Our people
GKN is a geographically diverse business and is proud to employ individuals from all over the world. We have Groupwide policies which aim to ensure that employees are treated justly and with respect and that their abilities, differences and achievements are recognised.
One of our strategic objectives is to be the employer of choice with a high performance culture. An important factor in this is for all employees to understand the Group’s strategy and their individual roles in delivering it.
We have an organisation-wide programme to engage more fully with every employee on the GKN strategy, providing everyone with the opportunity for discussion and clarification of how team and individual roles contribute to the strategy.
Top level business communication with employees is achieved through regular business updates via conference call with the Chief Executive and other members of the Executive Committee to some 700 senior managers, who in turn brief their teams.
Communication and collaboration are key within the organisation and there are multiple face to face communication mechanisms including daily team meetings, weekly employee involvement sessions and monthly team briefings.
High performance in GKN is recognised annually at the Leadership conference through our Excellence Awards across a range of areas including Safety, Quality, Environment, Continuous Improvement, Customer Service and Technology.
GKN aims to foster a positive, inclusive working environment. Our success lies in developing everyone to their fullest extent regardless of where they start in GKN or are placed on their career journey. Everyone is entitled to know what their role is, how they are doing, and that their manager cares about their development. A regular performance development process provides a framework for our people which feeds into an organisation planning process that matches the Company’s needs with the available talent in GKN.