Building the delivery team.
Discovery Networks International (now Warner Bros Discovery) has grown rapidly through acquisitions, so the need for leadership development across all the populations now included under the group is high.
With a small UK and international L&D team and a growing number of leaders all over the globe, Discovery needed more people in the delivery team.
We were asked to support with a review of the leadership programme content, to help create a more blended learning journey and then join the team of facilitators who could roll this out across the globe.
On the back of this initial piece of work, we have also become a partner to support on wider projects including:
- Employee engagement survey focus groups and follow up
- Facilitation of team away days
- Design of online learning modules and webinars to support business change
There’s no doubt that this approach of working together as an extended part of the team works well for both the client and us. We understand the organisation better, we get the culture and speak the language of the people there so we fit right in.
That means working together is easier, it’s quicker for us to get up-to-speed with things because we know the business and we can deliver better results, making the HR and L&D teams’ lives easier.
Testimonial from Soraia Cerqueira, Senior Manager, Learning & Development – Global Programs, Warner Brothers Discovery
It’s critical for us as a business to have partners that understand our culture and the journey we are on. What I love about working with Totem is their understanding of us and the expertise that they bring. Whether it’s co-designing programmes with us, consulting on new ideas or outstanding event facilitation, I know I can rely on them to deliver.
But it’s more than that – it’s the relationship we have built over time, and that fact that the team feel like part of our team. A joy to work with!
