Fast Forward is a 12-14 month accelerated development program. It’s designed to identify high performers across our business and give them a fast track to the next leadership level. 

It’s about helping the best talent to develop the right mindset, relevant networks, and critical experience they need to reach their full potential. If you’re selected for the program, you’ll gain vital business experience to prepare you for your next role. This includes pairing you with an international peer for collaborative learning. And you’ll have access to mentoring, coaching, and formal training opportunities.

In 2024, 159 employees were enrolled onto Fast Forward. And 57% of them were promoted within 12 months of finishing the program. 

Find out more about the business benefits of Fast Forward here. Or learn about what the program involves by reading the Fast Forward Program Overview

Inspirational leadership is key to our continuing growth. And the Leadership Development Pathway (LDP) is designed to develop high performing people leaders. Leaders who inspire their teams to collaborate effectively, deliver strong performance, and produce quality results. 

This 10-month program focuses on learning collaboratively with peers from across the business. It’s about putting your learning into practice and receiving constructive feedback from leaders. And it includes training on diversity, equity, and inclusion to ensure we develop a more sustainable and diverse workplace. 

The LDP plays a key part in creating better employee experiences and accelerating business performance. As leaders see the benefit of developing their teams more effectively, it also leads to higher retention and productivity.

The Pathway is open to all leaders at every level across Coca-Cola HBC. 97% of managers who have experienced the LDP say the knowledge and skills they learned are critical to being an exceptional performer. 

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At Coca-Cola HBC, we are committed to making all our employees digitally savvy.

Our digital transition programs are part of our main Academies, which include Sales and Supply Chain. These programs are designed to be role-specific, focusing on the digital tools and skills our employees need to succeed, ensuring they are relevant and impactful.

Additionally, we offer several specialized Academies, such as the Digital Academy, the Data-Insights-Analytics Academy, and the Strategy & Transformation Academy. These Academies provide various digital learning paths available to all employees. Depending on their interests and career goals, our employees can further develop skills in areas like Agile Methodology, Prompt Engineering, Databases & Coding, Machine Learning, AI, and more.

Mentoring plays an important role in enabling our people to continuously learn and develop. Mentors and internal coaches offer personal and professional support to help you consider and achieve your aspirations. It’s particularly useful in helping new joiners and recently promoted managers to adapt to their new roles and be productive fast. 

At Coca-Cola HBC, mentoring is a two-way relationship based on mutual trust and respect. Both the mentor and mentee benefit by supporting each other, and sharing expertise and knowledge. We’re proud of the fact that our in-house mentoring program has been given the seal of approval by Gartner CEB, who turned it into a best practice case study for the industry.

Coaching accelerates your success. And at Coca-Cola HBC, our internal coaches offer a unique blend of great coaching skills and exceptional knowledge of our business. By developing trust-based relationships, our coaches enable our people to unlock their potential, achieve more, and make a positive impact every day.