All About ADvTECH

MAKING ADvTECH A
GREAT PLACE TO WORK
EMPLOYEES
Our 7 549 (2017: 6 743) employees are
the backbone of our operations and core to
our long-term sustainability.
Owing to the nature of our business, we also employ many
independent contractors such as lecturers and sports coaches.
Our people are our greatest asset; they are key to the success of our
business and add value to the lives of thousands of students,
parents, job candidates and clients. We take pride in our highly
skilled workforce.
Our development programmes, which fall under our ADvTALENT
initiatives, are continually reviewed and refined, ensuring that our
people are given the means to provide quality service at all times.
We continually identify and develop key employees and high
potential individuals within the ADvTECH group. Our ability to
attract and retain skills is influenced by our structured approach to
talent management. Identified employees participate in our
structured management and leadership development programmes
and we actively encourage further academic study. All these
interventions, in turn, support the business and its performance.
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Attract
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Provide necessary
development
Retain
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Create a high
performance culture
Best
employees
Leadership development
At ADvTECH we believe in developing our leaders so that they are
equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to perform
at their peak. We focus on building their confidence to ensure that
they can lead and develop high-performing teams.
We have created purposeful learning solutions that are linked to our
business strategic goals and to the personal development plans of
our leaders.
Management toolkit programme
The management toolkit programme is designed specifically for
onboarding our managers and aims to improve their time
management and competence in their new role. We want to ensure
that our new leaders are equipped with the skills to be personally
effective and can manage talent, as well as engage their people to get
things done at the highest level. We ensure that they will become
strategic thinkers who can execute in line with the business imperatives
which seek to keep the customer at the core of what we do.
Management Development Programme
(MDP)
The MDP stretches the abilities of talented leaders. We aim to close
the gap between the talent we have and the talent we want to
develop to implement our strategic goals in a systematic way. The
MDP workshops are fundamental building blocks to expanding the
commercial and strategic mindset of our leaders.
The programme includes a work-based project that is linked to the
MDP candidate’s performance goals. Candidates will have an
opportunity to showcase their talent to our executives as part of
their assessment process through the programme.
Leadership development masterclasses
Our leadership development masterclasses focus on growing our
leadership competencies throughout our business. Our best-ofbreed
blended solutions are relevant to the challenges our leaders
face as our business grows and evolves. We give them skills that
keep them agile in a dynamic environment.
Principal Development Programme (PDP)
The PDP launched in 2018 is our flagship programme for leaders in
the teaching fraternity. It is aimed at both principals and deputy
principals. The role of our principal is not only to ensure that a school
or campus runs smoothly, but he/she must be able to execute on the
commercial requirements of sustaining a school operation.
Our programme ensures that our principals are able to identify and
understand the financial levers that drive ADvTECH’s business to
maximise revenue and return on investment. We also develop our
principals’ ability to engage, inspire and lead a vast array of
stakeholders including their own teams.
Mentorship programme
Our structured Mentorship programme supports our entire
management and leadership development philosophy and helps
ensure that our people are equipped and supported in achieving
their career goals.
Although the minimum requirement for mentor/mentee pairs is that
they meet for at least an hour each month, we are proud of the fact
that our people spend more than the required amount of time
together, working on ways to best support our mentees’ career goals.
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