Radio Show #616 Designing and Establishing Global Talent Development Programmes

Guest: David Frost: Group People & Organisational Development Director at Dole Plc David’s career started in automotive component manufacturing after he graduated with a degree in manufacturing engineering. After a period specialising in quality management and continuous improvement he became a Chartered Engineer and then went on to complete a master’s degree at Loughborough University in quality and human resource management. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He is passionate about building highly-engaged organisations and he decided to move his career into human resources, organisation development, people strategy and talent development. He has held executive and board-level HR roles in international businesses such as Carlsberg and Norbert Dentressangle (now XPO Logistics). David is currently People and Organisational Development Director at Dole plc, the world’s largest fresh produce supplier with 40,000 people operating out of 30 countries. He reports to the CEO and is responsible for group people strategy, organisation design, succession planning and talent development. Since joining the company in early 2017, David has been involved with several strategic initiatives including designing and implementing a group people strategy in addition to being part of the process of listing the company on the New York Stock Exchange. David has been designing and establishing global talent development programmes. At Dole, David has been fortunate in having the opportunity to lead the strategy to establish their global programme (called the Key Talent Programme or KTP). This has been running since 2018, with 7 cohorts and 120 participants taking part. Dole partners with Cranfield University and other providers and the KTP has now won 2 awards. David will talk about how these programmes add value to the organisation and how you gain buy-in. Join us as we discuss the design and implementation of global development programmes Host: Andy Goram