{"id":1172,"date":"2026-04-11T06:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/1172\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T06:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:24:24","slug":"top-employers-2026-highlights-bbvas-employee-development-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/1172\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Employers 2026 Highlights BBVA\u2019s Employee Development Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis certification encourages us to delve deeper into those initiatives that support the development, well-being, and engagement of our team, which is our greatest strength,\u201d said Paul G. Tobin, global head of Talent and Culture at BBVA.<\/p>\n<p>The certification demonstrates the bank\u2019s ability to create a high-performance workplace through data-driven people strategies, independent validation, and a clear focus on practices that drive business performance, employee engagement, and growth. This year\u2019s certification, which recognizes the bank as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbva.com\/en\/bbva-named-spains-best-bank-to-work-for-by-merco-talento\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">benchmark in talent management in Spain<\/a>, highlights BBVA\u2019s strengths in areas such as career development, talent acquisition, learning and training, people strategy, leadership, and work environment. The bank has also made significant progress in areas such as digitalization and onboarding initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2025, BBVA strengthened its people management strategy with initiatives focused on talent development, well-being, and cultural transformation. The bank also made a qualitative leap in innovation with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbva.com\/en\/innovation\/bbva-expands-its-agreement-with-openai-to-11000-chatgpt-licences-for-the-banks-employees\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">widespread adoption of artificial intelligence<\/a> in its day-to-day operations. Moreover, BBVA continued to promote lifelong learning and reskilling programs, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbva.com\/en\/sustainability\/bbva-surpassed-35-percent-women-in-leadership-roles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">diversity policies<\/a>, focusing on responsible leadership and employee experience. These initiatives are aligned with the goal of building an innovative and collaborative work environment that supports BBVA\u2019s purpose of supporting its clients&#8217; drive to go further.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.top-employers.com\/l\/463762\/2025-12-01\/6k4gzd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Top Employers Institute<\/a> is a global authority in human resource certification, benchmarking, and advisory services. Its program certifies organizations based on six key areas, including people strategy, work environment, talent acquisition, learning, diversity, equity and inclusion, and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarning the Top Employer Spain 2026 certification reflects BBVA\u2019s dedication to creating an exceptional workplace conducive to sustained business performance. The consistent alignment between its people strategy and organizational objectives, coupled with its commitment to continuous improvement, demonstrates the impact of its transformational practices,\u201d said Adrian Seligman, CEO of Top Employers Institute.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the program certified and recognized nearly 2,500 Top Employers across 131 countries or regions, positively impacting more than 14 million employees worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis certification encourages us to delve deeper into those initiatives that support the development, well-being, and engagement of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[148],"class_list":{"0":"post-1172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bbva","8":"tag-bbva"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}