Strengthening leadership and unity at Vimian

Creating the best place to work for its people is a core value driver for Vimian. Leadership development forms an integral part of this agenda and Vimian is focused on creating an infrastructure that attracts, retains, and nurtures talent across the organisation.

Vimian recently introduced a series of initiatives to strengthen leadership across the Group and support future growth. This work includes the launch of two leadership programs: one for senior leaders and another for high-potential employees. The goal is to build a leadership pipeline that reinforces Vimian’s values while enabling collaboration across the decentralised structure.

These leadership programs are designed to foster relationships across Vimian’s different segments, allowing colleagues from various parts of the organisation to share best practices, collaborate on common goals, and strengthen a sense of unity. The approach also supports retention by enabling employees to envision career growth within Vimian, knowing they are part of a larger, interconnected community. Engagement scores, as well as direct participant feedback, indicate strong support for these initiatives, with a 4.75 out of 5 rating from senior leaders, and 4.85 from high potentials, who recommend the program to their peers.

“Even though we’re part of the same company, we didn’t really know each other before. Meeting colleagues from different segments has been incredibly rewarding and educational — now it’s so much easier to reach out or collaborate in ways we hadn’t before"

Karin Ronander, country manager and participant in the senior leadership program.

In addition to leadership development, employee experience surveys are conducted twice a year, followed by workshops that allow teams to build on their strengths and address areas for improvement identified in the survey. These measures help support segment-specific needs while ensuring that all parts of the organisation benefit from shared resources. Vimian aims to build a culture with a shared sense of purpose where autonomy and inclusion are fostered and therefore, the People strategy is focused on balancing segment independence with a cohesive Group identity — a journey that is well underway as Vimian continues to build on these foundational steps.