Employee Orientation Programs

Employee Surveys

Hiring Process and Guidelines

HR Administrative Policy

Performance Evaluations

Training and Development Plans

Workforce Planning

Best practice

Globalization

CHAMPS – Challenging and making people successful – an HR assessment

Development through short-term assignments (2-6 months within group companies)

HELC – Holcim English language certification

(how to reach comparable level of language knowledge)

Recruitment and assessment of production and sales functions

Advancement/Succession tracking

Development through international assignments

Restructuring, change management, organizational design: clustering country operations with a central HQ

Teamwork: practical examples to get effective multifunctional teams

MAC – My annual compensation: a tool for employees to calculate the value of their benefits packages and compensation

Talent pool process

Performance management process including BSC

Personal commitment and IDE (individual dignity entitlement) scheme i.e.modern/state of the art appraisal and dialogue scheme (connected with 360-feedback, it is personal appraisal system driven by an employee)

Integrated case system (of employ assistant, employee relations, management, security etc.) i.e. all people look at every person (case) to prevent “bad behavior” – in big location to exchange observations

Development Programs (cadre 2000, European talent pool)

Management development programs

Turning HR department into a value added division

Corporate culture change

People Success System (PSS) covering all major HR relevant aspects including a global on-line pay planning tool

People Success Finder, a modern on-line HR tool for leaders, employees with multiple application (e.g. HR tools, on-line learning etc.)

JAS (Job announcement system) – a global state of the art internal job announcement system

HR action plan (linked with financial budget) including recruitment, expats, missions, strength/weakness training)

HR business units review (annual procedure)

Carrier management process worldwide

Recruitment & Selection: Systematic Selection Programme –

Set of selection techniques and approaches

Shared services (not only in HR): Local HR professionals work occasionally outside their market to help other TP companies. Aim: competence utilization and sharing

Core values: company culture as guiding principle in the absence of a “boot” (written rules)