Leodardo da Vinci Project - LeoVation

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Leodardo da Vinci Project - LeoVation

• Report of the closing meeting on June 6, 2005
• Vienna, June 7th, 2005

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Participants

• Branislav Riha (via Telephone)
• Leonard Merckens
• Marko Schuster (via Telephone)
• Mario Freissl (via Telephone)
• Roman Billiani
• Therese Mitterbauer
• Mark Macqueen (Coordinator and Chair)

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Project Progress - LeoVation Project

• Task Creation of a MAC marketing plan for UK
• Team Branislav Riha, Mario Freissl (Stoke/UK)
• Outcome Detailed marketing plan
• Status Completed
• Task Creation of an overview audit scheme for
  Mondi Plants
• Team Marko Schuster, Roman Billiani (Stoke/UK)
• Outcome Company audit scheme, analysis of
  visited plant
• Status Completed
• Task Creation of an overview audit scheme for
  Mondi Plants
• Team Leonhard Merckens, Therese Mitterbauer
  (Libercourt/FR)
• Outcome Company audit scheme, analysis of
  visited plant
• Status Completed

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Feedback What went well in the project?

• General
• Good cross divisional approach
• Good team members
• Clear focus of training, good support from
  Leonardo Office
• Improvement of language/communication skills
• Interesting topics
• Ideal to get new contacts in the group
• Good motivation to be in the programme
• Project
• Support and openness of plants visited
• Good teams of Leonardo participants

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Feedback What did not work well?

• General
• Bad preparation of presentations (SIP)
• SIP, MAC and HR not focused (no clear scope for
  LeoVation)
• Not sufficient top-management back-up
• Training from Malik Team had no relation to tasks
• No responsibilities (sanctions?)
• Project
• Tasks were not defined well, did not make sense
  actually
• MAC coordination weak, difficult to align
  timetables of participants
• Not enough time to do proper work
• No interest in achieved output - no feedback from
  plants

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Feedback What was missing/necessary?

• General
• Joint SIP strategy of how to implement Leonardo
  participants
• Clear focus on what has to be jointly achieved
• Close support and monitoring from Mondi
  Management
• Project
• Commitment from the side of MAC (not training but
  occupation)
• Joint definition of targets and strategy
• Focus on the usability of the output
• Open discussions about progress and problems
• More communication and less arrogance on both
  sides
• Clear definition of deadlines (deliverables were
  submitted too late)

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Feedback Suggestions for improvement

• General
• Train high-potentials by high-potentials
• Defined responsibilities and expectations (from
  all sides)
• More focus to allow self-motivation of
  participants
• Performance of Leonardo participants should be
  more appreciated
• Give participants more time to care for
  training/projects
• Project
• Assign team leader that has authority
• Clear communication/meeting/deliverables plan
• More and better preparation
• Better integration of teams into
  visited/receiving organisation