42 Our People and Partners
Our People and Partners People who are passionate about our work and committed to creating a sustainable society make significant contributions to our success.
providing decent work and economic growth. Managing talent allows us to attract and keep the best and the brightest, securing in this way the long-term succession pipeline up to senior management. It allows us to develop and strengthen Givaudan’s culture and offer an attractive career path. These activities also help provide an engaging and inspiring environment, giving employees a chance to realise their career goals, and also enable us to retain and motivate qualified people.
A better and more sustainable future should incorporate decent work and economic growth, gender equality and good health and well-being for all. Sustainable development work also requires inclusive partnerships between governments, businesses and society. A leading employer in the industry, with a global staff of more than 13,000, including more than 90 nationalities, we are doing our part to work towards these goals.
This drive is reflected in projects such as our regional ONE Givaudan onboarding initiative – a programme that allows new employees to acquire fundamental knowledge about our Company and its rich heritage, our business and our DNA – as well as a set of customised management training programmes called Leadership Senses. We have yearly performance cycles including talent reviews and career discussions and, finally, we promote a culture of continuous learning, curiosity and feedback.
People
Talent Management Focusing on talent development to improve skills and engagement is a critical part of our approach towards
ONE onboarding and training in “Quality Conversations” are just two ways we look to develop our people and their skills.
Training in quality conversations aims to improve the working environment with a feedback culture Another aspect of managing talent and retaining talented employees is teaching people to deliver and receive effective feedback. It is an essential part of any successful business and we want to be sure to create an environment where feedback is a consistent and regular part of our daily exchanges. Not just from managers to their teams, but also amongst teams and from teams to their managers – we want people to actively seek feedback and make it a part of their daily routines. We also know that clear communication is the basis of all good relationships: our Quality Conversations training helps managers not only create the right feedback environment, but also to build trusting and productive interactions with their team members more generally. This results in stronger
Givaudan – 2018 Sustainability Progress Review
