Wavestone is convinced that attracting top talent and making them want to grow with the firm can only be done through their active participation within the organization and the strategic directions of the company.
This mindset was at the heart of the creation of the new strategic plan “Impact”. Everyone was able to contribute to the project to define Wavestone’s strategic directions for the coming years. This was reflected, among other things, in “Bridges”, a unifying and global day, on September 10th, bringing together 3,000 employees in all its geographies to co-build, through 350 workshops, the company’s objectives and its positioning for tomorrow.
Each employee is also involved in the SmartWorking@Wavestone experiment, which aims to fundamentally reinvent working methods beyond the simple face-to-face/distance mix to improve the quality of life at work, life balance but also reduce the firm’s carbon footprint.
A HR policy focused on dynamic career paths and embodied management
The Wavestone HR model is based on Career Development Managers (CDM), selected from among the teams to support employees throughout their careers.
In order to ensure efficient and harmonized management support for all employees, the training for employees in managerial positions has been continuously enriched and improved since 2018. It’s based today on a training program composed of 4 modules – salary policy, management fundamentals, management of psychosocial risks, ordinary sexism – which allows us to share a common vision of our management practices and to ensure the same experience for all our employees. In 2021, to respond to the current challenges, the program was supplemented by workshops around “work/life balance”.
In addition, the HR teams support the CDM’s through workshops, exchanges or co-development sessions contextualized to the situations of the different teams, the concrete cases or issues they encounter in order to collectively advance the teams on HR and managerial topics and promote the adoption of good practices in this area.
The Positive Way, one of the pillars within the new strategic plan “Impact”
As a result of the collaborative work carried out between July and December 2021, the strategic plan “Impact” outlines Wavestone’s medium-term ambitions surrounding three main pillars.
International and Growth, with the acceleration of the growth of international activities and the acquisition of new large international clients.
Expertise and Value. The main aspiration of the talents who join Wavestone is to quickly develop their skills and bring more and more value to clients. Wavestone intends to become one of the best training schools for consultants throughout their careers.
Finally, the Positive Way, the values that Wavestone is based on: client satisfaction and support towards sustainable performance, the development and commitment of employees, responsibility and ethics, a committed company and corporate citizen and finally, the collective mindset that is at the heart of the firm’s DNA. These values have been a strong asset within Wavestone since its creation and represent a major lever for attracting and retaining talent.
These values are also essential to meet the challenge of international growth and the acceleration of acquisitions and to remain a good place to work in the long term.
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