Driving success with a diverse workforce
We are a truly global company, with a diverse workforce spread across more than 80 countries. This gives us our most important asset and cutting edge – a group of colleagues with a vast variety of backgrounds, experiences, skills and knowledge. Our goal is to give every employee a fantastic place to work, one where they feel valued and have opportunities to develop.
Employee engagement
We want every Hempel colleague to enjoy coming to work and be engaged by what they do. Our Employee Engagement Survey is one of our most important tools in this. Held each year, the anonymous survey gives us all a chance to say how we can make Hempel an even better place to work. More than 90 per cent of colleagues take time to answer the survey each year, and the results are used by management and individual teams to improve the work environment.
Satisfaction and Motivation climbed above the global benchmark of 70 index points in 2018. However, it is still below the best-in-class of 74+, which is where we aspire to be.
Developing our people
Employee engagement is closely linked to personal and professional development, so we offer learning and development solutions for all our people – across levels, functions and geographies. Through the Hempel Academy, our colleagues can access a wide range of training, from technical courses to leadership development. We also offer structured development programmes covering the full talent pipeline, from graduate through to executive level.
Diversity and equal opportunities
Our Diversity and Equal Opportunity Policy states that all employment and career development decisions must be based on merit and made to support business goals. A key goal of this policy is to ensure that everyone at Hempel has the opportunity to develop and reach their full potential.
Currently, the number of women in management positions doesn’t reflect the percentage of women in our organisation. This is not good enough. Our target is for 25 per cent of our management positions to be filled by women by 2022, equal to the percentage of women in our organisation. To support this, female leaders can take part in a 12-month mentoring programme, in which they work with a mentor to accelerate their development and prepare for future challenges.
Currently, 23 per cent of management positions are held by women. We acknowledge that we need to work even harder to reach our target.
