Growing a team with the right mindset
Jonas Alder, one of the Zühlke team, said: ‘We would not have known how to organize such group-wide participation without the possibilities offered within our L&D strategy. It offers an extremely wide range of opportunities, including some that you might not see at first glance.’ Working at Zühlke means constant learning, personal growth, knowledge exchange and helping others to develop. Yet, while there is strong company support for that, those activities are self-organized.
The team recognized the fantastic learning potential of the hackathon—applying their technical and collaboration skills to a sustainability challenge, and potentially inspiring clients with their commitment. They pitched the idea to Zühlke’s senior leadership and received strong support, both time and budget. Jonas continued: ‘We placed the idea online internally, had it challenged, and promptly found our first team members. We then contacted all Zühlke countries and received many more suggestions.’
The final team comprised four engineers—with expertise in frontend, backend, cloud, and data engineering—and two business analysts from across Austria, Switzerland and the UK. Their different backgrounds and roles were essential to the team’s success.