Securing our future by developing our people
We place great value on developing our people not only because this will secure the future of our company, but also because it is part of our social responsibility. We believe out commitment and support will not only help each person grow as an individual but will strengthen our company as our people maximizing their contributions.
At LANXESS, the definition of learning & development is a broad one—it may contain traditional classroom training, outdoor team building, development centre, coaching & mentoring and task assignment. We expect our people to be open and committed to exploring all of these directions.
Learning & development is defined as a shared responsibility at LANXESS, which requires all members of the company to demonstrate leadership in their own way—employees, by taking initiative and ownership, managers, by showing leadership capabilities such as delivering feedback and arranging appropriate tasks, and the company, by providing helpful tools and processes and helping create a corporate culture that supports ongoing learning.
Classroom-based training activities, traditional but still necessary, are organized regularly to meet learning needs of our people.
To help nurture our talents, LANXESS has put in place a multi-tiered, systematic process of global HR development conferences, which enable us to regularly review the potential managerial employees worldwide.
The Development Center is implemented to identify strengths and development needs for employees early in their careers. The results yielded by these complex and proven tools form a key component of our standardized HR development measures, and also of our systematic succession planning.
A core component of our approach to HR development involves offering employees the opportunity to undertake a suitable foreign assignment. In regional terms, foreign assignments have so far centered on the United States, China and India, with the functional focus lying in sales, marketing and productions management.
The LANXESS Academy, which we founded in fiscal 2008, offers an international modular management development program. Additionally, these programs offer a platform for presentations and discussions among managers from various regions and also address unique cultural characteristics.
The 360°feedback project is rolling out globally with China acting as the pilot country. The primary focus it to help our managers further enhance their leadership effectiveness and help the company build up inspiring leadership at all levels.