AXA Insurance

AXA needed to build robust. flexible systems that allowed them to integrate the roles, rewards and
contributions of the people in their different businesses. Oakwood provided fast and leading edge automated role evaluation and profiling software that covered all their people. This also led into competency profiling and personal development in line with the AXA values.

AXA then deployed Oakwood’s on-line performance Management and 360° assessment tool across the whole UK Operation. This allows people to be profiled against the competency profile for their role, identifies development gaps and suggests relevant learning solutions to help build on-line
Personal Development Plans. This is accompanied by appraisal tools, which enable managers and staff to set objectives and conduct appraisal over the intranet. The whole appraisal and assessment process is automated (together with automated progress chasing) allowing the HR function to
monitor how well performance management is being implemented across the organisation.

AXA Insurance UK has 4,500 employees.

Ecclesiastical Insurance

As a niche player in the Insurance market Ecclesiastical’s challenge was to use the flexibility and unique skills of their people to distinguish them from the larger businesses. Oakwood helped them to drive forward culture change and performance/reward management. This was backed up by a fully integrated range of Oakwood tools from role profiling through 360° feedback and competency management.

EIG have measured the impact of the HR strategy that Oakwood has helped to implement. There has been a significant positive shift in perceptions on all aspects of grading, performance and
development. 89% of staff report that they now have a clear understanding of the competencies for their role and how they are used, and this from a population who had not heard of the concept 4 years ago. Oakwood have helped EIG make huge strides forward in implementing leading edge HR practices.

EIG has 1,000 employees.

3i

3i are a high profile investment business with a strong brand. Oakwood have helped to implement on-line 360° feedback for their investment management community in a culture that has had no feedback experience. The UK Investment team were the first to participate and their reactions were universally positive. The aim is to roll-out the product globally following the example of our
implementation for AXA Investment Managers who have been running a global solution of the same kind for three years. That implementation, based in Paris, is used all over the world in French and English.

3i has 1,300 employees.