Group-wide succession planning and leadership development

With its Group-wide personnel information and management system (Workday), Swiss Life is achieving greater consistency in its HR processes. This also includes systematic and comprehensive succession planning using a standardised process. The process identifies business-critical succession positions, nominates internal candidates, assesses their potential and willingness as well as their development needs, and thus facilitates a succession-planning and development programme on multiple levels.

At the level of the Swiss Life Group, the Key People Programme (KPP) is directed at Swiss Life Group managers, specialists and project managers who already hold a key position at senior level or show potential for such a position. The aim of the Key People Programme is to prepare people who show the desire and ability to help shape the company’s future in their own areas for a key position. The programme thus plays a role in employee and succession planning. Within a period of about 15 months, participants acquire a detailed insight into the Swiss Life Group’s main areas of business, receive and provide fresh impulses on current trends and apply what they have learnt to their daily work. The KPP’s focus themes are:

• In-depth understanding of Swiss Life’s corporate strategy and divisional business models
• Innovation and trends
• Leadership
• Finance and risk management
• Organisational development

The alumni, which form the so-called Key People Community (KPC), and the participants of the ongoing Key People Programme (KPP) meet annually at the “Shaping the Future Day”.