Assessing Future Leaders at English Biscuit Manufacturers

Assessing Future Leaders at English Biscuit Manufacturers

Challenge

  • Optimise investment by selecting right people to be developed as leaders
  • Assess existing and new talent to understand how aligned they are with career opportunities in the company.
  • Measure impact of the program by measuring changes in leadership performance over time

Solution

  • Provide online assessment platform, white labeled as EBM Talent. The platform was powered by two engines: Assessment Center and job portal, and also synced with EBM’s career page
  • Develop competency tests to measure candidates’ ability
  • Provide online reports and analytics

Approach

  • Conduct a need analysis in collaboration with EBM to understand what this program is for, and identify related competencies
  • Work with EBM’s line managers to identify existing and future situations impacting job positions, and customize the competency test
  • Launch online assessment platform (EBM Talent)
  • EBM assesses new and existing talent to reveal a MATCH or a GAP
  • EBM uses online reports and analytics to understand who to hire, which employee needs further training and which employee is ready for additional responsibilities (promotion)
  • Measure individual’s performance over time

Outcome

  • EBM successfully tested 113 new talent and hired for 4 job position
  • Assessed 50+ employees and promoted for 8 positions
  • Launched an operative model for FLDP, reducing the cost of the program roughly by 45 per cent.

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