon in SolarEdge Israel inspires our teams to explore new product and service ideas that will help us achieve our purpose of powering the future of energy. At the 2022 ‘SolarEdge HackaBond’, approximately 330 employees in technology roles competed to generate the best innovations, supported by 20 mentors from our senior leadership. A similar Hackathon was held in SolarEdge Europe in 2022, with over 60 participant employees and 8 senior mentors.
Join the SolarEdge Conversation
Contact a product expert or sales representative
Contact us
How can we help you?
Partnerships with educational institutions: We maintain a collaboration with Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) Faculty of Engineering whereby our R&D employees are invited to take academic courses on a wide range of topics, allowing them to expand their knowledge in professional areas that complement their professional responsibilities. Courses taken by our employees at TAU include topics such as advanced electronics, advanced programing methods, machine learning and others.
Expanded E-learning: In late 2022, we launched a pilot program where several hundred global employees from various departments received unlimited access to one of several E-learning designated platforms. The main goal of this pilot program is to examine the content offering of each platform and its alignment with the specific needs of our employees. All platforms offer self-paced learning in several languages, with an extensive portfolio of both professional/tech learning and soft skills courses. Through the tools eventually chosen, we aim to significantly expand the learning portfolio offered to our employees and the number of employees engaging in continuous learning, thus broadening the scope of our learning and development culture.
New LMS system for mandatory training: In 2022, we introduced a new global learning management system (LMS). The new LMS already includes mandatory annual on-line training for all global employees on Safety, Ethics, Information Security and Procurement Procedures and will be further expanded in 2023.
Communication Skills
Presentation Skills
Time & Project Management
Wellness
Excel
English Skills
Employee Development Soft Skills Plan: This program aims to provide quality training to help enhance individual and organizational productivity and growth by focusing on a core set of skills relevant to all employees. The plan included both on-line learning offered for all global employees and frontal regional courses and workshops. The main topics addressed in 2022 appear in the illustration to the right.
Management and Leadership Training Programs: Throughout 2022, we created several new development and training programs to meet the needs and support the growth of our managers:
Topic-specific courses and workshops for all managers covering areas such as remote management, interview skills, situational leadership, effective goal setting and meaningful feedback.
1st level managers courses undertaken locally in different regions and focusing on management and leadership skills, effective task delegation, how to motivate and provide feedback to employees, diversity and inclusion in day-to-day management, and additional skills.
A Leadership Development Program for Women Managers designed to support our goal of advancing women to more senior roles at SolarEdge, and providing them with effective leadership tools. Similarly, a designated development program was created for women performing technological roles. Read more in the ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ section.
A Coaching/Mentoring Program for Managers aimed to enhance their management capabilities. The target SolarEdge managers were provided with several one-on-one sessions with former executives from various global businesses
A Development Course for our Global Directors (senior managers, such as department leaders). The course included, among else, sessions with company executives, sharing their personal experience
An Executive Leadership Development Program tailored to the needs of our executive leadership
Several new training and development programs were launched at SolarEdge throughout 2022, and some existing programs were expanded. Following are some primary examples:
training hours,
80,000
In 2022, SolarEdge employees undertook more than
equivalent to an average of 16.3 hours per employee per year.
Of the total training hours undertaken by SolarEdge employees in 2022, 40% covered professional job-specific skills, and 29% included different forms of safety training (see further details in the Health and Safety section). The full distribution of training time by categories is illustrated below.
We aim to provide our employees with advanced professional development skills so that they can perform effectively in their roles, develop their skills and capabilities, and define future career goals.
As part of our extensive investment in training, we provide annual leadership and development programs for managers and team leaders as well as advanced professional training for sales, R&D and other teams. These programs are defined each year in line with identified training needs and delivered to different populations as required. We also partner with local educational resource providers to offer formal learning programs on a variety of subjects.
Training & Development
Sustainability Report 2022 /