PeopleWiz partnered with leading seed-business company to create an organizational competency framework covering India

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PeopleWiz partnered with leading seed-business company to create an organizational competency
framework covering India
The company has focused on building R&D capability in plant genetics and bio-technology, as a differentiator. The investment in
people processes has been significant in order to sustain the business transformation initiative. They have also acquired
companies domestically as well as overseas as part of the expansion strategy.
The leadership of the company believes that future growth would be driven by innovation across the seed business. A sustainable
cultural integration would also be key to projected growth.
The company wanted to clearly articulate the key differentiating competencies, core values and cultural characteristics. The
objective was to recommend a simple, easy to understand and action version of competency framework for seed business. A
roadmap for integrating the framework in key people management processes and employee experience touch points was also
needed.
This involved, understating the gaps between perceived and desired culture, reframing the competencies to reflect the most
important behavioral indicators for growth and recommending focused interventions as well as design of People management and
other HR process that use competencies as their foundation.
Business Challenge
Competency Identification:
•To identify business strategy aligned competencies, PeopleWiz consultants conducted various functional workshops and help in depth
discussions with functional leaders who were responsible for building capability for their teams. This included Sales, Marketing, Growth units,
Breeding, R&D, Production, Processing, QA and all enabling functions.
•The existing competency framework was analyzed and HR processes were studied to understand the present level of maturity.
•Simple, easy to understand and action oriented competencies were identified, behavioral descriptors were created. Through multiple
conversations with the business, the framework was socialized and ingrained into the collective psyche of the organization.
Competency Management:
•PeopleWiz is currently aiding the client for integrating the competency framework in their Performance Management scheme, Career Pathing,
Recognition mechanisms and other key HR areas.
PeopleWiz’s Involvement
• Roadmap for People Development
The company now has a clear roadmap and solid foundation
for developing differentiating competencies This clarity has
cleared the path for further work in career development and
skill enhancement
• Talent Management
By integrating the competency framework with their in house
Talent Management tool, the company has ensured that the
employees are in charge of their own development.
Business Benefits
The client is an agricultural company based in India. It is one of the country's major producers of seed. The company produces
seeds for cotton, wheat, rice, sorghum, pearl millet, maize oilseeds and vegetables crops. The company sublicenses Bt
cotton technology in India.
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Client Overview