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Hitting on all cylinders to develop leaders
October 12, 2011
| General Mills Corporate Communications |
General Mills' leadership development programs were ranked No. 1 by Leadership Excellence magazine, a respected leadership trade magazine. The results emerged from a survey of 250 other large companies such as General Electric, IBM and Procter Gamble,
“I think we’re getting a little more known – the word is getting out that this is a very special place and that we have leaders at General Mills who invest in developing leaders from the inside,” says Kevin Wilde, chief learning officer.
It marked the first time we have been ranked No. 1 by Leadership Excellence – up from No. 14 last year. But we have ranked as high as No. 3 on Fortune magazine’s list of Global Top Companies for Leaders.
Wilde says that our consistent top rankings on these and other lists – as well as greater exposure for programs such as our Great Managers course – probably helped push us to the top spot this year. Great Managers is now taught around the world – often by leaders from within the company.
Career-long development “The editors recognized that General Mills is investing and firing on all cylinders,” says Wilde, who was singled out in the “2011 Best in Leadership Development Ranking” along with Pete Longhurst, an associate Human Resources manager within Organization Effectiveness.
General Mills offers career-long development opportunities for employees at each stage of their careers, including mentoring, access to leadership experts and speakers, training at the General Mills Institute, tuition reimbursement, and individual development planning.
General Mills was followed in the ranking by Ritz-Carlton Hotels, General Electric, IBM, Procter Gamble, CaridianBTC, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Intel and Yahoo!
The only General Mills competitor in the top 20 was ConAgra. Unilever was ranked No. 111 and PepsiCo No. 113.
The magazine ranked the companies' leadership development programs on seven criteria, including vision and mission; design, content and curriculum; involvement and participation; measurement and accountability; presenters, presentation and delivery; take-home value; and outreach.
“What General Mills is doing in leadership development corresponds nicely with our seven ranking criteria,” says Ken Shelton, editor of Leadership Excellence since 1984.
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