Weber - Saint-Gobain

Unigrams

  • The right hand offers to the left one and the left hand draws from the right one.
  • The pool-in reflex : this might interest someone else.
  • The pool-out reflex : this should already exist somewhere
  • Such a behavior is a key success factor for our company.
The Winning Handover

The Winning Handover

  • The right hand offers to the left one and the left hand draws from the right one.
  • The pool-in reflex : this might interest someone else.
  • The pool-out reflex : this should already exist somewhere
  • Such a behavior is a key success factor for our company.
The Double Reward

The Double Reward

  • In our business, improving competitive positioning (= moving along the x-axis) reaps profits (= y-axis) twice: in volume, and also in percentage. The countries in which we have the best competitive positioning are the ones with the best profit margin rate.
  • The leader is the most visible. The leader has a better capacity to bring innovation to the market.
The Rising Balloon

The Rising Balloon

  • Leadership is like a hot-air balloon: it constantly needs energy to stay in the air.
  • Without energy things end up falling down.
  • Staying #1 requires a lot of energy and becoming #1 even more!
Choosing is Giving Up

Choosing is Giving Up

  • In order to exploit a forest, you need to cut down some trees to let the others grow… The resources (time, money, people) are always limited and have to be dedicated to a limited number of initiatives.
  • We usually forget (or don’t accept) that choosing is impossible without giving up.
The King of the Village

The King of the Village

  • The important thing is to be the King, even of a village. It is much better than being a baron in an empire.
  • To be a leader is to be recognized as the best company in its field of activity and being able to lead and influence the market. The leader is the company that sets the market standards in its field of excellence.
The Leadership Engine

The Leadership Engine

  • The way we can develop its leadership is through the following cycle: Ideas produce Innovation if they are well cultivated, Innovation brings Leadership, and Leadership allows to set the trend and to collect more Ideas.
  • Innovation capacity and leadership go together. The leader has the best capacity to influence the markets.
  • The management know-how is the main drive for the right completion of the cycle.
Be on Target!

Be on Target!

  • The secret of success is professionalism, using the right method :
    • define the Timetable
    • list the Actions
    • assign the Responsibilities
    • keep the Goals clear
    • call on the right Experts
    • use the adequate Tools