How do you foster that “special glue” that makes a unique culture? One where employees are engaged, and business is performing?
Three years ago, when Viatris was formed from 2 distinctly different teams and cultures , there was no “plug and play” manual to build our new, common culture in Europe. But it became clear instantly that in the diversity there was strength, there was complementarity in varying expertise and also an array of innovative ideas, ready to be implemented and shared.
That’s why we launched a pan-European program incentivizing sharing those great ideas from all employees across teams and countries. And now we can see how that has helped us to bring our 9 000 employees, spread across 38 countries in Europe, closer – and build together our common culture of innovation and collaboration.
This week, I had the privilege of joining teams coming from all over the region in celebrating seventeen winning projects. Those were selected among +120 initiatives: all connected to either an initiative providing access to our customers and patients, impacting the well-being and the development of our employees, or how we contribute to society and the communities we live and work in.
To me, empowering our teams to implement creative solutions and drive impactful results, then facilitating those innovative ideas to travel beyond borders, and not the least making sure to celebrate them adequately – is an key ingredient in that “special glue” which helps forming that very special culture of Viatris Europe.
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