Talent Practice: Wickland Westcott

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Talent

Leadership Development

Genuine leadership talent is a scarce commodity. We help current and future leaders develop skills in direction-setting, creating a compelling vision, and managing the change process to ensure engagement. Credibility is vital in this type of work, and we field Wickland Westcott Consultants with a track record of successful senior level interventions.

Our work can involve assessment, 360° feedback, learning workshops and one-to-one development sessions. Programmes are often designed and run in conjunction with client employees (eg HR or talent professionals) with an emphasis upon learning transfer, so that the client is equipped to resource the work themselves moving forward. In all cases, our activities are founded upon sound leadership theory coupled with a detailed understanding of the organisation's strategy, culture and marketplaces.

Case Studies

Mothercare - The DNA of Leadership

When Mothercare bought The Early Learning Centre in 2007, Chief Executive Ben Gordon and Group HR Director Sue Malti saw a need to define what great leadership looked like, to secure continued business success into the future. They commissioned Wickland Westcott - specifically our Team & Board Development Practice - to interview each member of the Executive and establish precisely what was required of their people in order to meet the challenges of continued global growth. After rigorous analysis a framework was created.

Orange - Developing a Leadership Pipeline

Orange is an organisation undergoing significant change. Critical to its future success is a pipeline of leadership talent able to deliver both direction and results in the competitive British mobile market. To secure this pipeline, the business has recently invested in a progressive talent development programme created and delivered by Wickland Westcott. Talent discovery The brief from Orange's internal Talent Team was to provide stretching developmental input to their most senior leaders. Previous development initiatives had failed because they had lost momentum, or required too much time commitment from busy executives.

Tees PCT - Raising the Bar on Leadership

Primary Care Trusts are measured against 'World Class Commissioning' competencies designed to improve standards of care and achieve better value, health and well-being for all. Having recognised that reaching world class status would require managers who can lead change and drive reform, four PCTs on Teesside engaged Wickland Westcott to launch a development programme as part of their talent management strategy. Wickland Westcott created a bespoke process to provide a baseline assessment for assistant directors and senior managers against 10 Leadership and Management Attributes. Over