TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Building capabilities of individuals, teams and organizations to achieve impact and lasting results through one-to-one coaching, teambuilding sessions and organization development

At the Sariel Group, we focus first on People – the fact is that Profits and Planet outcomes originate from People who are enabled to perform at their fullest potential. When individuals have the tools, motivation and developmental support to perform at their peak, the impact on their teams, organizations and communities are exponential.

Leadership Development

Great leaders are at the heart of business outcomes. We provide the tools and systems for an organization to identify, develop, support and enable its current and future leaders to achieve business results.

Team Effectiveness

Cohesive leadership teams are the key force driving change and organizational performance. We provide custom-designed and facilitation of powerful and high-impact sessions for teams to align on common goals, clear roles and responsibilities, build trust and collaborative capabilities.

Executive Coaching

We work one-on-one with senior executives towards achieving organizational and business goals, as well as personal higher order goals and aspirations.

Building a Talent Pipeline

A client organization wanted to ‘leapfrog’ its competitors and transform from a regional player to become a global champion. Its strategy required major shifts in products, capabilities and extending its global footprint. A critical success factor was ensuring sufficient number of leaders and skilled professionals, to be ready in 18-36 months, to realize the strategy. Our work focused on building a ‘talent pipeline’ so that a continuous stream of talent would be developed to deliver business results. Included:

Quantifying the talent supply-demand gap
Developing a leadership model
Identifying and assessing future potential leaders
Matching people to opportunities
Preparing leaders for new roles
Improving the performance management and rewards system
Aligning HR capabilities
Engaging the top management team to role-model and support the change
Shifting the organizational culture to support a developmental, coaching mindset

Developing the Next Generation of Industry Leaders

To enable Singapore’s growth as a global insurance hub, our team was commissioned by the Singapore College of Insurance to lead two key talent development initiatives. The first was developing the Insurance Industry Talent and Leadership Development Framework, with the goal of raising professional standards and creating a talent pipeline for industry growth. Key areas were:

Developing a set of technical and general competencies for key professional job functions (e.g., underwriting, claims, broking, actuarial services)
Mapping the technical and leadership programs to develop these competencies
Creating career progression pathways towards senior professional and leadership roles within the industry

The Talent and Leadership Development Framework is supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and has been integrated into Singapore’s Financial Sector SkillsFuture Roadmap. The second initiative was conceptualizing and launching the Insurance Management Associate Programme to attract and equip top-tier graduate talent for the industry. This unique program incorporated a 3-year work-study career development program, offering more than 60 positions at 35 participating institutions. Key focus areas:

Conceptualizing an accelerated technical and professional 3-year work-study program for professional accreditations, strong technical foundations and holistic capabilities
Developing and delivering on the marketing strategy for the Programme
Identifying, assessing and selecting candidates

To date, the Programme has brought in 200 high-caliber new graduates across 50+ general and life insurance companies, with a retention rate of >80%, and has won much recognition and praise from industry players.