Succession planning is critical for all large organisations enabling them to systemically identify talented employees and develop them for future higher level and broader responsibilities.

Over the past few years KPC and its subsidiaries have undertaken several good initiatives to facilitate Succession Planning. These initiatives have included identifying the right philosophy, exploring modern assessment techniques and forming teams to derive necessary efforts.

The Project deliverables included deploying and using several industry standard tools like 360 Degree Feedback, SuccessFactors etc.

360 degree feedback is a method and a tool that provides employees the opportunity to receive performance feedback from his or her supervisor and peers, reporting staff members, coworkers and customers. 360 degree feedback allows each individual to understand effectiveness as an employee, coworker, or staff member is viewed by others. The 360 degree feedback processes provide feedback that is based on behaviours that other employees can see.

SuccessFactors is the leader in on-demand Performance and Talent Management software positioned to help companies by providing integrated solutions that enable organizations to bridge strategy and execution gaps, cultivate top talent and optimize workforces, to drive business productivity and results.

SkillBase joined hands with Infosys and was successful in winning this prestigious project at KNPC. Infosys is a global services company and domain leader in information technology outsourcing, with great roots in the oil & gas industry. Together, SkillBase and Infosys bring solid experience and innovative performance to the challenges outlined in KNPC�s request for consultancy services for HR Business & Practices Re-Engineering (BPR)

The Project is expected to commence in July 2008 and be completed within 6 Months.

Two leading edge companies, SkillBase, a well known, Kuwait based company and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a multinational services US company with deep roots in the oil & gas industry and domain leadership in knowledge management (KM), form partnership to bring the best of breed thinking to the Kuwait Petroleum Sector

The intent and desire of the Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) is to embed the learning and reuse of best practices, ulti¬mately enabling performance improvements across the entire organization. The Project was delivered on-time and on-budget successfully meeting its business objectives.

Business Challenge: Finding a proven approach to tailoring and embedding a method¬ology for the effective transfer of best practices across the entire organization.

• Applying proven project management and best practice transfer methods and following a disciplined approach for effective development and implementation
• Leveraging and building on relevant learning, practices, and programs that already exist within KPC (and subsidiaries) to accelerate understanding and buy-in
• Understanding the critical aspects of behavior and culture and tailoring the best practice methodology to fit KPC.
• Developing competency and ownership in the best practice methodology for repeatable imple¬mentation and sustainable results
• Using an integrated approach that leverages people, processes and technologies for best practice trans¬fer and aligns key stakeholders in the line and functions to maximize performance and minimize risk.

SkillBase value proposition: The partnership between SkillBase and SAIC is based on leveraging the best knowledge and experience of both companies to deliver the best value and ensure the success of the project. Both companies committed senior officers to be corporate offi¬cers-in-charge (COIC) to ensure the authority necessary for effective project execution and to quickly access any additional resources if the need arises. The COICs were also involved in the quality assurance and quality control of the entire project. Our approach was based on flat lines of authority that allow the program manager sufficient authority to organize and execute assigned responsi¬bilities efficiently and cost-effectively. The approach provided the flexibility necessary for efficient per¬formance of simultaneous tasks.

Quote from KPC Management:
KPC and the K-Companies have delivered remarkable business results to date. But the world and our business is rapidly changing. Our ability to learn quickly from each other is key to our continued growth and success. Sharing and transferring best practices routinely across our work teams and leaders will enable us to do things better, faster and cheaper, without having to spend even more time at work stay ahead in our marketplaces. This is what KPC and our consultants have teamed up to do:  “share and transfer the right things for the right reasons,” making your life easier in the process. “There is always a better way.”

- KPC Management