Hope Project: IÉSEG hosts international collaborators of the Decathlon Group
10/13/2014
From March – July 2014, 30 junior international managers with strong potential from the Decathlon group were on campus at IÉSEG Lille.
For 5 months, they followed a customized training program in order to:
- Acquire knowledge and skills by following 20 course modules adapted to Decathlon needs such as: Omni-Channel Sales, Accounting for Managers, Generating business by IT as well as a Personal Development module that included team building, drama and management and debating.
- Understand other business models by attending various conferences and company visits to Amazon, IKEA, Volvo and Microsoft;
- Be able to develop an attitude of detachment via Business Games, case studies, individual coaching sessions;
- Open up and be aware of other cultures via learning expeditions/study trips to Barcelona and Frankfurt visiting companies such as Zara and The European Central Bank;
As well as their courses at IÉSEG, the students also worked in one of the stores of the Decathlon group, where they were able to work on real life problems and situations and find solutions to them.
This program supervised by IÉSEG was customized and developed by Decathlon. The training program allowed the collaborators to be increasingly aware of its company culture, vision, careers offered as well as create a better understanding of its values and employees.
IÉSEG develops these programs in collaboration with the Executive Education department.
For more information please contact: Sophie GUERIN – Director of Corporate Relations – +33 (0) 6 59 70 99 75 or + 33 (0) 3 20 54 58 92