Client
Girteka Logistics, the largest asset-based transport company in Europe, with over 24,500 employees
Challenge
Help first-time managers move from individual contributor to leader of a team
Solution
DiSC at the centre of the „Managing diversity and motivation” module in My Leadership Journey
Result
Participants rated the DiSC module „the best and most interesting” part of the programme
Girteka Logistics is the largest asset-based transport company in Europe, with over 24,500 employees. The company grows its own leaders: 77% of its managers have built their career inside Girteka.
The challenge
Its internal programme, My Leadership Journey, prepares first-time managers for the hardest step in a career: moving from doing the work yourself to leading a team. The programme puts self-awareness and diversity at its centre, and Girteka chose DiSC to make both concrete.
What they did
- A module on managing diversity and motivation. DiSC is used to understand and lead people with different personalities.
- Three hours of feedback on each profile. The DiSC assessment and the feedback that follows have become the highlight of the programme.
- DiSC at the end of the programme. Girteka moved the DiSC module to the last part of the journey, when participants are more open, which makes honest discussion easier.
Girteka started with DiSC Classic® profiles and later moved to Everything DiSC®, which they found more user-friendly and practical, with extra reports such as the Comparison report and the supplement for facilitators.
The results
- Better self-understanding. Participants called the DiSC module „the best and most interesting” and said it gave them real insight into their own behaviour.
- Managers accept their own style. Learners report a deeper understanding and acceptance of how they see things and how they lead.
- Leading different people. Managers are better at working in diverse settings and managing different personalities, and they are more open about themselves.
What comes next
My Leadership Journey is a one-off programme, but the same managers keep meeting to discuss their development goals. A possible next step is Everything DiSC® Management, which builds on the same model for the manager’s role.
Developing first-time managers? DiSC gives them a practical way to understand and lead different people from their first day in the role.