Development for high potentials: Barratt Developments work in partnership with Xancam to build a successful future.
The Challenge
As Britain’s best known housebuilder, Barratt recognises the need for strong business leadership to maintain growth and sustain its successful position. So in 2007, ahead of the current competitive climate and market challenges, Barratt took the proactive decision to adopt a more customer focussed and retail orientated mindset, and they looked to their top talent to lead the business forward.
Gareth Jones, Head of Talent, Barratt Developments explains
“We needed a high potential programme to develop our senior leaders of the future. We wanted them to reach their full potential as rapidly as possible. But creating the cutting edge programme that we needed wasn’t something we could do internally– we needed to find a partner that could support us in design and delivery and Xancam provided that vital component.”
The driving force behind this innovative step was HR Director, Jayne Mee and Head of Talent Gareth Jones. Xancam were invited in to work closely in creating a first class programme that would take Barratt’s high potential leaders and develop their leadership capability for the future.
