Recognize Everyone’s Value With Two Leadership Paths

Two Leadership Pathways During Performance Management

Given these leadership

expectations, do you (still) feel People Leader Leader (re)commits to
people leadership is for you? the leadership role
with clear
understanding and
buy-in

What would you

like to do?
Technical/Specialist Leader

Manager Leader Have an idea in mind Don’t have an idea in mind

Company offers two leadership pathways with Not

clear performance management goals, specific Discuss Explore
feasible, Plan
to people leadership. options in other
explore transition
other ideas our area areas
Current executive leaders are given
renewed clarity of what it means to be a
people leader and are expected to role- • Multiple real options make employees feel valued
model people leadership expectations for • Organization recognizes and maximizes employees' value
the organization.
Increasing Engagement Scores And Exceeding Goals
Rolls-Royce’s Results

4.00 ▲ 0.22 3.93

After establishing clarity around the role of people
leadership and associated performance management
Stretch target goals & conversations, The Company provided ongoing
3.71 score: 3.83 support for their new leadership style. As a result,
companies central business areas significantly
exceeded their stretch target engagement score.

3.50
“Our focus on leadership and engagement is paying off
and overall, our leaders are becoming better coaches.
We see this data coming through in our engagement
results; where we also see that all Business Units
improved their scores – the Central Business Areas
significantly increased engagement and surpassed
their stretch target.”
3.00
Maria Kokkinou, People Director,
2020 2021
Central Business Areas and Group
Change in Central Business Talent, Leadership & Inclusion, Rolls-
Unit Engagement Scores Royce

n = 1,800 employees, Gallup Q12 score

Source: Adapted From Rolls-Royce

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Hold People Leaders Accountable for Human Leadership
Accountability Measures: Performance Goals

Performance Goals for People Leaders at the Company

People Standard Goal: As a people leader your role is to:

Leader • Create an environment where your people can be at their best.
Aligned
• Example: Evidence of mentoring others outside your team
Goal: 20% • Live up to the Leadership Expectations aligned to our values.
People

• Example: Evidence of caring for the wellbeing and Enterprise

resilience of team aligned goals
• Live up to the Leadership Expectations aligned to our are highly
behaviours. individualized
• Example: Diversity of your team by business unit
Enterprise • … for their leaders,
Aligned while the people
Business

Goals: 80% • ... leader goal

remains
• … consistent
across the
organization.

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Evaluate Behavioral Expectations for All Leaders
Accountability Measures: Behavioral Assessment

People Leader (Goal Alignment)

People Business “ABCS” Behavioral Assessment

20% 80%
Agile Explore different approaches, respond
quickly, adapt to challenges

Specialist Leader (Goal Alignment) + Bold Bravely push boundaries, speak

up
Business Value diversity of people and
Collaborative
perspectives
100%
Simple Remove complexity in how we
communicate and work

Both people and specialist leaders are also evaluated

against a behavioral assessment to ensure they are
living up to the organization’s behavioral expectations for
all employees.

Source: Adapted from Rolls-Royce

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Leadership Journey
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