Success story – Talent Develpoment Program

American Automotive Supplier

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.