Learning and Development: What the Superyacht Industry Can Learn From Onshore

About this episode

Laura Henighen discusses the importance of learning and development in the superyacht industry and how it can learn from onshore practices.

Investing in learning and development can reduce crew turnover, improve the owner experience and introduce new skills to a growing industry. And yet, the superyacht sector has been stuck in the realms of STCWs and ticket collection since their introduction. Head of Academy, Laura Henighen joins the podcast to share her experiences as and L&D specialist and where the industry may learn from their onshore partners to break out of the rut and truly invest in the crew journey.

People in this episode

Guest: Laura Henighen

Topics covered

• learning and development
• superyacht industry
• crew turnover
• owner experience

Keywords

• crew journey
• skills development
• industry growth

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