Case Study: Graham Group achieves structured people management and accelerated leadership development with Saba

Graham Group builds on the Saba People Management Platform to keep pace with rapid company growth

Graham Group, a once small family contractor that has grown into one of Canada’s largest general contractors, faced growing pains from rapid expansion: informal performance reviews (completion under 50%), limited succession planning, a shortage of middle managers, and a need to adapt learning and development for a younger, more distributed workforce. The company needed to formalize people processes—performance, talent, compensation, and learning—while preserving engagement across more than 3,000 employees.

Graham implemented the Saba People Management Platform—rolling out goals, performance reviews, succession, compensation, learning and classroom tools—and quickly saw improvements: review completion rose to well over 90%, performance became better aligned with company goals and rewards, and the platform supports identifying and fast‑tracking future leaders while offering blended and social learning methods for younger staff. The integrated solution also promises ongoing productivity gains and significant long‑term business value.

Graham Group

Kim Johnson

Executive Vice President for Corporate Development and CIO