Best Practices in Talent Management: How the World's Leading Corporations Manage, Develop, and Retain Top Talent

KEEPING THE PIPELINE FULL

To keep the pipeline full, Ecolab instituted a number of new organizational practices. One practice has enhanced the way in which Ecolab makes critical talent decisions. Ecolab determined that key promotions and new-hire decisions would be made only with the support of a comprehensive leadership assessment process. The assessment process is provided by an external consulting partner (an I/O psychology firm) and is comprised of a day-long series of personality, motivation, and cognitive ability testing; interviewing; and leadership simulation activities that vary depending on the pipeline level the associate is in or being considered for. The assessment produces an in-depth description of an individual’s strengths, ...