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iBloom was selected as a partner for one of the top 10 banks in Azerbaijan to design core and leadership competencies. These frameworks aimed to support employees in developing right competencies to achieve company’s vision and mission.

The iBloom have conducted exhaustive diagnostic or organization using surveys, interviews and focus group discussions, across different functions & organizational tiers.  Upon completion of diagnostic stage, iBloom experts have mapped major competencies to Values and developed behavioral indicators to further embed them into organization. 

These indicators are anchoring behaviors that will be integrated into core HR processes, including performance, talent management and recruitment.

The major aim of the program was to identify high potential candidates amongst ministry’s employees (8000 employees) who can then be developed to take over First Level Leaders roles within the organization.

iBloom have designed a turnkey solution for high potential assessment followed by leadership development program to support successful candidate to improve their competences and skills.

The program covered several stages starting from communication strategy to ensure high involvement and trust to the program. The next stage of the program was to develop an efficient selection methodology to identify top-50 candidates from the entire list of applicants. iBloom have developed 4 stage sifting process with the combination of cognitive ability and psychometric test, together with case analysis and competency based interviews. As the result of the selection process, out of 1200+ applicants, 22 participants have been selected and a tailored development plan has been prepared for them.

Upon the completion of selection process, iBloom’s bespoke “Leadership Journey” program has developed and delivered for the winners of the selection process. The program consisted on lulti-layer development tools including competency assessment, bespoke training programs supplemented, coaching, mentoring and shadowing exercises. Such complex approach has helped candidate to learn and grow faster.

It is a common practice that we tend to promote excellent technical specialist to Team leaders or manager roles based on their experience and technical skills.  And during this transition, we don’t necessarily provide our new managers with required tools to succeed in a people manager role.

iBloom was enlisted by IT company to develop bespoke First Level Leader program for key personnel.   IT is a multi-stage program starting with self-awareness:

• how each of the participants perceived by his/her colleagues or customers using 360 review
• Individual communication style using Behavioral Personality Profiling

Next stage was engaging your Leader and coach to build individual development journey. And last but not least trainings based on learning needs analysis cover human and sales skills and all of than supported with the ongoing coaching program.