Jombay > Helping Reliance Foundation build changemakers at scale
Reliance Foundation (RF) works across sectors and has driven sustainable social change touching over 88.5 million lives. But behind every community impacted is a team member, a team lead, or a team head making decisions, navigating complexity, and driving outcomes on the ground.
The question RF asked itself: Are we as deliberate about developing our people as we are about serving communities?
Jombay helped answer it.
We designed and administered a customised Development Centre - mapped entirely to RF's own competency framework and spanning three distinct cohorts across the organisation.
Here's how it was built:
- Three cohorts. Three levels of assessment rigour: Different experiences were tailored for Team Members, Team Leads, and Team Heads through a mix of personality insights, cognitive assessments, simulations, and leadership challenges - creating a practical and level-appropriate view of capability across the organization.
- Competencies rooted in RF's DNA: The assessment framework was anchored to seven capabilities - Leading Self, Partners & Collaborates, Execution Rigour, Judgement & Decision Making, Managing Complexities, Impact & Influence, and Service Orientation - competencies that mirror exactly what it takes to deliver social impact with integrity and consistency.
- Individual insight, cohort-level intelligence: Every participant received a personalised Individual Report. Leadership received Exercise Summary reports - creating both micro-level clarity for the individual and macro-level insight for the organisation.
What this enabled
RF now has a clear, structured picture of where its people stand, against the capabilities that matter most for their mission. Individual contributors gained meaningful self-awareness, team leads understood how they needed to grow into their roles, and team heads were given a mirror to reflect on their leadership impact.
If you too are looking for partners in running a Development Centre for your team, feel free to reach out for a quick chat:)
