Nissan is one of the most productive car plants in Europe, producing more ‘cars per worker’ than any other factory. The production facility in Sunderland was opened in 1986 and currently employs around 7,000 people both directly and indirectly. Nissan is a huge driving force for the local and national economy responsible for around 40,000 jobs in the supply chain.
Some of the world class models produced include the Nissan Qashqai, Nissan Juke, Nissan Leaf and Infiniti Q30.
“We have been very pleased with Dale Carnegie’s approach – they have provided our line managers with the space to reflect, a thought-provoking programme and the energy to take action to improve their people management.”
Dominic Lydon,
Head of Talent Management, Strategy and Planning
Already a very successful business, Nissan is always committed to being better. They are on a mission to become one the UK’s best employers and to that end are following the ‘Great Place to Work’ model. This will help them build a culture where all employees feel engaged and empowered.
Dale Carnegie was appointed as the development partner in supporting Nissan Manufacturing on their mission to become a Great Place to Work. Many hundreds of Supervisors, Seniors and Managers have already experienced a Dale Carnegie Programme that is specifically designed and customised to meet Nissan’s exacting standards.
Following the initial phase of the development programme there are internal sustainability and accountability meetings to ensure the programme is being applied.
Feedback from these meetings demonstrates that the learning has been transferred into the workplace and that line managers are using the principles from Dale
Carnegie’s Golden Book to enable some of the behaviours and thinking required by the Great Place to Work Questionnaire.