Case study: Unilever streamlines leadership development

Unilever introduced a set of leadership competencies and a streamlined leadership programme for its 2,000 UK managers, as part of a drive to reduce complexity and costs across the global business.

  • Unilever streamlines learning    By Charlotte Wolff, writing in IRS Employment Review.

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