How General Motors is Using Business Relevant Assessment to Transform its US Dealer Network
In the last decade, many organizations have had no
choice but to accelerate the speed at which high performers are
promoted. Across the globe, we face a widening gap between the
demand for leadership, and the supply of leaders ready to take on the
challenges that must be conquered for their businesses to gain a
competitive edge. Learn how General Motors Corporation tackled
this challenge successfully through its Minority Dealer Development
Program. Increasing the number of minority dealers is a key
business strategy that enables GM to address the leadership gaps cited
above. A pioneer in this area, General Motors developed an
innovative assessment program to screen and select high potentials to
either become dealers or enter a Fellowship Program that would
accelerate their development to this end. Ultimately, the program
has delivered dealers who outperform their counterparts on various
performance metrics relevant to success as a GM Dealer.
Speaker
Kim Brossoit, Ph.D.
Development Dimensions International
Dr.
Brossoit leads a multidisciplinary team of DDI professionals who deliver
the full range of DDI services and products to clients around the world.
She has 15 years of experience in human resources and has developed and
deployed business-relevant HR processes for many Fortune 500 companies,
including General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Microsoft, Con-way
Transportation, Owens Corning, and Johnson & Johnson. Dr. Brossoit
has also consulted extensively with many public sector entities,
including the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Census Bureau, and the
State of
Prior to joining DDI in 2000, Dr. Brossoit was manager of leadership development for Kmart Corporation, where she led a number of important human resource initiatives demonstrating real business impact. Earlier in her career, she worked as a research and development associate at Ford Motor Company in Executive Development.
Dr.
Brossoit received her Ph.D. in organizational psychology from