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Building Leaders for Global Growth

with Infineon Technologies’ Leadership Development Program

A leadership development program

Since 2022, the collaboration between Relevance Learning and Infineon Technologies serves as a proof to the power of well-designed leadership development programs. Within a rapidly changing and competitive world, a consistent leadership style across countries is needed to make a global, yet local, impact. By addressing specific challenges and leveraging a blended learning approach, this innovative learning program fosters a modern, diversified and professional way of learning, helping leaders to thrive in their daily work and to be optimally prepared for future challenges.

At Infineon Technologies, a major player in the semiconductor industry, roughly 10% of their 58,000 employees worldwide are leaders. In the last few years, the company has experienced rapid growth alongside growing challenges and complexity in leadership combined with a new way of (individual) learning preferences. Therefore, the need was identified to develop the next generation of leadership development programs, an innovative approach, and a state-of-the-art methodology to convey knowledge and enable leaders to manage the complexity of a globalized and fast-paced industry.

CLIENT

Infineon Technologies

 

TRAINING

Leadership development

WHAT WE DID
A global custom-made program, focussed on 3 levels of leadership.
TIMELINE
Since 2022.

Key challenges in a changing leadership climate

Infineon identified several key challenges hindering their leadership development goals:

Challenge 1
Fragmented leadership styles

Leadership styles varied considerably across departments and regions, lacking a consistent approach.

Challenge 2
decentralized orchestration
The company desired a more centralized leadership development program across countries, with a common language, feedback style, and guiding principles.
Challenge 3
Prepared for the future
With a global market and workforce, fostering leaders with a global mindset and adaptability became paramount.

Programs designed to build our future leaders

To address these challenges of a changing leadership climate, and to build training journeys for different experience levels (from new leaders to seniors leaders), Relevance developed a comprehensive Leadership Development Program consisting of three distinct programs:

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program 1 Leading People (New Leaders)
program 1Leading People (New Leaders)

For leaders with 1-2 years of experience to equip them with the skills to transition from individual contributors to effective leaders.

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program 2 Leading People (Experienced Leaders)
program 2Leading People (Experienced Leaders)

For leaders with 3+ years experience to develop agility in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) domain from diversity to high-performing.

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program 3 Leading Leaders & Organizations (Senior Leaders)
program 3Leading Leaders & Organizations (Senior Leaders)

For senior leaders to manage leadership teams and global businesses to enhance change management skills and build high-performing leadership teams.

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How the programs are designed

Blended Learning program

These programs were delivered in a blended learning format, combining:

  • Interactive virtual modules: offering flexibility and accessibility for a global workforce.
  • Engaging face-to-face sessions: fostering collaboration and more profound learning experiences.

Program success factors

  • Blended Learning: Combines self-directed learning opportunities with guided interventions and classroom settings for flexibility and more profound engagement.
  • Experimental Learning: Learning through application in a safe environment to build confidence and a more profound understanding of the skills needed in the work environment.
  • Personalized Learning: Assignments are based on individual learning goals, ensuring relevance and application.
  • Continuous Learning: The program fosters a culture of continuous learning and development, not just a one-time event.
  • Social Learning: Encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration for lasting behavioural change.
  • Positive Psychology: Focuses on strengths and potential to enhance motivation and development.
  • 70-20-10 model for learning and development: Provides opportunities to apply learned skills on the job (70% on the job -20% social setting - 10% learning setting).
  • Managerial Involvement: Assignments incorporate manager participation to reinforce learning and provide ongoing support.

Success results

The Infineon Leadership Development Program yielded significant results, transforming leadership effectiveness across the organization:

Result 1
Consistent leadership approach

A leadership framework with a common language and guiding principles, increasing leadership effectivity across the organization.

Result 2
Global mindset development

Leaders demonstrated a stronger global perspective and increased intercultural competency.

Result 3
Increased employee engagement

Improved leadership skills led to a more engaged and motivated workforce.

Result 4
Future-proofed leadership

Infineon Technologies is now better positioned to address future challenges with a well-equipped leadership pipeline.

What the participants say

"The content for the leading Leaders & Organizations course (program 3) was well-prepared for understanding and applying the leadership theory and best practices. It helped me sharpen my own leadership identity, in connection to the strategic development of the company."

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Participant of Program 3

"For me, as an experienced leader, this program for leading people was a very well-thought of program that lets me integrate the learnings into my daily leadership practice. The combination of learning with my peers in group sessions and the individual coaching helped me to anchor the learnings into my routines. That helped me solve critical situations faster than before."

medior 35 yo leader in a working environment in asia
Participant of Program 2

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Let us know! Relevance has years of experience in developing talent programs, like traineeships, to take organizations to the next level. Please feel to contact us to discuss the possibilities. Together, we help you strengthen your business.