The Challenge
This global energy company was looking to develop and strengthen the succession bench via a systemic leadership development process.
Merryck Support
Merryck partnered with the company and a leading university to develop an integrated cohort for emerging leaders. In addition to help shaping the program, Merryck provided targeted mentoring that was customized to the critical learnings from a weeklong intensive program The mentoring included individual and group sessions and continued for six months. The company ran three years of this program covering close to 75 individuals.
Impact
- Leaders in the cohort have contributed significantly to the strategic success of the company
- Most of the ELT are graduates of the program including two CEO successor candidates
- Cohort participants were assessed as demonstrating a greater ability to delegate, empower/develop their teams, and work across the matrix to drive new solutions and consistency