I recently came across a Harvard Business Review article that defines a small group of organizations that are prioritizing the individual employee in a new way. This HBR article and its author calls these organizations, which make business personal by prioritizing individual employee development, Deliberately Developmental Organizations (DDO). The DDO organization is fundamentally about building a culture that reinforces the importance of all employees being who they are always–both inside and outside the traditional walls of the organization.
At present, these organizations are seen as somewhat of an experiment by many managers but I see them becoming a best practice in the future because they will be shown to lead to highly productive organizations.