Dialog and commitment – the basic principle of Siemens culture.

By that we mean the annual management dialog, for example, in which every manager throughout the world gets individual feedback from their employees.

Honest feedback from employees on a regular basis helps managers to develop their management competence and improve personal performance. The fact that feedback has an effect on the performance rating shows that we take this matter seriously at Siemens.

It is our aim to develop our managers swiftly and innovatively so that they can hold their own in the quickly changing competitive environment and are fully equipped to face future challenges. Corporate programs for qualifying employees in managerial positions, for instance, the  Management Learning Program have proven effective.

The essential building blocks toward achieving this aim are innovation, global exchange of knowledge, and orientation of goals and achievement. Our corporate culture, which is defined by open dialog, respect, and resolute leadership, forms the framework for this.