Talent Management & Leadership Development
Individual growth, the development of strategic skills and effective networking play a crucial role in achieving company goals. In co-creation, we guide you through the entire design process and are happy to facilitate an integrated learning journey for your talents or leaders.
The employees' potential is the key to the company's success
Talent Management
Talents and high-potential individuals are the future of your company! For a long-term success, it is essential to continously retain and develop top performers, potential leaders and emerging talent within the company and implement a systematic approach on long-term succession planning for key positions.
We provide consultancy and support in defining and implementing an integrated talent management approach for your company customized for the specific situation, objectives, company size and culture.
You decide on choosing rather “classical” strategies and tools (e.g. 9-box matrix & talent pool) or a broader approach that considers every employee to have a certain talent that could be leveraged.
Case Study
Talent Management
Background
Although at DAW talents have been identified regularly for several years, only top executives were involved in the selection process and selection criteria were not clearly defined.
Therefore, the company set itself the goal of introducing a new, structured process for talent identification across all countries worldwide. This new process aimed to assess the potential of all employees, to involve various leadership levels, and to enhance transparency towards employees. Moreover, the systematic execution and documentation of the new process were to be carried out within the existing HR system, Workday.
Guided actions
- Design of overall process for talent identification and talent development
- Consultancy and support throughout negotiations with workers’ council and decision-making of Board of Management
- Translation and liason for technical implementation in Workday
- Developing training concept and conducting trainings for about 70 international managers
- Facilitating talent conferences
- Design of international development program “accelerator” for nominated group of talents
- Continuous execution of the program since 2019
Outcome
- Since 2019, DAW SE has been systematically identifying talents on an annual basis, developing them through its talent program “accelerator”, fostering cross-functional and cross-border networking, and preparing them for key roles.
- This systematic approach has since been implemented with great success and a high level of acceptance, and management positions are consistently filled from this pool.
- The program follows a blended learning approach, focussing on strengthening self-reflection and communication skills of participants, while also developing their competencies in change management, intercultural leadership and innovation management.
"The collaboration with Lisa is characterized by a high degree of customer focus. Concepts are tailor-made and programs undergo regular quality checks. It is for a great reason that we have been working together very successfully for many years."
DAW SE
Leaders as multipliers within the company
Leadership Development
Management and team leaders play a key role: They act as communicators, ambassadors and role models throughout the organization and often influence a large number of employees as well as the company culture over a long period of time.
Today, a great leader is no longer (only) the best technical expert and “manager” of tasks. Instead, the role is intended to create motivating conditions for employees and support their development rather like a coach.
Key elements of successful leadership development include:
Shaping the learning journey
Design of Development Programs
No “one-size-fits-all approach”! Our process always starts with an indepth analysis to identify specific needs of the company and to define the overall objectives of the learning initiative.
As a next step, we together develop a customized concept which meets the requirements of the respective target group as well as the company’s situation and size.
Throughout the delivery of the learning journey our team covers a wide range of topics (e.g., leadership, change management, personal growth and reflection, intercultural communication, agile leadership, innovation management, strategy development). If further elements such as outdoor exercises or team events are to be integrated we partner with external companies.
What our customers say
Effective programs and projects build strong relationships.
We develop trust and long-term partnerships.
Sebastian is a great sparring partner when it comes to designing programs. He consistently comes up with great and innovative ideas, tailored to the target audience and the specific framework. He has a very convincing and professional manner and is able to engage with participants, inspiring them with his winning personality. The collaboration was a lot of fun!
DAW SE
Mr. Amme questions, challenges and leads our managers into self-reflection. This is a crucial skill for the sustainable development of our management culture.
Pfalzwerke AG
Sebastian led our leadership team into the future over the course of 1.5 years with targeted team development. Regular offsites, as well as reflection and feedback mechanisms, strengthened trust, collaboration, and communication. "Shared leadership" started as an intriguing experiment but has now been successfully established, fostering a greater sense of responsibility. The new strategy process fosters clarity and prioritization. An impressive transformation – I am thrilled! Thank you!
DB InfraGO AG
