Performance and Talent Management
Global Talent Management
The Global Talent Management process involves the systematic, worldwide application of uniform talent assessment principles. This ensures a standardized definition of talent and the proper coordination of development measures. In promoting talent, Sika relies not only on regular development courses, but also on practical project work. This allows employees to demonstrate their skills and potential through the performance of concrete tasks. The results of these projects are often utilized in the company’s routine business operations.
Cross cultural strength
Alongside basic and advanced training, experience in supervising the widest possible range of functions and of working in other countries – especially in other cultures – is key to the systematic development of management potential. Group-internal guidelines create security and transparency for employees who leave their home country to work for Sika, and ensure fair contracts tailored to the specific circumstances of the host country. Sika also grants such employees so-called “home harbor rights”, which guarantee them a job when they return to their home country.
Career development counseling
To complement the existing management development programs, a number of special initiatives promote technically gifted employees. A pilot Development Center was set up in Switzerland to provide junior Sika employees with special career development counseling, through self and external analyses, at an early stage in their professional lives. The scheme is supported by a mentoring program.