Archive for December, 2009

The need for speed: how agile RB seizes opportunities to create value

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

In today’s competitive and turbulent markets companies need speed – the ability to identify and seize opportunity to create economic value faster and effectively than rivals. RB is a very action oriented company, we walk the talk. Our agility and speed differentiates us from rest of the FMCGs. And, at RB we are rewarded for [...]

RB’s core values help me get what I want from my job

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

I was reading an article What employees want from their jobs by Deborah S.Hildebrand and she says that employees want CARE i.e 1. Camaraderie 2. Achievement 3. Recognition 4. Equity At Reckitt Benckiser a working environment is provided which enables CARE. Let me show you how. Camaraderie In order to be successful, there must be goodwill [...]

RB employees at the zoo!

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Can you imagine being with your colleagues at the zoo … on a cold winter night … having your company’s Christmas dinner? RB Spain employees don’t have to imagine that anymore – they can now say they have experienced it! Last Friday we organised the Spanish Christmas dinner in a hall in the middle of [...]

Bart Becht: A CEO worth celebrating

Friday, December 18th, 2009

  There was an interesting  article I read recently about RB’s CEO Bart Becht, called Do we celebrate the wrong CEOs? He has been named as one of a handful of  “quiet CEOs” who are getting the job done, and getting it done well.  The conversation, over at Harvard Business Review,  quite rightly asks the question: “Where [...]

An introduction to the fragrant world of Air Care!

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Hello and welcome to my first blog post since joining RB! I started the graduate scheme in Global R&D at the Hull, UK site in September and in the few months I’ve been here I have already become a fully integrated part of the team. I will be following in the footsteps off Edd, who blogged [...]