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Kathy Sutter: Creating a Balanced Toolkit for Learning
Office Depot offers endless rows of colorful pens, folders and gadgets designed to make working easier, more organized and efficient. A former schoolteacher for grades 4-8, Kathy Sutter, vice president of leadership development and global learning for Off
Name: Kathy Sutter
Title: Vice President, Leadership Development and Global Learning
Company: Office Depot
Successes:
- Developed and implemented leadership development curriculum that spans the needs of front-line management through executives.
- Partnered with the CEO and executive team to define the core leadership competencies that underpin all aspects of performance management.
- Focused on driving cultural change to differentiate performance by instituting a new talent review process to assess the talent base, raise the bar, identify strengths and gaps, and execute rigorous development plans.
- Employed a customized 360-degree feedback instrument for leaders to increase self-awareness and self-management toward inspirational leadership.
- Implemented C.O.N.N.E.C.T., a mentor/protege program, to encourage a pipeline of diverse talent to senior leadership positions.
- Leveraged multiple e-learning solutions and an LMS to provide information and skills training for improved performance in a highly distributed organization.
Learning Philosophy: "Engaging high-quality talent and building a compelling place to work is paramount to our success at Office Depot. Developing worldwide talent is a fundamental strategy that will fuel our ability to attract and retain exceptional people. Our developmental experiences are intended to impact the whole person - providing expanded thinking and thought-provoking concepts. Our responsibility is to give our employees the learning, tools and skills they need to maximize their performance and potential to help build a compelling place to work, shop and invest."
Office Depot offers endless rows of colorful pens, folders and gadgets designed to make working easier, more organized and efficient. A former schoolteacher for grades 4-8, Kathy Sutter, vice president of leadership development and global learning for Office Depot, has firsthand experience with the tools of teaching. It's only right that since Office Depot is virtually a one-stop shop for all supply needs, she implement a few new tools to help create an organization with a holistic view of learning and development that trickles down from the top VPs and front-line managers to the cashiers who greet you at the checkout line.
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