Hollister builds leadership skills across its global operations: Nine‐day program fosters single organizational culture
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 31 August 2010
Abstract
Purpose
Shares best practice from a global, front‐line leadership‐development program at medical‐supply manufacturer Hollister Incorporated.
Design/methodology/approach
Describes how Lake Forest Graduate School of Management worked with Hollister to develop and deliver the program, which provided consistent leadership growth for global front‐line leaders of the organization.
Findings
Finds that live, classroom‐based leadership development brought added value through informal learning and networking.
Practical implications
Reveals that 94 percent of participants reported that they acquired new knowledge and skills and changed their behavior as a result of the learning, while 84 percent reported that new management behaviors led to positive business results. The greatest improvements were in communication styles, performance management and coaching.
Social implications
Details ways in which Hollister has been able to forge a single organizational culture at its sites across the world.
Originality/value
Highlights the value of the close involvement of senior managers in devising, monitoring and delivering the program.
Keywords
Citation
(2010), "Hollister builds leadership skills across its global operations: Nine‐day program fosters single organizational culture", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 18 No. 6, pp. 26-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670731011071737
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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