Skanska
Graduate Development - Skanska shapes leaders of the future
Leading construction group Skanska, recognised that it needed to invest more in its graduate talent pool to fully realise their potential. They also identified that they needed to develop working styles and behaviours that would sustain their ambitious expansion plans.
Acorn worked with Skanska Integrated Projects (SIPs), a subsidiary of the Skanska Construction Group, responsible for all of Skanska’s PFI and PPP activity in the UK building sector. Success in this rapidly growing area of work placed an increasing demand on people's ability to build and sustain solid, long lasting relationships with Skanska's many partnering businesses.
The Programme
A2B Development, the graduate development arm of Acorn, was selected to develop the ‘Moving You Forward Programme’.
The programme was designed to be a catalyst for development which would help shape and develop future leadership behaviours and to allow the sharing of best practice across the business. This involved working closely with Skanska over a period of 12 months. The final design consisted of a launch event, telephone coaching, a bespoke 360 process, followed by a residential element and post course follow up.
At every stage of the programme the emphasis was on real workplace issues and generating practical results. The ultimate aim of the programme was to create more graduates moving into senior roles, faster.
Return on Investment
Feedback from the client shows that the programme, as well as achieving its stated objectives, achieved some remarkable results.
One particular team of graduates have improved a construction technique and shared the new best practice techniques throughout Skanka, saving the business significant amounts of money.
The client has stated that their graduates have developed to become a generation of talent that is already making a significant contribution to Skanska's business objectives.