Australia

Overview

Commencing operations in 1976, DDI Australia is recognised as the leading HR Consultancy in Australia. We utilise our world-class research and development undertaken on a global scale, and tailor solutions to meet the particular business needs of Australian organisations which help our clients realise measurable outcomes.

We have an Australian-wide reach, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Additionally, we have solid relationships with an extensive network of experienced consultants both here and around the world. DDI has invested in purpose-built Development/Acceleration Centres in Sydney and Melbourne, to meet the demand for small and large scale assessment and development projects. We have worked with almost 1000 executives, and have workshop facilities at which we’ve trained more than 2000 facilitators to deliver DDI courses. Our clients include a significant number of the BRW Top 1000 and ASX Top 150 companies.

Through a team of some 20 consultants representing a broad range of expertise, we’re experienced in supporting our clients with roll outs, whether in leadership development, talent management, selection systems or performance management. Our client feedback is consistently excellent and we’re valued as much for the easy working relationship we create as for our deep expertise and our ability to master our clients’ business issues.

Our Strengths & Accomplishments

Our most notable strengths and accomplishments are as follows:

Selection

A customised version of Targeted Selection^® yielded the following results for the Australian division of one of the worlds' leading international financial services organisations: Hiring managers saw a 32.9 percent increase in the quality of new hires following the training. Interview process efficiency increased by 65.7 percent for trained managers. The increased quality of new hires translated into a 300 percent return on training investment based on hiring trends in the two months following the training.

‘The organisation will benefit from the hiring of the best people for the job.’

Performance Management

Following an employee opinion survey that identified the need for development in the area of managing performance, Sensis introduced DDI’s Maximizing Performance^® system to create a high-performance workplace. Leaders’ confidence in their ability to manage their staff’s performance increased by an average of 44.3 percent following the training. This increase represented nearly a $2.2 million return on investment, reflecting a return of nearly $10.60 for every training dollar spent.

‘DDI has given us a really effective program and some tools which meet not only the strategic direction that we are going in with our people, but also give us a very practical, everyday skill that can be used effectively in the business.’

Leadership Development

DDI has been working with one of Australia’s leading FMCG organisations to introduce a comprehensive leadership development program aimed at building fundamental leadership skills. In just a few months, 34 internal facilitators have been trained, three master facilitators have been accredited, 526 people have participated in DDI training sessions, and programs have been run across four countries in the Asia Pacific region.

‘The internal support for the program continues to be incredibly strong with sessions filling in minutes and feedback from the sessions that is consistently positive.’

Executive Assessment and Development

DDI has worked with many of Australia’s leading organisations and multinational subsidiaries to introduce a range of executive development solutions.

It has worked with Unisys Australia to support the development of future leaders using DDI’s Strategic Leadership Experience^®, with Dairy Farmers to evaluate leadership skills across the top 60 managers using our comprehensive multirater feedback tool, Leadership Mirror^®, and with Integral Energy, to provide a holisitic assessment based on DDI’s acceleration centre process to identify leadership strengths and development needs.