Manufacturers are under intense pressure to provide higher quality, speedier delivery, better service and support, and lower costs. Successful manufacturers know they must develop their employees-from the front line to the executive suite-to take on these challenges. [
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BASF Corporation 
Development of a selection system to rapidly hire a large number of people.
BASF Corporation 
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Developing a high-involvement culture.
BIC 
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Reducing turnover, ensuring high-quality hires, and ascertaining job fit by implementing a structured hiring process.
Caterpillar 
A multinational manufacturer overhauls its performance management system and reaps huge benefits.
Caterpillar 
Developing the skills supervisors need to succeed.
Caterpillar 
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Providing leaders with the skills, knowledge, and tools to manage employee performance effectively.
General Motors Corporation 
Standardizing selection and assessment to boost quality and improve performance.
GKN 
Identifying high-potential leaders and targeting individual development needs.
ICI Group 
Recruiting the best and the brightest by implementing a four-stage recruitment and selection system.
Interbrew 
Cultivating and developing future leaders is key to ambitious growth strategy.
Mattel 
Development programs help shape leadership skills in fast-paced environment.
Mattel 
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Staying on top by providing leaders with the skills to guide and improve employee performance.
Philips 
A complex organization streamlines its global approach to training.
PPG Industries 
Rebuilding bench strength through a 2-tiered career management program.
Siemens 
Creating tailored individual assessment centers to test defined capabilities in order to identify leaders who are ready to take on leadership roles.
Steelcase Canada 
Assessing lower-level to senior leaders, and furnishing them with a comprehensive skill-building program that combines classroom learning with ongoing on-line development support.
Syngenta 
Designing and delivering a leadership development program to reinforce an emerging organizational culture.
The Boeing Company 
Developing a selection system to rapidly hire 2,000 people.
VP Buildings, Inc. 
Realized $3 million in process savings by fostering teamwork, making team leaders more effective, and promoting accountability for action.