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4 AN EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE GROUP
3. A Group that is committed to the professional growth of its employees
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THE FOUR PILLARS OF THE OPEN PROGRAM 3.2
personal development that makes it possible to reconcile
work performance with employees’ wellbeing. In order to
With its history and the wealth of its social dialog,
Saint-Gobain’s human resources policy seeks to offer every
person a working environment favoring professional and
exemplary management and social dialogue.
Network) program, a management tool designed for all
employees. Saint-Gobain’s employees form a community of
supportive entrepreneurs based on the Principles of Conduct
and Action, respect for the health and safety of employees,
increase employees’ commitment and satisfaction, the Group
has launched the OPEN (Our People in an Empowering
THE OPEN PROGRAM
PURSUE
DIVERSIFICATION
IN OUR TEAMS
DEVELOP
OUR MOBILITY
POLICY
DEVELOP
OUR TALENTS
INCREASE
EMPLOYEE
COMMITMENT
INNOVATION
AS A DRIVER OF
DEVELOPMENT
CUSTOMER-FOCUSED
ORGANIZATION
ONGOING
DIALOGUE WITH OUR
STAKEHOLDERS
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY
STRATEGY
OF HABITAT LEADER
differentiation. Four priorities of action are combined in the
OPEN program: professional mobility, team diversity,
employee commitment and talent development.
positionning Saint-Gobain in a dynamic of openness: open to
listen to the world surrounding it and to provide answers to
customers’ needs, and open internally to stimulate exchanges,
innovation, team work and work in project mode and create
In recent years, the Group has experienced significant
developments, particularly the transition from a
product-oriented to a market-oriented organization,
employees of five “Saint-Gobain Attitudes”:
necessary to rethink the Group’s managerial practices and
functioning. In December 2016, Saint-Gobain informed all its
The social, economic and technological changes make it
cultivate customer intimacy: understand, anticipate and ‹
respond to the needs of internal and external customers
by “providing solutions”;
by being open to new ideas and the ability to adapt to
change;
act as an entrepreneur: focus on performance and results ‹
innovate: show curiosity, promote and value diversity to ‹
favor the forming of new ideas;
those connected with digital technology, while remaining
focused on results;
be agile: be proactive and anticipate changes, including ‹
build an open and engaging culture: practice kindly ‹
leadership within the context of an unstable, uncertain and
complex world.
managerial referential in 2017.
These “Saint-Gobain Attitudes” will become the Group’s new
Enrich the mobility policy 3.2.1
skills necessary for the organizational and technological
requirements of the Group’s Activities, sharing knowledge of
markets and customers and in return enriching the careers of
its employees.
Activities, is a priority for the development of skills and the
opening of each one. It is the best way of contributing
diversity, developing innovation, developing the collective
Promoting and enriching professional mobility at
Saint-Gobain, whether geographic, functional or between the