Transcript LUDOWICI AUSTRALIA

Leadership Development
Welcome To Ludowici
Our Story
Global Network
Our Products and Services
Leadership Development at Ludowici
Our Future
Our Story
Ludowici is a diversified global manufacturing and engineering company
predominantly servicing customers in the mining and mineral processing industries.
Ludowici supplies a comprehensive range of materials handling, mineral processing
products and equipment, innovative design services, consumable/wear products
plus maintenance services.
We boast a worldwide reputation that’s founded on more than 150 years of
dedication to innovative design, genuine market leadership, manufacturing quality
and service excellence.
Ludowici was established in 1858 and listed on the ASX in 1911. In January, FL
Smidth announced a bid to acquire the company. The acquisition will complete by
July.
Ludowici’s annual turnover is approximately $250 million and employs 1200
people globally.
Global Network
Australia – Latin America – China – India – South Africa – North America
Our Products And Services
Process
Equipment
Vibrating
Equipment
Seals
Seals,
Hose &
Engineered
Rubber,
Water
Equipment
Spares
Consumables/
Others
Service &
Aftermarket
Our Products
Some of our products include:
• Centrifuges
• Ceramics, Ceramics in Rubber and
Ceramics in Polyurethane
• Exciter Gearbox
• Hand-built Expansion Joints
• Hicom Mills
• Industrial Rubber Mouldings
• Jetslingers
• LUDOFLEX Material Handling Hose
• Magnetic Separators
• Marine Fendering Systems.
• Mill Liners
• Modular Polyurethane Panels
• Modular Rubber Panels
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Polyurethane
Reflux Classifier
Rubber Lining and Mouldings
Seals
Smart Frame (Conveyor Systems)
Stock Pile Dischargers/Coal Valves
Structural Bearings (Civil Engineering,
Seismic Protection, Building,
Customized Applications)
Structural Steel Attachment Plates (for
all structural bearings)
Vibrating Screens and Feeders
(Grizzly/Pan)
Wear-Resistant Products
Wedge Wire
Process Equipment
Course and Fine
Coal Centrifuges
Horizontal Fine Coal Centrifuge (HFC)
Process Equipment - Reflux Classifier (RC)
Ludowici RC
Technology offers
the latest in fine
particle
Beneficiation
Material Handling
Vibrating Screen
Banana Screen
High Frequency Screen
Material Handling
Coal Valve / Stockpile Discharger
Screen Decks
Polyurethane Items
Trowellable Ceramics
Ceramic Tiles and Components
Rubber Hose
Wedge Wire Items
Wide Range Available
Polyurethane Panels
Poly Wedge Panels
Rubber Panels
Punched Plate
Screening Consumables - Polyurethane
Custom manufacture of a wide range of
polyurethane parts
Polyurethane lined Pipe
Wear Items
Safety items
Spray Nozzles
Wear Materials - Trowellable Ceramics
Wear Resist Trowellable Ceramic
Pipe lining
Wear Max (NON DG)
Sapphire-hard aluminium spheres suspended in Epoxy
Resin
Wear Materials Ceramic Tiles & Components
Used in Wide range of mining & industrial
applications
Available in varied range of compounds chosen to
suit application
Leadership Development at Ludowici –
“Answering the Questions”
1. How does the LDW leadership development program
link to strategy?
Strategy
Leadership
Capacity
Succession
Planning
Culture &
Behaviour
Talent
Management
Frontline
Supervision
Career
Development
Leadership Development at Ludowici
2. How do we define leadership & leadership development?
Ron Barassi once said, “There are three types of people in
this world – those that make things happen, those that watch
things happen, & those that say ‘S---, what happened?”
At Ludowici, leadership development involves the recruitment
of good people, the identification of the best people in our
business to become leaders, & the development of
appropriate development plans, which, over time enable
these people to become leaders in our business
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3. What competencies/skills are we seeking to develop?
• We operate a complex global business (110,000 SKU’s, 14 factories,
global distribution), therefore people genuinely are key to our success
• We require global cultural & language diversity, with core skills in sales,
engineering, supply chain & manufacturing within each of our markets
• We operate a somewhat centralised model in terms of leadership
decisions & funding, which has become more decentralised as LDW has
globalised
• We require leaders with broad commercial acumen, strong situational
leadership (eg. participating, delegating, selling & telling styles), & well
developed emotional intelligence/tolerance for ambiguity
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4. What sources of leadership learning do we use?
• Review and development of individual development plans
• Mentoring & coaching (with some access to formal development
programs where considered suitable)
• A formal Talent Management program
• Executive networking
• Taking potential leaders, over time, from emerging to experienced to
seasoned across our global operations
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5. How does our leadership development program link to
organisational systems?
Evaluation
Executive
Review
Development
Plans
Talent
Management
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What we do well
• We are able to maintain our best & experienced people
(average length of service exceeds 8 years)
• We operate a formal talent management program
• We locate some of our developing managers in developing
businesses around the world. We also schedule long stay visits
to improve skill levels in developing factories, & to assist us to
develop leaders in new locations
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What we can do better
• We are having difficulty retaining skilled people servicing our
equipment in mining areas
• We need to be more aggressive in our efforts to increase the
capabilities of our leaders & potential leaders
• We need to be more systematic about ensuring development
plans are implemented
A recent initiative – the Ludowici Graduate
Program
• In 2012, we offered three positions in each of the key product
groups, with exposure to the rest of the business
• Each graduate has been assigned a mentor, a relatively senior
manager in the business outside the business unit in which they
are working
• Each graduate is appointed on the basis that if a substantive role
arises from or during the program, they may be appointed to that
role
Ludowici’s Future
• Our aim is to continue to grow the company significantly, through:
• Organic growth – traditional and adjacent markets
• Further expand our international operations leveraging our investment in
both current international businesses and business infrastructure
• Further targeted acquisitions
• Focusing on developing low cost manufacturing in China and India
• The acquisition of Ludowici by FL Smidth offers even greater opportunities
for the business to grow.
Investing in people, and in particular our potential leaders, is
the enabler of this growth