Development Center in an international context
The challenge
Our customer, a globally operating software corporation, wants to identify the best future leaders and prepare them for their upcoming responsibilities. At the same time, the company wants to continuously support the existing management in handling their challenges. The managers should also get the opportunity to try out higher level roles in order to advance their own career plans within the global organization as effectively as possible.
Our solution
The targeted combination of diagnostics and development in a software-supported development center proved to be the best solution to promote the executives. We worked closely with the customer to develop an exercise concept tailored to their exact needs that integrated current issues (e.g. people management in virtual teams) as well as potential future challenges (e.g. the strategic management of cross-border reorganization efforts). Interim feedback and repeated exercises gave participants the opportunity to put what they have learned into practice straightaway and try behavioral alternatives.
Results
- Widely accepted by the target group, high participation and satisfaction
- Considerable learnings through feedback and encouraged self-awareness
- Creation of detailed results reports including individual plans for development
- Consistent continuation of the personal development in the scope of development discussions, follow-up meetings and mentorship by the observers
Outlook
Like the software industry, our development center never stands still. The DC is subject to a constant process of continued development and adaptation to new challenges and the latest trends. Our ki.pat system makes possible what was unthinkable with paper and pencil – the level of flexibility and speed that our customer wants.