Veolia is developing gender diversity within its organisation

Context and objectives of the mission

Veolia is a French multinational company. It offers solutions for the management and recovery of water, waste and energy. It provides solutions for both local authorities and industry. It employs more than 163,000 people on five continents.

For several years now, the Veolia Group has wanted to increase the presence of women in management and executive positions.
The WIL (Women In Leadership) programme has aimed since 2017 to: accelerate women's career paths, boost their leadership, retain them and contribute to achieving the Group's gender diversity objectives.

WIL takes place over 9 months and is aimed at female talent with potential for development over the next 3 years.

Wishing to continue this programme in 2019, the group contacted Talentis to :

• To provide the 60 participants with a quality leadership programme. It is built around 3 essential pillars : personal effectiveness, business acumen and corporate visibility.
• To propose modalities combining face-to-face launch and closing days . But also thematic workshops at a distance, individual online coaching for the participants . In parallel, workshops on diversity management and individual online coaching for their managerswill be offered.

Benefits and results

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For the company

Ability to coach a large pool of talents simultaneously on the same theme, wherever they are in the world.
Ability to easily monitor the progress and results of the coaching on a permanent basis.
Access to a tailor-made, turnkey engineering service.

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For the 60 female talents

Clear improvement in leadership skills
Strong awareness on the part of the participants who acted to make themselves more visible in strategic areas
Rapid changes were observed in terms of posture, projection and career progression.

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For their 60 managers

A real awareness of the obstacles linked to the stereotypes that women face in their daily lives.
A better ability to decode discriminatory behaviour and react accordingly.