Nurturing Talent and Innovation: Siobhan's Journey with Thales

Siobhan Williams, Head of Digital Design & Innovation at TLC, thrives in a dynamic environment where creativity meets purpose. Her journey at Thales, spanning four years, has been marked by support, mentorship, and opportunities for growth.

Transitioning from contractor to permanent employee, Siobhan shares an exciting journey that exemplifies Thales' commitment to nurturing talent. 

 

 

What do you enjoy about your job?

Firstly, the people – I get to work with many passionate and creative people in TLC & wider HR which makes coming into the office a pleasure. In addition, I meet people from across the organisation in my daily work to investigate, consult and collaborate on various digital learning solutions that could be implemented with my team.

I find in my role, though there are standards for learning we need to adhere to, there is a lot of flexibility in what the end product could be based on the needs of the end user so I enjoy hearing from the ‘voice of the customer’ to keep us delivering quality. With a small team, we need to focus on optimisation and efficiency which means we align with our UK objectives and really feel that we are delivering quality, value-driven and impactful solutions.

 

How has Thales helped you excel your career?

I have gone from being a contractor to a permanent employee and have worked for Thales for 4 years now. As a working mother keen to re-ignite my career after a 4-year break, Thales has been fundamental to me securing my current role through continuous support, accelerated learning, and flexible working. My Director even helped me shape a role that would give me more breadth to showcase my skills after a leadership secondment role. The secondment was an amazing way to grow my skills and put learning gained through an accelerated leadership programme, Solaris Executive Leadership Development, into practice within a safe environment and with the full support of my leader.

In addition to the Solaris programme, I have been encouraged and supported through sponsorship to do a CIPD in HR, and complete internal programmes like Mindset to Growth and Coaching as a Leadership Style to support Thales to embed mindset and coaching into the organisational culture.  

 

About Thales

For more than a century, Thales has exploited technology for the nation’s benefit, developing world-leading capabilities that help our customers think smarter and act faster.

We’re a global business with over 7,000 people in the UK, working across every country of the Union. For many years, Thales has contributed to the security and stability of this nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers in Government and industry. Operating across aerospace, defence, digital security, transport and space, we help keep the nation safe and secure while contributing £1.6bn in economic value each year.

As a business we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

 

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