Talent
Management Case Study - Westland
Who
are Westland?
Westland
is part of AgustaWestland, one of the largest helicopter companies in the
world, producing rotary wing aircraft for both civil and military customers. Based in Yeovil, Westland employs around 6000 people engaged
in helicopter design and production as well as logistics support and training
for a number of international defence programmes.
What
did we do for them?
We developed a process
to assess and validate the potential, motivation, strengths, and development
needs of around 70 managers against Westland’s
own standards of competence as well as external benchmarks. We provided professionally qualified
assessors and development specialists to run a series of one day development
centres where we used a range of profiling instruments, feedback tools and bespoke
assessment techniques. Each participant
subsequently received 1 to 1 feedback on the results of their assessments.
The outputs from each development
centre were:
- A summary report for senior management on the
outcomes from the development centre identifying high potentials and key
development needs across the group.
- A detailed report for each participant detailing
an assessment of their competencies against the job profile requirements,
likely potential, key development needs, and their performance benchmarked
against managers from other organizations.
What
was the impact?
- Our work provided the
organisation with a number of benefits such as:
- Independent, objective assessment and
identification of managers with talent and high potential.
- Career paths and ‘gateways’ for talent and high
potentials identified.
- Managers who were empowered and committed to
developing themselves and improving their personal performance.
- Independent assessment of the capability,
strengths and weaknesses of specific management teams, and more effective and
productive working relationships within those teams.
Client
Feedback
I have been impressed by
the service delivered, which has been both flexible and professional.” David Edwards - HR Manager Westland.
