Talent management
Great people deserve the best
People are what make Deloitte. We can only grow if we attract and retain the right talent. Setting the right priorities for our talent agenda is what will determine our success or failure. Therefore, offering our people a world of opportunities is at the agenda’s core.
One of our strengths is a deeply-rooted coaching culture. To build on this, every employee has a senior colleague as an individual coach, specifically trained for the role. We are also broadening our learning curricula to include networking/coaching skills at different career milestones.
In addition, we have analysed how we can truly make a difference for our people. By listening to our employees’ aspirations we have defined three priorities for the next four years: flexibility, diversity and global careers.
Flexibility - Changing minds, changing lives
Flexibility is key to providing our people with a better work-life balance. Alternative and individual career paths, homeworking policy, flexible hours: these are options that are progressively becoming more and more available for our people in return for their commitment and focus on delivering high quality results. They represent not just quick fixes, but a real change in our culture.
8% of our people work part time. Even more flexible careers and work schemes are important objectives for the coming years. Careers should be tailored to the needs of the individual, allowing people to develop career paths that combine their ambitions and personal milestones.
Diversity - Being different is what makes us stand out
It is our ambition to set the standard in diversity. On our Deloitte teams we want substantially more women, ethnic minorities and people with backgrounds outside of finance, law and business. We want to offer them meaningful careers. We don’t opt for positive discrimination but do have clear targets.
In comparison to other Deloitte member firms we are not doing as well as we would like at keeping women on board, nor in high-level promotions. That is why we have set ourselves clear, concrete targets. Flexibility, coaching and honest communication are key elements in tackling our diversity issues.
Global careers - Experiencing the world
We believe it is crucial to invest more in sending our best people abroad to investigate new opportunities and gain new experiences. Our future approach will be even more international. In a globalising world, sending our best people out is key to our success and is viewed as an integral part of their career paths.
Especially in uncertain economic times, it remains important not to cut back on development and quality. Rather, we will continue to invest in talent programmes, confirming Deloitte as a place where people choose to develop their careers. This will ensure that we are ready as the economic cycle evolves.