Developing Your Workforce

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Handling Workforce Development
Dave Wilkins, Head of Taleo Research
John Moxley, Director of Leadership Development, Cricket Communications
Chris Cimitile, title?

Handling Workforce Development

at Cricket Communications
confidential/proprietary

Today’s Topics

• Intros and Agenda
• Leadership Development at
Cricket Communications
• Succession Planning across the Organization
o How Technology Helps
• Preparing Employees for Future Demands


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Education, Workforce Mismatch

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Cricket Communications

• Nationwide wireless provider – wide range of services, affordable prices
o Unlimited rate plans voice, text, web, broadband– no contracts
o Muve Music – unlimited music downloads, 600,000 subscribers
• Offer both simple and smart phones, including Android and Blackberry
• Company stores, Dealers, National Partners (e.g. Best
Buy, Target, Walmart, Dollar General, HSN)
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Cricket’s
Leadership Pipeline Model*

• 5 Leadership levels with unique
expectations, competencies, values
• Turns are major transitions a leader must
make to be successful at the next level
• Advancement requires changes in
– Competencies
– Values
– Time Allocation
• Competency sets define focus for each
level, used in Performance Management
& Succession Planning Process
• Model applies to everyone in the enterprise
• Validated for large & small organizations

* Based on The Leadership Pipeline* Charan, Drotter, Noel, 2001

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Leadership Competency Framework

• 4 Mission Critical Behaviors apply to everyone
• Unique Competency sets for each of 5 Leadership
Levels
• Intended to guide development focus for a given
leadership level
• Competencies are cumulative as one advances in level,
e.g. a Mid-Level (Level 3) leader should be proficient in
all competencies for levels 1-3
• Used in Performance Management and Development
Planning


Example of a Leadership Profile


Leadership Profile in Cricket U


Poll Question: What’s Your Learning Mix for Leaders?

• Mostly formal with some on-the-job development and coaching
• Mostly on-the-job development with some formal and coaching
• Mostly coaching with some on-the-job development and formal


Learning Plan for the
Frontline Leader

Formal Training (10%)
On-the-job Development (70%)
CORE = 16.5 hrs
(Activities dependent on individual and
• New Manager Orientation (WBT 2.0) competencies/experience to develop)
• Effective Supervision (WBT 2.0)
• Stretch assignments
• Getting Started as a New Leader (WBT 2.0) • Job Shadowing
• Frontline Leader at Cricket (WBT 0.5) • Job-rotations
• New Manager FastStart (ILT 8.0) • Toastmasters
• Conflict Resolution (WBT 2.0) • Leadership Resources (Manager
• Situational Leadership (ILT 16.0) Tools, Podcasts, getAbstract)
• Participate on cross-functional team
• Essentials of Leadership (WBT 3.0)
• Conferences
• Developing Others (WBT 3.0)

Core Courses: in bold
Elective Courses: not in bold
Coaching (20%)
• Peer coaching
• Weekly 1:1 meetings with manager
• Ad Hoc Manager Feedback and Coaching
• Mentoring (internal/external to Cricket)

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Are you ready
to Lead?

Get ready at Leader U:
• Know your Leadership Level
• Review your Leadership Profile
• Start your Learning Plan

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Developing a Leadership Culture

• 45 Videos Produced and delivered Via Cricket U


Embedding Leadership into Retail Curriculum

Core Branded COS Retail Dealer Retail
Retail Management Management

Retail New Hire Smart Store Store Ops
Onboarding Operations 101 Best Practices

New Manager
Smart Selling Smart Coaching
FastStart

SL II/ InsideOut Smart Sales and
Smart Service
Coaching Service Coaching

Smart
Team Sales & Service
Foundation
Coaching

Muve Smart Consulting Leader U
Leader U
Certification with Dealers
course
courses
Business Acumen
Data Certification
for Frontline

CID Certification


Poll Question: How Deep Do You Plan Succession?

• Executives Only
• VP and Senior Leaders
• Director and Managers
• Critical Roles
• All Employees


Succession Planning Across the Organization


Succession Planning across the Organization

• We focus at the Mid-Level
Leader & Senior Leader
segments
o Not Executives; essentially
Directors and above, and
successors
• Start with Manager Ratings of
Employees
o Potential, Risk and Impact of
Loss, and Suggested Next
Moves
• Calibrate manager ratings across
organization groups


Succession Planning across the Organization

• Identify successors for Key Talent
o HIPO and High Impact of Loss
individuals
o Critical roles (including feeder
roles to critical senior roles)
o Stack ranked talent pools
• Identify gaps in successors and
successor capabilities
• Highlight workforce and
development planning
requirements
• Accelerate successor readiness


How Technology Helps with Succession Planning

• Creates a centralized data repository,
easily updated and maintained –
if user-friendly with an intuitive
configuration
o But GIGO, and the information
can get stale
• Enables integration with HRMS
and other data sources
• Allows Managers and HR Business Partners to
access information on
individuals, teams, business segments and the
enterprise in order to better inform decisions


How Technology Helps with Succession Planning

• Graphics-based, succession org
charts give “at a glance” big
picture for teams, and can
highlight diversity and inclusion
successes and/or issues
• Reporting capabilities allow easy
data extraction and analysis
• Search for talent based on
objective criteria


Preparing Employees
for Future Needs


Preparing Employees for Future Demands

• Assessing needs
o Successor readiness
o Business direction / revenue opportunity
o Employee career aspirations
• Focused Development
o New products & key offerings: e.g., Muve Music
o Key level: e.g., Frontline Manager
o Key jobs: e.g., Indirect Account Mgrs.
o Key competencies / Certifications
 Functional: Selling and customer service
 Technical: LTE (Long-Term Evolution) aka 4G


Preparing Employees for Future Demands, continued

• Versatility
o Cross-training for different competencies,
certifications
o Highly transferable skills
(coaching, business acumen. . . .)
• Managing the Process
o Tracking assignment completions
o Online assessments
o Tracking development goal creation & progress
o Qualitative analysis of development goal quality
o Job profiles show development & transition activities


How Learning Plans Fit Together

Groups defined
in CU Integration
feed


Job Titles vs. Roles

• Versatile Jobs that are customized to different Roles or
functions:
• Role Rotation and certifications enable specialization
and development without changing job title

JOB TITLES TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION
• General Responsibilities • Technical Responsibilities/tasks
• Key Competencies • Technical skills
• Level -> Span of Control • Technical/functional
• Required/Desired Experience Development Activities

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Certifications

• Certifications enable consistency in skills,
and concrete development opportunities
• Platform Certifications
• Tool Certifications
• Functional Certifications
• Certification choice enables Career Paths
to be Deep/Specialized vs. Broad/Versatile
• Employees earn badges for their certifications,
badges influence Job qualifications, advancement, compensation
• Some may require recertification, e.g. new CID software release
• Certification requires approval by Mentor and Assessor
• Those that are certified mentor others
• Career Paths can be Deep/Specialized vs. Broad/Versatile

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Roles in Individual
Development
• Provides curricula, learning resources, tuition reimbursement
• Assigns learning based on level, function, and job
• Provides tools and guidance regarding development paths
• Cricket U infrastructure
• Tracks Progress

Organization
• Assesses employee’s
strengths &
weaknesses • Assesses Career
• Facilitates development Interests, competencies
planning discussion • Creates Individual
• Provides development Development Plan
opportunities • Initiates career development
• Provides resources Manager Employee discussion with Manager
(time, budget ) • Ask for development
• Suggests career options opportunities
• Provides feedback • Takes WBTs,
and coaching • Enrolls in Cricket U courses

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