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Building a Business With a Higher Calling with Paul Polman (Ep. 3)

In our third episode of our New Human Movement series, Gary and I spoke to Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever (one the one of the world‘s biggest food and personal care companies.

Michele Zanini

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Building a Business With a Higher Calling with Paul Polman (Ep. 3)

In the third episode of the New Human Movement series, Gary and I spoke to Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever (one the one of the world‘s biggest food and personal care companies). During his ten-year stint Unilever, Polman  prioritized long-term value creation and made sustainability the centerpiece of the company‘s strategy.

Here are some of the topics we covered:

  1. Turning Unilever around - while avoiding the easy, short-term tricks to boost performance
  2. Baking purpose into the business model
  3. Dismantling bureaucracy – and avoiding "reorgs"
  4. Why CEOs should stop blaming investors and act more courageously
  5. Brining about system-level change

‌For our reflections on this conversation, check out the companion article published by Fast Company:‌

How to lead with courage and build a business with heart
The former CEO of Unilever talks about how to humanize leadership with empathy and compassion while maintaining purpose.
Fast CompanyLydia Dishman

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