Lilly Business Case

English lessons by telephone and eLearning Deployed Across 

Eli Lilly Europe

Eli Lilly has been bringing innovation and excellence to the pharmaceutical industry for almost 150 years, and now has over 38,000 employees and is the 10th largest pharmaceutical corporation in the world, making almost $24 billion in 2010.

  • 10th largest pharmaceutical company in the world
  • Headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
  • US$ 23.076 billion (2010)
  • Ranked 115 of the International Fortune 500 (2011)
  • 38,000+ employees worldwide
  • Corporate presence in 45 countries
  • Products sold in 170 countries
  • Founded in 1876
 



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In 2008, Eli Lilly partnered with goFLUENT to meet their corporate English training needs.  goFLUENT's phone lessons and writing practice are accessible, efficient, and effective, and the number of Eli Lilly employees participating in goFLUENT's program has reached almost 700 and is still growing.   We were able to speak with Carla Costa from Eli Lilly's Global Learning and Development team for Italy and Latin America, and Antonello Paliotta, Treasury and Credit Manager at Eli Lilly Italy. Below are some thoughts and reactions they shared with us:
 

"We were looking for a high quality provider and tools; we also needed to save money compared to what we had previously been spending on English training. And at the same time, we needed to see a return on this important investment. goFLUENT is a very good solution for our employees.  It's motivating them, it's easy to use, and it's very easy to get in touch with the different teachers. It's exactly what we were looking for."
Carla Costa
Global Learning and Development
Eli Lilly Italy and Latin America




"When I started traveling for my job, my English needs changed, so I asked the trainer to focus more on improving my fluency and improving my pronunciation. So I was the one who was deciding, each time, what the goal of the lesson would be.  The lessons were tailored to my needs 100%.  At the start of my training, my level was Intermediate, and now thanks to goFLUENT's training, my English level has increased to Upper Intermediate"
                                                                                                                      Antonello Paliotta
                     Treasury and Credit Manager
Eli Lilly Italy