OUR SAINT-GOBAIN ATTITUDES

What?  Acting as an entrepreneur means showing strong commitment and having a sense of ownership. Treating any project as if it were your own and ensuring success through personal initiative and drive. It also means having an impact and leaving your personal footprint on the results, performance and sustainability of Saint-Gobain.

Why? 

Saint-Gobain is evolving more than ever, in a changing business environment. While our colleagues must stay true to our Principles of Conduct and Action, we also need to change our perspective on risk-taking and initiative.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? This is about thinking out of the box, being original and experimenting with new solutions. Being future-orientated and anticipating changes in markets, customers and technologies and promoting a safe space where failure is accepted as being part of the innovation process and where everyone can learn from it.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Saint-Gobain operates in a rapidly changing world so we have to constantly innovate to meet our challenges  e.g. questioning past procedures to propose new ones, thinking of new ways to lead research and development through co-development.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Being agile requires our employees to develop self-awareness, and an awareness of their colleagues and of their environment (both inside and outside the organisation), knowing the strengths of the people around them and being able to adapt and act quickly when needed. It requires a lot of energy and you have to know capabilities of your team, whilst always remaining focused on sustainable development.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? More than ever, Saint-Gobain faces new challenges: getting products to market quickly, adapting to new methods of communication, finding ways to manage new generations, and ensuring all Business Units have an adequate digital strategy.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Understanding, anticipating and meeting the fundamental needs of both internal and external customers at all times and at all levels of the organisation. We expect colleagues to show a strong focus on meeting customers’ needs while also being able to proactively provide creative solutions when necessary. To do so, Saint-Gobain employees need to develop their empathy to put themselves in the shoes of the customer and change their perspective to understand the fundamental needs of others.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Serving customers and markets is only possible by understanding the evolving needs of the customers in a constantly changing environment.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?Everyone must have an open mind, accept differences, be open to positive and negative feedback, and aim to create an environment where everyone can express themselves. This requires constantly learning and having a management style that is inclusive and encourages open dialogue.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?Today’s world is uncertain and complex challenging us to work out of our comfort zone. What is true yesterday or today, will not be true tomorrow. Answers to challenges come from collaboration and including every view in a supportive environment where everyone feels at ease to contribute. This is key to success.