Managers lead with more confidence and impact
Leaders moved from “top performer” to “trusted people leader” with a clearer skillset.
Case
Building leadership capacity at Elevation Group to support sustainable growth and retention
Elevation Group grew fast, promoting top sales talent into leadership roles early. To keep performance high while strengthening trust, retention, and culture, they built a scalable leadership development approach that could grow with the business, including their German branches.
Results
Stronger communication and team relationships
More open, balanced conversations improved collaboration and employee experience.
Retention improved as leadership skills increased
Better support and motivation strengthened loyalty and reduced turnover.
Leadership development became scalable and sustainable
Internal facilitators enabled consistent rollout with less dependency on external delivery.
About Elevation Group
Elevation Group is a full-service partner in high-quality IT staffing. With 300+ employees and a network of 30,000 IT specialists, the organization helps companies find the right professionals across all contract forms, from recruitment and selection to secondment and interim solutions.
Industry
IT-Staffing and Consultancy
Employees
300+
Footprint
Benelux with growth across borders, including Germany
The Challenge
Rapid growth meant young professionals moved into leadership positions quickly. They delivered outstanding results as sales professionals, but leadership required a different skill set and more guidance than most had received.
Elevation Group already had a strong development mindset through its “Grow in Life” culture. Still, the organization needed a structured approach to help new managers lead with trust, strengthen retention, and build a culture where teams could grow faster. It also needed to be scalable across countries, so international branches could be included.
Our Approach
The goal was clear: turn high-performing experts into capable leaders, and make leadership development scalable across the organization.
Build a scalable learning foundation
Elevation Group used the FranklinCovey All Access Pass as the backbone of the partnership, creating a consistent development ecosystem that could evolve with growth ambitions.
Create internal capability through Train-the-Trainer
Internal leaders were trained and certified to deliver programs in-house. This helped embed leadership development into the organization’s DNA, reduce reliance on external delivery, and tailor learning to Elevation Group’s context and culture.
Develop leaders at every level with targeted programs
Leadership development was integrated into the existing People Development framework through focused programs that strengthened strategy, trust, and core team leadership skills.
The Results
Better communication between managers and teams
Managers started to have more productive, open, and balanced conversations, strengthening relationships and collaboration.
Higher employee satisfaction and a more inclusive environment
Teams experienced stronger connection and support, contributing to better employee experience.
Improved retention as managers became stronger people leaders
Equipping managers to understand, support, and motivate their teams increased loyalty and helped reduce turnover.
Sustainable scalability through internal delivery
Certified internal facilitators helped roll out and sustain leadership development consistently across locations, including internationally.
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