Redsky engages with insurance and investment firm: Team‐leader training embeds organizational culture
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 31 May 2013
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe how training for team leaders has helped Engage Mutual Assurance, a UK insurance and investment company, to embed its organizational culture and increase employee engagement.
Design/methodology/approach
Explains the reasons for the training, the form it takes and the results it has achieved.
Findings
Reveals that linking business performance to values and culture was important to Engage Mutual, and that this was guaranteed by the bespoke planning of the workshops, which were then individually tailored as the program progressed.
Practical implications
Explains that the company has not only seen impressive changes to employees' attitude and energy, but also business projects have benefited financially with a significant and measureable return on investment.
Social implications
The paper highlights the skills, qualities and behaviors that can lead to success.
Originality/value
The paper offers six tips for companies to ensure that new executives are supported and that their first six months turn into future success.
Keywords
Citation
(2013), "Redsky engages with insurance and investment firm: Team‐leader training embeds organizational culture", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 24-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-04-2013-0017
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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