EMC: A Management Development Case Study

About

EMC is the market leader in data and information management solutions. Impact Italia's work with EMC to develop 'Leaders for the Future' consisted of a succession plan development programme, after which 20% of the participants achieved a top management position within six months.

Objective

Impact Italia has designed and delivered a succession plan development programme addressed to the first managerial lines with the aim to:

Enhance the ability to act as an integrated and coordinated top team
Develop strong business mind-set, entrepreneurial spirit and the company identity feeling: ‘EMC is my own company’
Maintain high levels of personal enthusiasm, motivation and self engagement

Solution

Impact has worked in partnership with both the HR and the management team to identify a set of leadership behaviours able to make the difference. We have created the programme “Leaders for the future” that has involved the following leadership dimensions: LEADING SELF to promote self-awareness, LEADING TEAMS to strengthen team management abilities and LEADING BUSINESS to develop strategic vision.

Result

"For us, the first important result is that 20% of the programme participants has achieved a top management position within six months. Furthermore, all participants have developed a new cooperative way of working, thus helping the company to overcome interdepartmental barriers.’"

Nicola Pozzati, HR Director