Digging through some old papers as part of a wet weekend clear-out, I came across an offer letter for a role from a previous life. It triggered a flood of happy memories, but also got me asking myself, “What’s in a name?”
In April 2002 I was offered the role of ‘Director-People Continuity, Western Europe’, based in Belgium and working for the world’s largest brewer. The role reported into the VP People, Western Europe, who reported into the Global Chief People Officer. How excited and lucky was I?
The role itself was a great one, accountable for topics such as succession, talent development, leadership development, and training across a region with over 22,000 employees. In a nutshell, it would be my job to ensure we had a continuous stream of talent coming in and moving through the business, who not only had the right skills, but critically the right cultural fit to succeed.
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