Creating a Performance Culture by Developing Managers

Solution & Results

CCL developed the Insights for Development program to meet Novo Nordisk’s needs, and rolled the program out in a tight time frame. That included translating assessment and coaching materials into 13 languages as well as recruiting and onboarding 10 new coaches to cover the entire Europe Region.

The program launched with a Europe-wide virtual kick-off that included a senior Novo Nordisk executive. It was then rolled out in 5 cohorts across 7 business areas. The program included a customized assessment and individualized, one-on-one coaching for all of the nearly 500 managers involved.

CCL tailored a 360-degree assessment mapped to Novo Nordisk’s competencies and the Workplace Big Five Profile™. In addition to the feedback for individuals, CCL also provided analytics from the Novo Nordisk database to allow the company to compare its managers to other healthcare sector managers who have participated in our programs.

Managers received both face-to-face and virtual coaching based on their assessment results, including a 1-hour alignment meeting with their boss and coach.

The alignment meeting ensures that managers and their bosses both understand the development goals that have arisen for the manager from the assessment and coaching, and that those goals fit the manager’s role and business function.

Managers of managers received 6 hours of coaching broken into 3 sessions. The coaching incorporated business scenarios, a face-to-face developmental conversation with their CCL coach, and a concluding alignment meeting with their boss and coach.