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Leadership Development Program Participant’s Advantage
Company-Wide Support
Because Medtronic’s Leadership Development
Rotation Program is a crucial component in building the pool
of future company leaders, strong support lies at
the company’s highest levels. Unlike many other
professional development programs, this program
is centrally managed and funded by a corporate
department staffed with “Talent Managers.”
Sponsorship and oversight is provided by Leadership
Development Councils that have Vice President level
representation from each Medtronic business
sector and geography. This sponsorship structure
plays a critical role in ensuring program quality,
consistency, continuity and communication.
Valuable Network
To become a Leadership Development Rotation Program
participant is to gain a valuable network of
peers and program graduates. Each participant
is matched with a mentor – a leader in the
same functional area – who is able to provide
valuable program and career advice. Mentors are
available for consultation on any issue, large or
small and are an integral part of this program.
Challenging Assignments
Leadership Development Rotation Program participants
are high achievers who are expected to make
meaningful contributions to the organization,
beginning with their first rotational assignment.
Assignments
throughout the company will help participants acquire an understand the complexity – a critical perspective for assuming
increasing levels of responsibility. To support
their success in a challenging assignment,
managers, program staff and mentors offer
ongoing coaching, feedback and guidance.
Flexibility and Variety
Just as no two career paths are identical, no
two participant’s assignments are the same.
Assignments are determined based on the
needs of the organization and the goals of the
individual. In consultation with their mentors
and program staff, participants are expected to
play a strong role in identifying their rotations.
Assignments can vary dramatically – from startup
businesses to turn-arounds, from line jobs
to corporate staff positions, from tactical problem solving to high-level strategic work.
Enriched Development
Although Medtronic knows that true professional
development occurs most effectively on-the-job, we
have designed our Program
to include additional development experiences. In
addition to the two stretch job assignments, program
participants can expect to participate in functional
and leadership development educational experiences
and mentoring programs, as well as receive ongoing
coaching and feedback. This combination
of developmental experiences, we believe, results
in participants growth not only as experts within their functional areas, but also as true business leaders within the organization. |
