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One of the pillars of Recticel’s Group mission is the basic principle that all
employees must be offered the opportunity to develop their individual
talents within the framework of the Group strategy. Moreover, the
Group is convinced that successful implementation of its strategy to a
large extent depends on the drive, motivation, creativity and, in short,
the abilities of all its staff. For that matter, the most important Group
values emphasise this basic principle. Recticel considers values such
as team spirit, a sense of responsibility, entrepreneurship, respectful
behaviour, professionalism and striving for excellence to be of key
importance.
In 2008, the first preparations were made to develop a
modern personnel policy within the Group. Attracting and
retaining dedicated, enthusiastic, specialised staff more
than ever before will be of decisive importance to ensure
future success. Several times in the past, Recticel has already
proved that it is worth calling itself and its working
methods into question on an ongoing basis. As far
as the human resources policy is concerned, the Group is
convinced that the time is now ripe to apply more vision
and energy to develop new guidelines for the future. The
launch in 2010 of a talent management programme and
a programme for the development of specific key skills is
important in this respect.
It already emerged from a study carried out previously
that the most important key skills needed within the Group
are the following:
- results orientation
- business acumen
- capability to build and develop talents and teams
- personal flexibility
- customer orientation
- effective communication skills
The decrease in staff by 1 480 employees in 2009 is
attributable mainly to:
- the sale of the 50% participating interest in the joint venture COFEL (Bedding, France)
- the sale of the remaining activities of Exteriors (Automotive)
in Gilly (Belgium)
- the sale of the participating interest in Corpura (Flexible
Foams, the Netherlands)
- the reduction in the workforce mainly in:
- the British, German and American automotive activities
- the Flexible Foams activities in France, Spain and the
United Kingdom
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