The Leadership Engine (3)
St. Louis brokerage firm Edward Jones, for example, sends each of its professionals through 132 hours of training every year. Edward Jones was ranked number one on the 2002 Fortune list of “Best Companies to Work for.” [ 6 ] That level of investment in professional development is not unusual among companies that excel at BD. The Container Store, number two on Fortune’s 2002 list, has 162 professional training hours annually and ranks very high on “respect” (94% of employees surveyed f





