In this project, an international pharmaceutical company partnered with DEVELOR to roll out a large-scale leadership development program for middle managers across more than 20 countries.
The challenge was clear: the organization wanted to strengthen leadership capabilities in its local teams while maintaining a consistent international methodology, shared corporate values, and high-quality training delivery.
To achieve this, DEVELOR and the client co-created the leadership development content, aligned it with the company’s competency framework, and prepared local DEVELOR trainers to deliver the program in local languages. The result was a blended learning journey combining in-person and online training sessions, technology-supported independent learning, follow-up tasks, and online case study workshops.
The program focused on future leadership competencies that are especially important in complex, international organizations: agile mindset, adaptive leadership, engaging leadership, and critical and systems thinking.
The case study shows how a carefully designed global learning journey can balance central consistency with local relevance, support practical transfer, and help managers apply new leadership skills in their everyday work.
Why download this case study?
- Discover how a leadership development program can be rolled out across more than 20 countries.
- Learn how co-created content can support both global consistency and local adaptation.
- Explore how local trainers can deliver a shared methodology in 16 languages.
- See how blended learning and follow-up tools strengthen practical application.
- Get inspired by a scalable model for developing future leadership competencies.
Who is this case study for?
- HR and L&D leaders are responsible for international leadership development.
- Global and regional HR teams managing multi-country learning programs.
- Executives are seeking stronger leadership alignment across markets.
- Leadership development professionals designing scalable learning journeys.
- Organizations aiming to balance shared corporate standards with local business realities.
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