Enhancing people

During 2013, as every year, a complete map of managerial resources was drawn up through the tool of management review. For specific segments of managerial resources, the assessment of skills and competencies was further developed. The results of this contributed to the updating of the “succession plan” and to the presentation of relevant positions to Eni’s Nomination Committee. The process of mapping resources has also involved the population of young people and graduates who are annually evaluated by their counselor using a Segmentation tool. In particular, during 2013, more than half of Eni’s people were mapped and, in particular, 86% of the managers and 41% of the young graduates.

Eni’s commitment to performance assessment is ongoing, with total coverage, in Italy and abroad, of 97% for directors and senior managers and 57% for managerial staff and young graduates, with an overall total of 60%. During 2013 the Performance and Feedback process process was completed and communication meetings required for the implementation of the system were initiated. The new process involves the participation of the entire company population, in Italy and abroad, with mandatory application of performance management for all executives, managers and young graduates. The feedback process has been extended to the entire population. 2014 will see the launch of a simplification project for the two processes and the support tools in order to increase their effectiveness in terms of policy, guidance and monitoring of individual results and behaviours to be improved (also with reference to the induction process for new recruits), and to progressively expand the feedback targets.

During 2013 a total of three 360° Feedback campaigns were launched (two of which were completed within the year) for a total of 370 participants; of these, 157 were delivered in English or French. The process, which between 2011 and 2012 involved staff in Italy, aims to raise participants’ awareness of their own behaviour, from the viewpoint of managers, peers/colleagues and partners.

As regards to the assessment of potential, in order to better reflect the internationality of the business, it was decided to extend the boundary of the analysis, expanding the population of young graduates to include people with up to 7 years of service (until last year it was a maximum of 5 years). The trend in the percentage of employees covered by potential assessment (young graduates and experts) is the indicator most affected by the increase in the reference pool. Reading the data in absolute terms, the total number of assessments is rising: in 2013 a total of 883 reviews were performed, up 10% compared to 2012, which saw a total of 797 initiatives. In addition to this index, it is worth noting the evaluation activities carried out during the year on the population of managers and executives with an amount of 120 Individual Assessments and Management Appraisals.