ESG Report 2022-2023 - Flipbook - Page 42
HIGHLIGHTS
INTRO
ESG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PRIORITY AREA
APPENDIX
Hankook Tire & Technology ESG Report 2021/22
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Employee Care
Support for the Growth of Our Employees
Recruiting and retaining exceptional human resources and
Bolstering training programs
Strengthening leadership capabilities
virtual simulations to experience higher-level leadership roles
We operate the Promotion Minimum Requirement (PMR) system
Developing leadership capabilities for global employees ―
as well as feedback, and performance involves the continuous
and other varying training programs to strengthen our employee
We have created the Empowerment Leadership Workshop to
training. The PMR system targets team members and consists of
help global employees develop their leadership capabilities.
performance reviews, innovation mileage and learning mileage
Developed to facilitate employee engagement by reflecting the
as the minimum promotion requirements. We currently operate
latest trends - such as the spread of an agile corporate culture,
training programs for common job competencies, leadership,
the accelerating pace of transformation and innovation, inter-
and digital competency, which are required for learning mileage.
generational communication issues, and the increasing number
Reinforcing the capabilities of local employees
of senior employees - the Workshop is joined by division-level
Introducing an e-learning system for the European Headquarters
Common job competency training aims to strengthen our
and responsible executives and team leaders, unlike existing
and subsidiaries ― In September 2021, we introduced an
employee’s executive functioning, and includes courses in
leadership courses, and is distinguished for surveys and
e-learning system for training and capacity-building for local
problem-solving, documentation and on the ability to persuade.
interviews conducted to accumulate data on organizational
employees at our European Headquarters and sales subsidiaries.
Three of these courses were provided in 35 sessions to 510
leadership status and issues. Between June and September
The European Headquarters is planning a range of training and
employees in 2021. Leadership training focuses on coaching,
2021, a pilot run was operated for the HR Division, R&D
capacity-building activities, including training-related employee
collaboration & conflict management, communication & job
advanced technology, and manufacturing technology leaders at
surveys and training effectiveness evaluations, through this
crafting, and three of these courses were provided in 31 sessions
the Safe Production & Engineering Staff Office to identify overall
e-learning system, and is exploring ways to develop this system
to 518 employees. This training, which we specifically operate
necessary improvements. In 2022, the Workshop will be held
as a ‘product information and knowledge sharing platform’
for our employees who are promoted to P2 and P3 positions
in 27 sessions for 260 leaders between March and September
essential for marketing and sales as well as its internal training and
each year, was conducted in seven sessions for 146 employees.
for respective divisions and executives. We plan to develop
knowledge sharing academy. Presently, the European Headquarters
Training for company-wide digital competency reinforcement
team building courses joined by leaders and team members at
is operating 50 training courses by area, organization, and
includes Python and other data science courses, and was
the team level to take stock of our company-wide leadership
years of service through the e-learning system. This started
provided in four sessions to 117 employees.
status and resolve relevant issues. In 2023, we will expand this
with compliance, understanding on internal manuals, soft skills,
Workshop to include local leaders at our overseas operations to
onboarding and leadership in 2021, and will scale up to provide
continuously bolster our global leadership capabilities.
nearly 150 courses in 2022, including leadership and job training
providing an optimal work environment is the very first step in a
journey to become a sustainable company. Along with systemic
support for growth, we pursue work-life balance and innovation
in a corporate culture to care for our employees so that all
our employees generate performance and lead fulfilling lives.
For the health and safety of our employees, we make Safety,
Health and the Environment a paramount concern across all our
business operations.
In the wake of COVID-19, we have developed video training
execution of performance tasks, follow-up learning and executive
coaching. In the second half of 2022, we will implement this
program in two sessions, and continue operating it for future
leaders each year.
for executives and middle managers along with additional soft skill
on the Teams and Zoom platforms for the virtual environment.
Our Proactive Academy is also up and running as an in-house
Developing future leader nurturing plans ― In 2021, we
training. While a well-organized training curriculum was lacking at
Learning Management System (LMS). The Proactive Academy
planned a leadership program to select candidates for executives
the European Headquarters, the launching of the e-learning system
is an online integrated management platform that provides a
and team leaders and nurture them into future leaders. This
allowed for mandatory training, such as systemic onboarding,
range of customized content to leaders, and supports direct
program is developed under the Hankook Leadership Program
pan-European anti-corruption, sexual harassment prevention, and
community management on training courses supervised by
(HLP), a leader nurturing program which reflects our corporate
ethical management training, to be effectively implemented. We
the Headquarters and worksites as well as more than 3,000
characteristics, and follows the process of assessment – learning
will continue to operate and develop training courses to bolster the
microlearning content modules. In 2022, we plan to develop
– performance on an on-going basis: assessments are made
role of the European Headquarters as an HRD center and carve out
new courses and conduct training in diverse formats to provide
through surveys and interviews to help participants recognize
a sustainable a career path for local employees through capacity
employees with even more learning opportunities.
their own leadership style, and learning is provided through
improvement.