The document discusses leadership practices at top companies as identified in Aon Hewitt's Top Companies for Leaders study. It finds that these companies have leadership DNA focused on developing self-aware, resilient, and engaging leaders. They achieve strong organizational performance through visible CEO involvement, clear alignment of business and talent strategies, comprehensive leadership programs, and cultivating a leadership mindset suited for today's complex environment. The study highlights examples of leadership development best practices from top performing companies.
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The environment that leaders operate in is changing so fast that the methods being used to develop them is not keeping pace. This session is based on a one year research project at Harvard focused on the question, 'What will the future of leadership development look like?'
In this session your organization will learn how to design and deliver leadership programs that equip leaders with the skills they need for an increasingly complex world. Topics to be addressed include:
- The emerging challenges for leaders in the workplace
- The skills and capacities needed by leaders to meet these challenges
- The four trends shaping the future of leadership development
- They key principals for the design of future leadership programs
The article can be purchased at http://www.businessexpertpress.com/expert-insights-summary?search=bawany
CEE Leadership Masterclass Series in Leading to a #Disrupted, #VUCA World
CEE in collaboration with FGD Academy is pleased to offer a series of Virtual Masterclass.
For further details visit: http://www.cee-global.com/masterclass/
Ten highly practical Leadership Masterclass programmes, dedicated to developing Leadership skills for Board, C-Suite and Senior Level Leaders operating in today’s VUCA world
This Series of Courses will leverage on best-in-class or thought-leadership concepts, tools, and techniques to drive organizational & leadership excellence.
The Courses are designed to provide Business and HR leaders with a platform to develop from being good to great.
They are being offered in response to the market needs to ensure that their senior-level executives possess the right competencies and skills to successfully adapt to new realities when leading in a VUCA World.
Learning Outcomes:
• The context for leadership today’s VUCA business environment
• Understand the elements of Cognitive Readiness Competencies
• What is required to transform to be a ‘High-Performance Organisation’ (HPO)?
• How to transform your NextGen leaders to succeed in the VUCA world?
The CEE Masterclass Series is also available as customized in-company Leadership Development Workshops which are certified by The International Professional Managers Association (IPMA).
The programs incorporate a number of unique features and work on a number of levels. It is specifically aimed at enhancing and developing the skills, knowledge, and behaviors of the participants.
The participants will develop their understanding of Leadership Effectiveness and how it will lead to a creation of a sustainable competitive advantage for their respective organizations through the development of an organizational climate that will contribute towards enhancing employee engagement and productivity.
For further information, contact us at enquiry@cee-global.com or visit our website at http://www.cee-global.com/masterclass/
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The Centre for Executive Coaching (CEC), a wholly-owned division of CEE, delivers recognized certified professional coach training programme for individuals interested in entering the field of executive coaching, as well as executives seeking to become better managers and leaders as managerial coaches in their respective organizations.
Further information on CEC could be found here: http://www.cee-global.com/about-cec/
For initial 30 min complimentary coaching session for CEOs and C-Suite Leaders, email us at enquiry@cee-global.com
Check out stories on VF’s “brand” new approach to global talent, a sampling of illuminating findings from the Global Leadership Forecast 2014ǀ2015, and the need for retirement management. The issue also includes articles on embracing the people side of lean in manufacturing, highlights from a survey showing how HR is perceived by business leaders, a cup of coffee with Fast Company’s Robert Safian.
[Guidebook] Optimizing Your Leadership PipelineDDI
Are there weak spots in your leadership pipeline?
The future success of any business relies on having the right leaders in place to drive business results. Download our free guidebook to find out where you’re most vulnerable.
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Four Future Trends in Leadership Developmentnickpetrie
The environment that leaders operate in is changing so fast that the methods being used to develop them is not keeping pace. This session is based on a one year research project at Harvard focused on the question, 'What will the future of leadership development look like?'
In this session your organization will learn how to design and deliver leadership programs that equip leaders with the skills they need for an increasingly complex world. Topics to be addressed include:
- The emerging challenges for leaders in the workplace
- The skills and capacities needed by leaders to meet these challenges
- The four trends shaping the future of leadership development
- They key principals for the design of future leadership programs
The article can be purchased at http://www.businessexpertpress.com/expert-insights-summary?search=bawany
CEE Leadership Masterclass Series in Leading to a #Disrupted, #VUCA World
CEE in collaboration with FGD Academy is pleased to offer a series of Virtual Masterclass.
For further details visit: http://www.cee-global.com/masterclass/
Ten highly practical Leadership Masterclass programmes, dedicated to developing Leadership skills for Board, C-Suite and Senior Level Leaders operating in today’s VUCA world
This Series of Courses will leverage on best-in-class or thought-leadership concepts, tools, and techniques to drive organizational & leadership excellence.
The Courses are designed to provide Business and HR leaders with a platform to develop from being good to great.
They are being offered in response to the market needs to ensure that their senior-level executives possess the right competencies and skills to successfully adapt to new realities when leading in a VUCA World.
Learning Outcomes:
• The context for leadership today’s VUCA business environment
• Understand the elements of Cognitive Readiness Competencies
• What is required to transform to be a ‘High-Performance Organisation’ (HPO)?
• How to transform your NextGen leaders to succeed in the VUCA world?
The CEE Masterclass Series is also available as customized in-company Leadership Development Workshops which are certified by The International Professional Managers Association (IPMA).
The programs incorporate a number of unique features and work on a number of levels. It is specifically aimed at enhancing and developing the skills, knowledge, and behaviors of the participants.
The participants will develop their understanding of Leadership Effectiveness and how it will lead to a creation of a sustainable competitive advantage for their respective organizations through the development of an organizational climate that will contribute towards enhancing employee engagement and productivity.
For further information, contact us at enquiry@cee-global.com or visit our website at http://www.cee-global.com/masterclass/
The Overview of the CEE Executive Coaching Solutions could be found here: http://www.cee-global.com/executive-coaching/
The Centre for Executive Coaching (CEC), a wholly-owned division of CEE, delivers recognized certified professional coach training programme for individuals interested in entering the field of executive coaching, as well as executives seeking to become better managers and leaders as managerial coaches in their respective organizations.
Further information on CEC could be found here: http://www.cee-global.com/about-cec/
For initial 30 min complimentary coaching session for CEOs and C-Suite Leaders, email us at enquiry@cee-global.com
Check out stories on VF’s “brand” new approach to global talent, a sampling of illuminating findings from the Global Leadership Forecast 2014ǀ2015, and the need for retirement management. The issue also includes articles on embracing the people side of lean in manufacturing, highlights from a survey showing how HR is perceived by business leaders, a cup of coffee with Fast Company’s Robert Safian.
[Guidebook] Optimizing Your Leadership PipelineDDI
Are there weak spots in your leadership pipeline?
The future success of any business relies on having the right leaders in place to drive business results. Download our free guidebook to find out where you’re most vulnerable.
You’ll learn:
• 5 key ingredients for a gap-free pipeline
• 6 tips for creating pipeline strategy
• Fundamental strategic elements necessary for future agility
Win The War For Talent Through Best-In-Class Succession Planning, David EdwardsThe HR Observer
Past experience shows that poorly executed succession plans can have an immediate negative impact on company momentum, reputation, employee morale and the bottom line. Any business or public sector organisation, irrespective of its size, should have a strategy to deal with losing talent, whether it’s planned or unplanned. This strategy should not simply be focused on the C-suite, but applied to every level of an organisation. Find out how companies are building effective succession planning with long-term successors as well as short-term replacements in order to maximise business performance and continuity.
This presentation was used at HR Summit and Expo 2013 www.hrsummitexpo.com
In today’s economic environment, identifying and attracting high-potential employees can give employers an edge on their competition and set up their organizations for future success. This white paper:
Provides background on high-potential talent.
Offers steps HR and talent management professionals can take to establish an effective high-potential talent identification program.
Identifies the competencies leading organizations are seeking in high-potential talent.
Discusses other factors HR and talent management professionals should consider when identifying high-potential talent.
As hospitals and health systems continue managing the transition to delivering greater value to patients and populations in the midst of reimbursement degradation, legal and regulatory changes, industry consolidation, and massive workforce demographic shifts, the role and impact of talent management and succession planning practices have come under greater scrutiny. In order to proactively prepare for the unprecedented departure of executive talent while also developing future leaders to address the many implications of the Affordable Care Act, including much greater pressure to demonstrate the value of healthcare services via clinical quality metrics, many hospital organizations have invested in the development of talent management and succession planning capabilities.
This webinar presents findings and practical applications from the semi-annual Healthcare Talent Management Survey, which provides HR executives and senior management teams with direct evidence of the impact of talent management and succession planning capabilities on hospitals’ financial, workforce, and value-based purchasing performance metrics. Webinar participants will learn a practical framework of best practices across a series of capabilities, including talent assessment, role-based leadership development, and onboarding practices. The webinar will conclude with presentation of several case studies highlighting the execution of talent management and succession planning best capabilities at prominent health systems.
Marc Effron, author of One Page Talent Management: Eliminating Complexity, Adding Value (Harvard Business Press) showed how companies have buried talent processes under layers of bureaucracy and complexity that make them unusable and unused. More importantly, he’ll show you how to cut through the clutter with One Page Talent Management (OPTM), a powerfully simple approach that significantly accelerates a company's ability to develop better talent faster. The OPTM approach combines the best behavioral science research with lean process design to create easy to use talent processes that managers truly value. This webinar is for anyone who leads a team or wants to one day.
Win The War For Talent Through Best-In-Class Succession Planning, David EdwardsThe HR Observer
Past experience shows that poorly executed succession plans can have an immediate negative impact on company momentum, reputation, employee morale and the bottom line. Any business or public sector organisation, irrespective of its size, should have a strategy to deal with losing talent, whether it’s planned or unplanned. This strategy should not simply be focused on the C-suite, but applied to every level of an organisation. Find out how companies are building effective succession planning with long-term successors as well as short-term replacements in order to maximise business performance and continuity.
This presentation was used at HR Summit and Expo 2013 www.hrsummitexpo.com
In today’s economic environment, identifying and attracting high-potential employees can give employers an edge on their competition and set up their organizations for future success. This white paper:
Provides background on high-potential talent.
Offers steps HR and talent management professionals can take to establish an effective high-potential talent identification program.
Identifies the competencies leading organizations are seeking in high-potential talent.
Discusses other factors HR and talent management professionals should consider when identifying high-potential talent.
As hospitals and health systems continue managing the transition to delivering greater value to patients and populations in the midst of reimbursement degradation, legal and regulatory changes, industry consolidation, and massive workforce demographic shifts, the role and impact of talent management and succession planning practices have come under greater scrutiny. In order to proactively prepare for the unprecedented departure of executive talent while also developing future leaders to address the many implications of the Affordable Care Act, including much greater pressure to demonstrate the value of healthcare services via clinical quality metrics, many hospital organizations have invested in the development of talent management and succession planning capabilities.
This webinar presents findings and practical applications from the semi-annual Healthcare Talent Management Survey, which provides HR executives and senior management teams with direct evidence of the impact of talent management and succession planning capabilities on hospitals’ financial, workforce, and value-based purchasing performance metrics. Webinar participants will learn a practical framework of best practices across a series of capabilities, including talent assessment, role-based leadership development, and onboarding practices. The webinar will conclude with presentation of several case studies highlighting the execution of talent management and succession planning best capabilities at prominent health systems.
Marc Effron, author of One Page Talent Management: Eliminating Complexity, Adding Value (Harvard Business Press) showed how companies have buried talent processes under layers of bureaucracy and complexity that make them unusable and unused. More importantly, he’ll show you how to cut through the clutter with One Page Talent Management (OPTM), a powerfully simple approach that significantly accelerates a company's ability to develop better talent faster. The OPTM approach combines the best behavioral science research with lean process design to create easy to use talent processes that managers truly value. This webinar is for anyone who leads a team or wants to one day.
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Advising and the Core Curriculum, Health Center, Money Matters, Scholarships and Financial Aid, Housing and Dining, Campus Life, Alcohol and Drug Education, TCU Police,
En el trayecto de la vida tenemos que escoger entre ser autores o ser observadores de nuestra propia historia. Las experiencias que nos toca vivir y del efecto que estas tienen en nuestras vidas depende, en una medida, del control que tú entiendes tener sobre tu propio destino. Como autor tú decides lo que quieres, lo planificas, y encaminas tus esfuerzos hacia tus metas. Tú escoges el ambiente que te favorece y hasta decides el impacto que tienen las experiencias buenas y las malas en tu crecimiento personal. Cuando aceptas la posición de observador, nada decides, nada controlas, nada diriges; otros cargan con la responsabilidad y otros también tienen el control.
Learn about TCU residence halls, including resources, rates, and policies. In addition, hear from Dining Services about meal plans and on-campus food options. This session is helpful for parents of students who live on or off campus.
Gary Hamel defines management innovation as a marked departure from traditional management principles, processes, and practices (or a departure from customary organizational forms that significantly alters the way the work of management is performed). He deems it the prime driver of sustainable competitive advantage in the 21st century.
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Development & Business results are interlinked comprehensively. Unless business leaders &
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Have you ever worked with someone who knows how to encourage you to make the impossible totally possible? Maybe they seem attuned to what it takes to get the best work out of you, or they’re always ready to share exactly the right thing to make you feel like you can do anything. This highly effective approach to management has a name: charismatic leadership.
As you find yourself moving forward in your career and stepping into management or leadership roles, it helps to choose an approach that meshes with your personality while supporting the company you work for. But it can be difficult to choose and refine a leadership style if you’re unfamiliar with the options that are available to you. By utilizing the knowledge gained from attaining a business degree or by taking online courses, business leaders like you can understand the psychology behind managing teams and utilizing the principles and characteristics of leadership to help refine your charismatic management style
global leaders .different world expectation (1) (1).pptxMona Quenawy
The traits a good leader in general and globally do not necessarily render him/her as an effective global business leader.
In a domestic setting, leadership plays out within the context of updated cultural beliefs and practices. Other countries’ economies, politics, and cultures may be vastly different than those of the U.S., so business leaders who operate on a global stage need to be well versed in the complexities and minutiae of host countries’ cultures.
Thus, an evolved sense of global economies and priorities is necessary for aspiring global business leaders. Global strategies require:
1. An understanding and sensitivity to cultural diversity
2. A versatile personality
3. Great negotiation and communication skillsConcentrating on expanding knowledge, learning the duties of your peers and superiors, and thinking in terms of what’s best for everyone involved are what set true global leaders apart from the pack,” says digital thought leader Pearl Zhu, in her Future Of CIO blog post, “Seven Characteristics of Global Leaders.”
In addition to expanding one’s skill set and responsibility, Zhu also focuses on transition areas, which include evolving from problem solver to agenda setter, or from tactician to strategist. In the scenarios she describes, employees, leaders, and managers can learn to expand their horizons and step naturally into a leadership mentality.
Grooming oneself to become a global leader means striving to move upward, beyond the scope of your current position and into a position of greater responsibility and rewards. The common phrase, “Learn the duties of the person above you” is just as applicable today as it was 100 years ago. A leader with a full understanding of a company’s entire organization, capabilities, and future direction, as well as the knowledge and sensitivity to act on the global stage, will make the greatest impact
global leaders .different world expectation (1) (1).pptxMona Quenawy
understand that everything they do directly affects the people they lead. In other words, the best leaders lead with their followers in mind. And one of the most important leadership traits is engaging your followers.Anyone can sit in a corner office and delegate tasks, but there is more to effective leadership than that. Effective leaders have major impacts on not only the team members they manage, but also their company as a whole. Employees who work under great leaders tend to be happier, more productive and more connected to their organization .I think a great leader is one who makes those around them better,” Dana Brownlee, founder of Professionalism Matters, told Business News Daily. “There are many litmus tests for a great leader, but I really look to those around them: Are they growing, becoming better leaders themselves, motivated, etc.?”
If you look around and see that your team members have become disengaged or stagnant in their work, it may be time to reassess and reform your strategies. According to Brownlee, the following behaviors are signs that you may have a poor leadership strategy:
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Therefore, planning the business’s future and getting the right people with the right attitude and skills is important.
Establishing a strong leadership pipeline requires an ongoing investment of time and energy. But when built properly, it’s more than worth the cost. A strong leadership pipeline is a talent magnet. It standardises development efforts, motivates employees, and fosters a long-term commitment to the organisation.
In this deck, you’ll learn how organisations can develop leadership at every level by identifying future leaders, assessing their potential, planning their development, and measuring their results.
You’ll also learn;
Understand the concept of a leadership pipeline and its significance in organisational success.
The strategies for developing an effective leadership development pipeline
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The leadership pipeline model.
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Insights into Aon Hewitt's global Top Companies for Leaders study, in particular, what leaders at top companies do to drive predictive performance and engagement.
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12293 Top Companies for Leaders Highlights Report
1. Risk. Reinsurance. Human Resources.
Aon Hewitt
Performance, Reward & Talent
Aon Hewitt
Top Companies for Leaders®
Research Highlights
Leading Into the Next Frontier
Economic, technological, regulatory, and social challenges across global boundaries
have come together to form a “perfect storm” of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and
ambiguity (VUCA). Despite a recent upturn in the economy, the environment in which
organizations operate continuously presents new challenges—in uncharted territory—
for organizations to navigate.
In the face of this VUCA environment, an unrelenting focus on talent and leadership
is how top companies stay on top. In fact, this focus is in their DNA. The outstanding
companies identified in the latest iteration of the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
study were found to have the edge that supports and enhances leadership—and leads
to great organizational performance. We’ve identified what makes up the DNA of top
company leaders.
Top companies…
1. Have self-aware leaders who understand their personal strengths and weaknesses,
and use this information to become more effective leaders of others.
2. Build resilience in their leaders through stretch experiences, encouragement and
support for taking risks in innovating, learning from failing quickly, and exposure
to multiple perspectives and ideas.
3. Identify and build engaged leaders who connect strongly with their people, who
connect their teams more strongly with the organization’s purpose and mission,
who are both mobilizers and stabilizers, and who are ambidextrous influencers
who can appeal as needed both to minds and to hearts.
What is VUCA?
A “perfect storm” of volatility,
uncertainty, complexity, and
ambiguity (VUCA).
The New Reality
Strong
Organizational
Practices
Great
Organizational
Performances
Self-
awareness
Resiliency
Engaging
Leaders
VOLATILITY
COMPLEXITY
UNCERTAINTY
AMBIGUITY
2. 2 Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015
Top Companies Use
Varied Assessment
Techniques
360-degree
feedback
Competency-based
assessments
Personality
assessments
Cognitive
assessments
Leadership style
inventories
Global Top
Companies 96% 96% 84% 64% 80%
All Others 87% 85% 77% 51% 71%
The Discipline of Assessment
A disciplined and fact-based approach to assessment is
fundamental to Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders.
Assessments allow leadership to:
The “Potential Assessment Process” of ICICI Bank
takes into consideration views from various
stakeholders through the Talent Management
system, which records details discussed during
the talent panel, the 360-degree report with
internal benchmarks, and the personal profile
of the employee. Middle to senior management
grades are assessed by a cross-functional
panel of skip-level leaders who have leadership
potential (Talent Scouts). The cross-functional
panel ensures balanced assessment by
calibrating talent across different functions.
“The ‘Developing Leaders’ process
(for high-potential employees) moves
talent through a one-day assessment
by senior company executives, a two-
day classroom session on interpreting
360 results and leadership skills, and
creation of a professional development
plan complete with mentor assignment,
coaching, growth assignments, and
more. The Developing Leaders process
begins with the communication of high-
potential status, [then] moves into the
aforementioned assessment, feedback,
and creation of an action plan. Process
includes regular follow-up with the
talent’s manager and HR manager.”
Companies that use 360-degree
assessments have:
15%higher relative performance
in profitability when
assessment conducted at
senior management levels
35%higher relative performance
in profitability when
assessment conducted at
middle management levels
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders employ full-spectrum
assessment—from early career to executive-level assessment.
Aon Hewitt evaluated the relationship between the use of
assessments and organizational performance and found that
companies that push rigorous assessment down to the middle
management level had stronger CAGR for EBIT compared
to industry peers.
–Sonoco
Enhance
predictive
analytic
capabilities
Accelerate
growth and
readiness
Drive
strategic
development
interventions
Identify high
potentials
Make selection
decisions
3. Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015 3
The Power of Self-Awareness
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders know that
a leader’s ability to recognize and understand his
or her own strengths and weaknesses is an integral
component of leading in a VUCA world.
Self-awareness surrounds countless practices top companies
champion for capability development, adaptability, diversity
and inclusion, and internal mobility. It is embedded in the
infrastructure and culture, and starts strongly at the front line.
Top companies consistently recognize the need for future leaders
(regardless of level) to lead teams and support change with
strategic thinking becoming a critical behavior at the middle
management level.
– Global Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
organization; Household and Personal Products
Capabilities Required for
Future Success
Senior Management Thinks strategically
Leads teams
Supports change
Middle Management Leads teams
Thinks strategically
Supports change
Front-Line Management Leads teams
Supports change
Takes initiative
Top Three Talent Challenges Impacting
Business Objectives Over Next 1–3 Years
1. Insufficient number of ready-now leaders
2. Change in demand for talent and skills required
for success
3. Pace of talent development does not match
the speed of growth initiatives
Companies are becoming more aware of the inevitable
shift in the pace of change, the talent skills required, and
the need to be able to fill positions with ready talent.
Leaders must be open to understanding the impact
their unique strengths and development areas have
on achieving objectives, and the specific adjustments
required to drive business forward.
“There is a comprehensive ‘Talent
Organization Assessment’ conducted
every two to three years to identify
strengths and opportunity areas in line
with business priorities. The output then
forms part of the annual HR planning
exercise and is signed off on as part
of the HR strategy. Line leaders take
full accountability for the action plan
that impacts their teams and the
larger organization and play a key role
in making a difference. What works
well for them is that within the overall
framework, they are given all the
space they need to exercise their own
leadership style. There is no ‘one-size-
fits-all’ approach.”
Challenges Faced in Developing Leaders
Limitations in
geographic
mobility
Difficulty
moving talent
across
functions
Development
plan not
actively
managed
Self-aware leaders are on a continuous
journey of discovery, seeking clarity
on their own behaviors and how their
actions impact peers, customers, and the
bottom line. They ask questions like:
• How can I leverage my team to help fill my own gaps?
• How am I leading through change?
• Am I celebrating others’ success more than my own?
• When I fail or lose step, how open am I to my own faults?
• Am I really appreciating the power of inclusion and the
importance of differences and diversity?
• Am I letting great talent flourish or am I holding others
back to protect my own interests as a leader?
4. 4 Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015
The Impact of Resilience
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders embrace the
80% rule, where tremendous success comes from
a relative few. They try new things and accept the
notion of “failing fast.”
Top companies understand the importance of building
resilience through:
• Stretching people in challenging assignments
• Encouraging adaptability to changing market demand
• Cultivating a culture where appropriate risk taking
is valued and supported
“The six pillars of leadership behavior
the company wants leaders to embody:
(1) ability to make use of both left and
right brain; (2) multipliers of passion,
energy, and sense of ownership;
(3) ability to manage fear and leverage
failure; (4) mindfulness in the age
of distractions; (5) global mindset,
openness to changes; (6) comfort
with ambiguity, and creating
a culture of trust.”
–Mahindra Mahindra
Development
Opportunities Offered
to All Leaders
Global Top Companies All Others
Senior Middle Front-Line Senior Middle Front-Line
Developmental assignments 80% 76% 64% 52% 51% 37%
Special projects/teams 68% 72% 64% 46% 57% 44%
Leaders serving as teachers 80% 76% 56% 40% 42% 34%
Corporate philanthropy exercises 68% 72% 72% 38% 40% 36%
Cross-cultural awareness training 72% 76% 68% 34% 38% 36%
Top companies know:
• When leaders build
resilience, the organization
benefits from an inclusive
culture where diverse
perspectives are heard
and considered.
• Resilient leaders act with
greater fluidity and
confidence in new frontiers,
recover quickly, and learn
from setbacks to build on
business success.
The Aon Hewitt Top
Companies for Leaders
seek leaders who can:
• Recognize mistakes
and learn from them
• Adapt well and
articulate a clear vision
for the future
• Dig into their
surroundings to
uncover what’s
driving challenges
• Collaborate and build
a sense of optimism
• Identify the importance
of leading people
“General Electric uses an ‘Integrated
Learning’ approach to leadership
development using programs that
infuse logic and linear thinking with
spontaneity and creativity, drawing
upon a range of disciplines. Their goal
is to build adaptive leadership capable
of navigating uncertainty through a
process of mindfulness and reflection.
This comprehensive approach elevates
and honors the human dimensions of
the leadership journey—learning styles,
personality traits, and passions—
to help participants connect who
they are to how they lead.”
–General Electric
5. Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015 5
Engaging leaders are:
• Mobilizers. Embrace change and look for ways
to transform people, practices, policies, and
processes to exploit opportunities for enhancing
organizational effectiveness.
• Stabilizers. Calm the waters, maintain optimism,
and overcome skepticism in the face of the stresses
that accompany change.
• Ambidextrous. Beyond multitasking, the
ambidextrous leader can appeal to both the rational
and emotional sides of stakeholders, finding solutions
that benefit all involved.
Engaging leaders give the businesses the drive
strategies and forecast road bumps that could break
their businesses. They articulate their organization’s
larger picture in a way that draws followership and
motivates teams to become part of that success, and
provides the safe and purpose-driven environment
that maintains engagement.
Mobilizers Stabilizers Ambidextrous
The Shape of Engaging Leadership
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders see engaging
leaders across all ranks. They foster and build an
engaged workforce that strengthens the organization’s
employment brand, exerts high levels of discretionary
effort and skill, and remains with the organization
to provide stability for core capabilities.
Engaged Leaders Set the Tone
and See Results
Global Top Companies All Others
Our organization has a strong reputation in the marketplace for
cultivating talent
73%
100%
Our leaders have a strong reputation internally for cultivating talent
throughout the organization
66%
100%
Leaders are formally held accountable for employee engagement
70%
84%
Leaders receive coaching and development on skills and behaviors
to engage others
70%
96%
We have a strong group of leaders who create high engagement
levels among their direct reports and others they interact with
in our organization
68%
96%
Employee engagement levels have risen since last review
62%
83%
“At John Deere we believe that leadership
is about creating a vision that drives
engagement. Leaders are carefully
developed to understand the larger
picture and to communicate a vision
to all key stakeholders, especially
our employees and customers. Effective
leaders are actively engaged with
their employees rather than simply
managing people. Leaders give
employees autonomy, are conversational,
create mutual trust, and clearly align
objectives to our strategy. Leaders must
earn followership.”
– VP of HR, Deere Company
6. 6 Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015
Top companies build on their talent infrastructures to inform
strategic enhancements to their programs and practices.
They start with alignment between business and talent
strategies, and focus on processes to propel their leadership
brand forward:
Metrics Outcome-focused metrics, including
fact-based assessments, determine
the impact of initiatives—holding
leaders accountable for demonstrating
the right behaviors to generate
sustainable success.
Leadership
programs
Simplifying when necessary increases
the likelihood of adoption throughout
all levels and functions.
High
potentials
Early identification and healthy churn
of candidates in and out of the pool
ensures investments are made in the
right way with the right people.
Pipeline Talent review and succession planning
processes are future-focused and
fact-driven, with genuine accountability
for outcomes. Robust data tracks
readiness, risks, and resources
to determine the health of the
talent pipeline.
Mobility Data-driven infrastructure facilitates
the identification, documentation,
and execution of talent moves.
Leadership
brand
Promotes leadership capabilities,
culture, values, and mission to attract
and retain like-minded leaders.
The Power of Sustainability
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders are constantly
reevaluating themselves, raising the bar, and preparing
for the future with a focus on process, programs,
pipeline, and the right culture to support it all.
–IBM
“The leadership value proposition of IBM focuses
on encouraging employees to be a leader at a
leading company, be an innovator, work in the
company of experts, build a career of choice,
work for a company to be proud of and join at this
special point in time—the time to help invent
a new IBM; not just a successful business, but
an essential institution for the clients and the
world [on] the verge of a new era.”
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Global Top Companies All Others
Leadership investments are not impacted by financial performance
68%
92%
Leaders are held accountable (through compensation,
opportunities, and rewards) for the strength of their talent pipelines
59%
92%
Overall organizational performance includes specific
leadership metrics
74%
96%
7. Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015 7
Conclusion
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders build cultures that embody
the comprehensive and consistent leadership practices to build the talent
required in today’s (and tomorrow’s) VUCA environment. They get key
practices right while continuing to raise the bar to anticipate what’s
around the bend:
Visible CEO and board of directors involvement. They have a passion for leadership
development and invest in face time, coaching, and mentoring.
Business strategy clearly aligned to talent strategy. HR and leadership practices
intentionally support the execution of the business strategy.
Comprehensiveness and depth of leadership and talent programs. Programs are
varied and build in the active involvement of senior managers.
Leadership mindset matches today’s complex environment. Leaders are adaptable,
innovative, resilient, entrepreneurial, and employee-centric.
Leading with purpose. Sustained results are bigger than the efforts of any
one individual. The team, organization, and communities are top of mind in
day-to-day work.
It’s rooted in their DNA.
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
know the power of a robust pipeline of
resilient, engaged, and self-aware leaders
for stronger financial performance,
greater sustainability against future
challenges, and a stellar internal and
external reputation that continues
to attract and retain the very best talent.
How does your organization stack up?
Visible CEO and
board of directors
involvement
Leadership mindset
matches today’s
complex environment
Comprehensiveness
and depth of leadership
and talent programs
Business strategy
clearly aligned to
talent strategy
Leading
with purpose
8. 8 Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015
About the Study
Founded in 2001, the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
study is one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies
of talent management and leadership practices around the
globe. Our first results, published in 2002, demonstrated the
link between financial success and great leadership practices,
and identified differentiating elements found only in top
companies. The current study, conducted in 2014, marks the
eighth iteration of this foundational research. The pool of
competing organizations was the most competitive we’ve
seen to date demonstrating that even those who didn’t make
the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders list are pushing
in the right direction.
How the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
Were Selected
Aon Hewitt invited human resources executives from around the
world to participate in the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
study in early 2014. Study participation was open to organizations
of any type (e.g., public, private, nonprofit), size (employee and
revenue), and location. From those invitations, 180 companies
participated globally. Participating companies completed a detailed
questionnaire examining the factors influencing both the depth
and quality of leadership. Aon Hewitt analyzed all entries for
responses consistent with strong leadership practices and identified
111 global finalists. Each finalist company completed in-depth
interviews with Aon Hewitt leadership consultants to gain greater
clarity and precision around their specific leadership practices.
In addition to the HR and senior executive interviews, we
interviewed CEOs in a majority of the finalist companies. Aon
Hewitt scored company survey data by assigning points to
questions and responses, yielding both category and overall
scores. Aon Hewitt also analyzed the financial performance,
relative to industry, for all finalist companies.
An esteemed panel of judges—composed of authors, academics,
and journalists—gathered in North America, India, Southeast Asia,
and Australia to select and rank the 2014 Aon Hewitt Top
Companies for Leaders. The judges considered many variables in
selecting and ranking the lists, including survey and interview data,
company reputation, leadership culture and values, diversity of
the leadership team, and business performance over three- and
five-year periods. Finally, a separate judges’ panel composed of one
representative from each regional panel considered all winners
(53 total), plus the finalists from Latin America and Europe, to select
a ranked global Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders list.
9. Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015 9
Winners
Global Winners
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
1. General Electric Company
2. International Business Machines
3. Hindustan Unilever Limited
4. General Mills, Inc.
5. ICICI Bank Ltd.
6. The Procter Gamble Company
7. Colgate-Palmolive Company
8. 3M
9. Novartis AG
10. Mahindra Group
11. McDonald’s Corporation
12. Intel Corporation
13. Whirlpool Corporation
14. ArcelorMittal
15. WEG
16. Deere Company
17. Eli Lilly and Company
18. DBS Group Holdings Ltd.
19. Royal Dutch Shell plc
20. Singapore Telecommunications Limited
21. Sonoco Products Co.
22. Sime Darby Berhad
23. Cargill, Inc.
24. American Express Company
25. Raytheon Company
North America Winners
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
1. International Business Machines
2. General Mills, Inc.
3. General Electric Company
4. The Procter Gamble Company
5. Colgate-Palmolive Company
6. 3M
7. McDonald’s Corporation
8. Intel Corporation
9. Whirlpool Corporation
10. Deere Company
11. Eli Lilly and Company
12. Sonoco Products Company
13. Cargill, Inc.
14. V.F. Corporation
15. The Boeing Company
16. American Express Company
17. ATT, Inc.
18. Capital One Financial Corporation
19. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
20. Kiewit Corporation
21. Fluor Corporation
22. Raytheon Company
23. Yum! Brands, Inc.
24. The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company
25. Owens Corning
Special Recognition
1. Johnson Johnson
2. Hewlett-Packard Company
3. Target Corporation
4. DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
10. 10 Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015
India Winners
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
1. Hindustan Unilever Limited
2. ICICI Bank Ltd.
3. Mahindra Group
4. Marico Limited
Top Multinational Companies for Leaders
1. PepsiCo. India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
2. Vodafone India Ltd.
Special Recognition
Godrej Industries Limited and Associated Companies
Australia/New Zealand
Winners
Top Companies for Leaders
Lion
Z Energy
Top Multinational Companies for Leaders
DHL Express (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Southeast Asia Winners
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders
CP All Public Company Limited
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.
McThai Co., Ltd.
KASIKORNBANK PCL
Sime Darby Berhad
Singapore Telecommunications Limited
Top Multinational Companies for Leaders
DHL Express International (Thailand) Ltd.
Merck Ltd. (Thailand)
Special Recognition
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited
PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited
Winners
11. Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders® Highlights Report | 2015
Kavil Ramachandran
Professor Kavil Ramachandran, a founding
faculty member, established the Wadhwani
Centre for Entrepreneurship Development
at the ISB in 2001. Later, he was the associate
dean for Academic Programmes before
becoming the Thomas Schmidheiny Chair
Professor of Family Business and Wealth
Management. He was on the faculty of
the Indian Institute of Management in
Ahmedabad for 15 years prior to joining ISB.
Prof. Ramachandran has taught courses on
family business and entrepreneurship for
various target groups throughout his career,
and has been a member of several nationally
recognized committees of the Department
of Science and Technology, SEBI, and UPSC.
He is on the board of several companies
and advises family businesses, growth
companies, and development institutions
in India and abroad.
Prof. Ramachandran holds a PhD from
Cranfield University, UK (formerly Cranfield
Institute of Technology) and a Master of
Commerce (Commerce) from the University
of Calicut.
Kathleen Slaughter
Professor Kathleen Slaughter, now
retired, previously taught management
communications at the Ivey Business School,
Western University in the full-time MBA
program, the executive MBA program and in
Ivey’s executive programs worldwide. She
served as director of Ivey’s Honors Business
Administration program from 1992 until 1996
and as director of Ivey’s highly acclaimed
Accelerating Management Talent program
from 1999 to 2003. In 2003, Professor
Slaughter moved to Hong Kong to become
dean of Ivey’s Hong Kong campus, a position
she held until her retirement in 2011.
In 1990, she co-authored the textbook,
Business Communication: Process and
Practice. In 1998, she published Management
Communications Cases, which was subsequently
translated into Mandarin. In 1999, she
published “Communication Across Cultures:
The Case of Midstream and PetroVietnam”
for the University of Toronto’s Institute for
International Business. She is the author
of many cases and teaching materials for
management communications and leadership
courses at both the undergraduate and
graduate levels.
Prior to joining Ivey’s faculty in 1983, she
worked for seven years in market support and
sales at IBM Canada Ltd., where her career was
distinguished by awards for Outstanding
Contribution and the IBM 100% clubs.
She has taught internationally in the People’s
Republic of China, Hong Kong, Slovenia, the
United States, Malaysia, India, Singapore,
Australia, and Mexico. She worked with faculty
at Nanyang University in Singapore and with
faculty throughout China to facilitate the
transition from a lecture-based program to
a case-teaching program.
Prof. Slaughter was the president of the
Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong
Kong from 2009 to 2011 and is a member of
the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Board
of Governors in Hong Kong. In 2005–6,
she was a vice-chair of the Canadian
International School’s Board of Governors.
Betânia Tanure
Betânia Tanure holds a Doctor of Business
Administration from Brunel University
(England) and is a specialist in management
consulting for the Henley Management
College (England), in personnel management
for INSEAD (France), and in business
management for F. Leon Bekaert (Belgium).
Dr. Tanure graduated with a degree in
psychology from the Pontifical Catholic
University of Minas Gerais and is currently
a professor in the postgraduate program of
business administration at PUC Minas, where
she teaches PhD, academic master’s and
professional master’s courses that are carried
out in partnership with Fundação Dom Cabral.
She is a member of the board of directors of
RBS and the GOL Linhas Aereas, the latter
with the special mission of supporting HR
decisions and ensuring the identification and
development of counselors and leaders on
the Committee of the Council.
She has published several articles and books
in Brazil and abroad, among them Brazilian
Management (a comparison between Latin
America, the United States, Europe, and Asia);
Strategies and business management: Building
successful companies in Brazil, in partnership
with Sumantra Ghoshal (London Business
School); and People management in Brazil:
Virtues and deadly sins, in partnership with
Paul Evans (INSEAD) and Vladimir Pucik (IMD).
She is the principal of Betânia Tanure
Associated, acting as a consultant for national
and multinational companies, and working
mainly on topics related to business
management such as culture and
organizational change, impact of the
country’s culture on the processes of
internationalization, management of culture
and people in FA, executive development,
leadership and high-performance teams,
personnel management, executive women’s
challenges, and the balance between personal
and professional lives. She also served as
director of the FDC for 15 years, and in this
role was responsible for the areas of
executive development and company-
business partnerships.
Michael Useem
Michael Useem is a professor of management
and director of the Center for Leadership and
Change Management at the Wharton School
of the University of Pennsylvania. His university
teaching includes MBA and executive MBA
courses on leadership and change. He offers
programs on leadership, teamwork,
governance, and decision making for managers
in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin
America. He also works on leadership
development and governance with many
companies and organizations in the private,
public, and nonprofit sectors.
He is the author of The Leader’s Checklist;
The Leadership Moment; Investor Capitalism and
The Go Point: When It’s Time to Decide. He is
also co-author and co-editor of Learning from
Catastrophes, and co-author of The India
Way: How India’s Top Business Leaders Are
Revolutionizing Management.
He can be reached at
useem@wharton.upenn.edu, and additional
information is available at http://leadership.
wharton.upenn.edu/l_change/Useem_
biosketch.shtml.edu/l_change/Useem_
biosketch.shtml.
Global Judges’ Panel Biographies
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Global Project Director
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