Defining leadership attributes and values
Mining & Resources
Queensland
2023
A mining company with over 40,000 employees partnered with Bright People to define leadership attributes that resonate across all levels of the organisation. By conducting extensive research and engaging stakeholders, we articulated core values and integrated them into key processes like recruitment and development programs. This initiative not only established clear organisational values but also facilitated a cultural shift, embedding these attributes throughout the employee lifecycle to support and sustain the company’s business strategy.
Situation
A global mining & resources company with over 40,000 employees sought to articulate leadership attributes that would support and sustain their business strategy. The organisation aimed to define core leader attributes that resonated across all levels and integrated these attributes into key people processes.
Solution
Bright People led a project to define and implement leadership attributes for the company. The approach included:
- Extensive Research: Conducted thorough research to identify and recommend core leadership attributes aligned with the company’s business strategy.
- Stakeholder Consultation: Engaged with various levels of the organisation to ensure the attributes resonated broadly, not just within leadership.
- Integration into Key Processes: Replaced existing organisational values with the new attributes and integrated them into:
1. Global Recruitment Approach: Updated recruitment and assessment tools to align with the new attributes.
2. Development Programs: Incorporated the attributes into employee development programs and assessment tools.
Outcome
The project achieved several significant outcomes:
- Clearly Defined Values: Established new organisational values that reflected the company’s aspirations and future direction.
- Articulated Behaviours: Defined specific behaviours underpinning each value, providing clear guidance for expected conduct.
- Incorporated Descriptors: Integrated behavioural descriptors into the employee lifecycle, ensuring alignment with values throughout various processes.
- Bespoke Assessment Tool: Designed a custom assessment tool to evaluate values alignment through observable behaviours.
Bright People’s work facilitated a significant cultural shift within the company, aligning values with leadership attributes and embedding them throughout the employee lifecycle.
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