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“The session covers a whole range of
areas as well as being very memorable,
it's also fun - but it's mainly all about
trust and communication, two crucial
elements of their practical workplace.”
Left: An illustration of High Impact
Development's alignment workshop.
Below: Hitachi's HR manager Julia
Potts with Gary Hosey from High
Impact Development.
and what do we need to do to get there?
Using review questions afterwards, taking
time to understand what we did and how we
reached our goals and solved our problems.
“The session covers a whole range of
areas as well as being very memorable, it’s
also fun - but it’s mainly all about trust and
communication, two crucial elements of their
practical workplace.
“One key outcome on their two-day
workshop was to bring together the
individual leaders development journeys and
form it into some understanding of how the
team is operating, what’s important for them,
and how they want to work going forward.”
As well as developing their leadership
team, High Impact has since been working
with Hitachi supporting the process for
recruiting section leaders, using the EQi tool.
Julia said: “Hitachi Rail Europe has a core
list of values and behaviours that we look for
in potential employees. So it’s not just about
their skills, but about how they behave and
treat each other in the workplace.
“The interviewees completed the EQi tool
and we then gave them a tailored interview
experience based on the results of their EQi
assessment.
“It enabled us to align their abilities as
people to Hitachi’s key values of honesty,
integrity and pioneering spirit, while treating
each other with respect.
“It was also about targeting some of their
strengths and weaknesses to find out how
they would cope with workplace situations
and making sure they’re right for our
environment.
“It was a brilliant exercise, very important
to us. These will end up being key roles
- section leaders who will have the most
number of people reporting into them, so
their development is crucial in the company’s
culture and ethos going forward.”
Gary Hosey has a personal passion for
serving people in their pursuit of learning and
development.
Working with leaders, managers and
people across all levels within organisations
he has delivered 1:1 coaching, workshops
and development events to organisation
nationally and internationally.
He has worked with over 25% of the
Times top 200 organisations in a wide range
of business sectors, with clients ranging
from public sector organisations and FTSE
100 firms through to ambitious start-ups.
Having over 25 years experience in training
and management development, 15 of those
specialising in 1:1 coaching and emotional
intelligence, Gary has successfully used
the EQi, EQ360 and EQ Leadership tools
with around 6,500 clients since 2002 and is
considered a leader in the field of enhancing
behaviour and effectiveness using emotional
intelligence.
To contact Gary Hosey of High Impact
Development, call 07540 135965, email
gary@highimpactdevelopment.co.uk or
go to www.highimpactdevelopment.co.uk