Success story – Talent Develpoment Program
American Automotive Supplier
Methodical training for leaders and subject matter experts
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Client
American automotive supplier with 220 production locations and over 80,000 employees worldwide, manufacturing, among others, car seats.
Assignment
Conceiving and executing a development program with a twofold purpose: providing career support for talented young leaders and perspectives as well as for subject matter experts not interested in leadership positions.
Duration
45 days over 2 years, plus project work assignments
Procedure
Developing a modular program in cooperation with the client’s inhouse Operations Academy.
Components of the program
- Web-based assessments (360° feedback, applications, generating personality profiles)
- Combined face-to-face and online training
- Collectively compiling essentials for all participants over the first year
- Two-track program emphases – leaders and subject matter experts – over the second year
- Participant projects conceived with the company’s executive management
- Independent, self-organized tasks on business-relevant projects, carried out in small teams with the aim to re-finance the entire project
- Interim, end-of-year presentation exam depicting project status
- Final presentation exam detailing project success as well as qualitative and quantitative (monetary) project results
Results
- A considerable number of participants were already promoted to higher positions prior to program conclusion
- Marked increase in participant recognition as measured with a second 360° feedback following the program’s conclusion
- Enhanced participant visibility within middle and top management
- Successful conclusion of program projects which targeted optimization, new developments and savings
- Program goal of refinancing the entire project exceeded by far
Conclusion
Talent hungers for development. Your gifted employees can distinctly enrich and shape your business – now and for your future success.