From employee to manager

Until now, executives in Anna's companies have often been selected spontaneously – with mixed success. With Evalea, Anna now relies on a strategic approach: potential leadership talents are proposed, evaluated on the basis of competence profiles and feedback and developed in a targeted manner through structured learning journeys. The result: plannable, transparent and sustainable leadership development instead of random decisions.

From gut feeling to strategy: Sustainable leadership development with Evalea

In the company of Anna, Head of HR, managers have so far mostly been determined spontaneously and “based on gut feeling”. Often it was the employees who had been with us for a long time. But it quickly became clear that these people did not always have the greatest potential for a leadership role – and some felt overwhelmed.

With Evalea, Anna chooses a new path: strategic instead of situational.

In the appraisal interview, managers are now given the opportunity to actively suggest employees who seem particularly suitable for a management career. These suggestions are recorded in the system.

Through a central report, Anna can see at a glance who has been nominated, who has recently been promoted or is eligible for the future. In addition, the report shows which employees are considered particularly promising based on their competence assessments, goal achievement and feedback.

From this overview, the company selects the candidates who start a learning journey every year. This begins with a structured, 10-month development program that systematically prepares students for the role of a manager.

The journey combines several elements:

Further training to teach the basics of leadership,
E-learning courses that can be completed flexibly in everyday life,
as well as projects in which responsibility is taken directly.

The practical projects are particularly valuable, as the candidates test the theoretical knowledge in a real work context. At the same time, they are networked with other participants and get to know important interfaces in the company.

This creates not only professionally well-prepared, but also broadly networked junior managers who can have an immediate impact in the company.

Anna is pleased: Instead of random decisions, Evalea creates transparency and planning security – and the company benefits from sustainable management development.