Employees
Find required training, grow professional skills, and learn in the language you work in.
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Learn. Grow. Lead.
Your gateway to learning, leadership development, and support across Sonoco University.
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Jump straight into the learning platform or get the guidance you need.
Login to Sonoco UniversityOpen the learning platform to see assigned courses, transcripts, and due dates.Open(opens in a new tab)
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Leadership pathway
A connected progression, not a list of classes
Follow the five approved steps in order, using each audience description to find the best match for your role today.
- 1
BRIDGE to Leadership
Preparing for a Leadership Role
Builds the bridge between doing the work and leading the people who do it, with reflection and peer practice between sessions.
- 2
Foundations of Leadership
New people leader
The core operating manual for leading at Sonoco: expectations, accountability, and day-to-day team rhythms.
- 3
Crucial Conversations
All leaders
Practical skills for the conversations that matter most, when opinions differ and emotions run strong.
- 4
Crucial Influence
Experienced leader
Moves beyond persuasion into designing the conditions that make new behaviors stick across an organization.
- 5
Getting Things Done
All employees and leaders
A repeatable system for capturing, clarifying, and completing work so commitments never slip through the cracks.
Explore by role
Learning shaped around how you work
Managers
Use the pathway to choose a program for your leadership stage, then find tools for goals, feedback, and team growth.
See leadership programsLearning Coordinators
Enroll learners, record attendance, run reports, and troubleshoot on behalf of your site.
See coordinator toolsMeet the Talent Management Team
Two teams, one learning practice
Together we design, develop, and deliver learning for every Sonoco site.
Featured learning
Twelve courses, organized around the skills you need
Browse Erin's selected courses by topic, then open the course you choose directly in Workday.
Learning Coordinator spotlight
Every site runs better with a coordinator
Coordinators are the local connection between Sonoco University and the people on the floor.
- Enroll teams quickly instead of one learner at a time.
- Record live attendance so completions land in transcripts.
- Pull site reports to see who still needs required training.
Support
Five ways the team can help
Pick the request that matches your situation, or open the support page for a decision guide.