Arval Beyond
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Talent management is vital to fuel our transformations and promote our culture of inclusion, innovation and responsibility. Arval is a place for people in action and has always had a strong reputation for developing its employees.
In 2018, this was taken to a new level with the launch of the Arval Talent Care Programme. This initiative aims at developing a pool of "talents" to provide value-adding support to the Arval global business and power future growth. Through this programme, 40 employees from 19 countries (52% of women) currently benefit from continues learning promoting employee engagement at an international level.
For this, Arval deploys creative and innovation-focused workshops to build future forefront leaders. The purpose of this nine-month course is to encourage and strengthen leadership and innovative abilities. For example, one of the workshops includes meeting with start-up leaders to inspire talents to develop dynamic state-of-minds and place innovation at the heart of their work.
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Objectives
In line with our Company strategy, this programme is all about “going beyond”. It aims to:
1. Grow and strengthen future leaders of the company
2. Benefit from high performing employees ideas to contribute to Arval's growth
3. Develop international and intercultural relations between countries of the Group
Programme
Every year since 2018, 40 employees (50% of women) from 19 countries are involved in a 9 months journey, allowing them to grow and strengthen their leadership thanks to a multitude of learning & development opportunities.
Arval Talent Care Programme includes:
- A team work on a strategic challenge for Arval Business to imagine and design innovative and concrete solutions
- Cross function and multi-cultural teams of 5 talents
- A support by a Sponsor, among Arval Group Comex and a Stream Leader, expert on the Challenge Topic
- Mentoring
- Training & coaching with innovation-focused and inclusive leadership workshops
Unlike many other training initiatives, the key focus is on – the job development, which occupies around 70% of participants' time.
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Alain van Groenendael
Arval Chairman and CEO
"At a time where the global labor market is very dynamic, it is essential to show how much we care about our talents. The final event of the Arval Talent Care Programme is a unique opportunity for us to freshen up our ideas, reflect on new initiatives and innovations. It is also the opportunity to select with our partners, customers and other members of the jury, the projects that will be implemented in the coming months. Like the previous years, I was amazed by the level of hard work, dedication and commitment of the participants! My warmest congratulations to all of them!"
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Bernard Blanco
Arval Human Resources Director
"Arval Talent Care Programme is not a destination in itself, rather, it is a team experience, a way to develop individually and as a company."
Results
This Programme shows very good results: every year, it generates a very high level of satisfaction (at least 9/10). Participants value in particular the networking with colleagues from all countries, the proximity with top management and being pushed out of their comfort zone and involved in strategic & concrete challenges for Arval (since 2018, half of the winning projects have been implemented).
Since its launch in 2018, 206 talents have lived this intense, comprehensive and fulfilling journey and grown from it.
- 90% are still with Arval or in the Group
- Most of them have changed job
- 10% have done an international mobility
- 5% have become Comex Member
Talents of 2022 edition
Julie Le Guillou
Julie Le Guillou
Talent Manager
*** Quote à venir ***
Talents
Arval Countries
.. of women
.. of the first Arval Talent Care Programme participants promoted internally or internationally
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An in house, ambitious and international Talent Programme offering every year a comprehensive talent development journey at heart of which is a Team Work on a strategic challenge of Arval’s business.
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In a sector historically masculine, Arval is committed to offering equal opportunities irrespective of gender, by addressing the gender pay gap and encouraging women into more senior roles. It is the reason behind the launch of our programme "Women in Action".