Hermes' HR Director unveils new leadership development scheme

Hermes' HR Director, Jill Maples, spoke to HR Grapevine about their new leadership programme, focused on developing talent, succession planning and tackling the skills shortage…

Tell us about your new leadership programme?

“What’s hot on our agenda right now is how we align our leadership programme to our business strategy and how we link that into our talent and succession model. Previously, we had a succession model which just looked at our senior managers, but what we’re rolling out now is one which will benefit the entire organisation.

“If you think about how competitive the market is, and how consumer behaviour has changed, it’s important that we have a leadership programme that supports the skills and behaviours that we’re going to need in our organisation. We’ve been examining what skills and capabilities we have now, what we’re going to need over the next 12 to 18 months, and in the next three to five years.”