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Cummins leadership culture part of its strategy

ummins’ strategic roadmap centres on critical enablers to realise its leadership
culture and vision of inspiring and encouraging all employees to reach their full
Cpotential. The company’s workforce strategy cultivates an environment where all
employees, regardless of employee type and location, know what is expected of them,
are rewarded based on performance and have access to differentiated experiences,
tools and leadership coaching to help them develop.
We embarked on a multi-year initiative to address the recognition that there is
variation in how talent processes are applied to the hourly workforce, leading to lower
quality outcomes and inefficiency and impacting the company’s ability to maximise the
capabilities of a deep talent pool.
Leadership culture is foundational to the company’s workforce strategy. It speaks
to the criticality of leaders at all levels of the organisation and the right environment
for employees to achieve their full potential and coach and manage team members for
success. Sponsored by senior leaders, several streams of work embed the foundational
elements of the company’s talent processes in each organisation across Cummins’ Racheal Njoroge
global footprint.
The roadmap focuses on performance management, talent acquisition and certification has been the culmination
onboarding; individual development and careers; and merit-based compensation. For of a considerable team effort. “The
our company’s business, Cummins expects improved productivity and engagement; important thing for us now is to
skill-building that keeps the company current with advances in technology and changing preserve, protect, sustain and maintain
customer needs; and access to a deeper pool of diverse talent as we look to fill open our status. There are many lessons we
positions from within. have learned on this journey, and it is
Cummins South Africa’s recent achievement of its Level 1 Broad-Based Black important for us to tap into that to fill
Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) contributor status is the latest milestone in its any gaps going forward.”
transformation journey, says MD Racheal Njoroge. “It is a significant achievement
given it is such a big jump from our Level 4 certification in 2021. It also demonstrates Contact Sbu Gule, Cummins Africa
Cummins South Africa’s commitment to leading the charge in true economic Middle East, Phone 011 451-3400, Ame.
transformation.” abo.communication@cummins.com
With transformation a top priority in many African countries, Njoroge highlights Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
increased localisation discussions in Botswana and Zambia, for example. “We are CumminsAfricaME/
already looking at how to apply our own best practice regionally.” Going forward, skills LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/
development is a priority focus to build a talent pipeline for the industry. “B-BBEE not company/cummins-africa/
only looks at employment but ensures that there are sufficient skills,” says Njoroge. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cummins_
Avril Campher, Transformation Leader for South Africa, says that the Level 1 Africa

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