A very interesting interview was published in this past spring's issue of Innovations Magazine by Educational Testing Service (ETS). In it, Carlos Lenck, Director of Human Capital at the Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) branch in Chile, clearly explains the value of English in a global context. 

PwC strategy in combining company support with employee investment in learning is also worth taking a look at as a potential model.The company is quite generous in their financial contribution but even employers with smaller human resource development budgets could put similar support into place on a reduced scale.