The Journey to Significance

🟢 “We nourish the world through science, creativity, and purpose…”

• 👤 Individual: Demonstrated personal ownership by streamlining routine tasks and reallocating time toward innovation-aligned work, resulting in higher strategic impact.

• 👥 Team: Led or contributed to quarterly initiative reviews, aligning team priorities with customer and business value.

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Fostered cross-functional collaboration with R&D/Marketing to ensure innovation efforts delivered real-world results.

🟢 “We move with intention, where clarity replaces swirl…”

• 👤 Individual: Demonstrated personal ownership by implementing weekly priority reviews, increasing focus and reducing task overload.

• 👥 Team: Led or contributed to creation of a visible priorities dashboard, improving alignment and reducing duplication.

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Fostered cross-functional coordination sessions to ensure aligned performance and purpose across departments.

🟢 “We know it is hard to simplify to amplify…”

• 👤 Individual: Demonstrated personal ownership by respectfully declining low-priority asks, preserving bandwidth for high-impact work.

• 👥 Team: Led a “less is more” process improvement that reduced workflow complexity and saved time.

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Initiated simplification of joint processes, accelerating delivery timelines.

🟢 “We are a passionate, credible, focused team…”

• 👤 Individual: Demonstrated personal ownership by highlighting contributions aligned to bold team ambition during monthly updates.

• 👥 Team: Co-created and aligned team vision storyboard, rallying energy behind “what’s next.”

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Participated in future-focused pilot initiative, modeling collaboration and ambition.

🟢 “We trust, challenge, and lift each other up…”

• 👤 Individual: Demonstrated personal ownership by giving and receiving peer feedback, building trust and performance.

• 👥 Team: Embedded “pulse check” rituals into meetings to increase psychological safety.

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Facilitated “get to know us” sessions with other teams to build mutual trust.

🟢 “Collaboration is second nature…”

• 👤 Individual: Volunteered to assist colleagues outside my role, strengthening team collaboration.

• 👥 Team: Contributed to peer shadowing experience to cross-train and deepen team empathy.

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Co-hosted challenge sprint with another department to accelerate innovation.

🟢 “We laugh, learn, lead…”

• 👤 Individual: Shared monthly learning moments, modeling vulnerability and growth mindset.
• 👥 Team: Facilitated energizers and celebrations to increase engagement and morale.
• 🔗 Cross-Team: Launched learning community with peers to exchange knowledge and best practices.

🟢 “We build trust to shape what is next…”

• 👤 Individual: Proposed and executed a bold idea that challenged norms, creating value beyond expectations.

• 👥 Team: Championed a “bold bets” initiative that led to breakthrough thinking.

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Co-led an initiative with another function, delivering bold progress toward strategic priorities.

🟢 “We are a talent magnet…”

• 👤 Individual: Mentored early-career talent, supporting their development and leadership growth.

• 👥 Team: Designed role pathways and learning plans that nurtured internal growth.

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Built a cross-functional growth cohort for high-potential talent.

🟢 “Every dollar invested in R&I fuels…”

• 👤 Individual: Joined a DEI or sustainability initiative, contributing to long-term value creation.

• 👥 Team: Evaluated and aligned team work with sustainability and social impact goals.

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Partnered with ESG/Finance to advocate for responsible innovation.

🟢 “Together, we are building a legacy of excellence…”

• 👤 Individual: Shared quarterly stories of impact that connected daily work to long-term purpose.

• 👥 Team: Maintained a “legacy log” that captured high-impact contributions.

• 🔗 Cross-Team: Created storytelling platform to amplify meaningful work across the organization.