Crucell corporate brochure (PDF)

Crucell’s commitment to the world – Taking responsibility
Developing talent
Crucell is investing heavily in the skills and competencies of its people.
Our Global Human Resources (HR) team has developed a long-term
strategy for people development and identified this as a key CSR priority
for taking Crucell where it wants to go.
Implementation of this strategy started in 2010 and great strides have
been made. A Global Manager Learning & Development was appointed
in May, reflecting the importance we attach to building a ‘continuous
learning’ culture at Crucell. In collaboration with other key stakeholders,
the Global HR team has launched two global training programs for
Crucell managers at various levels. One program focuses on developing
people’s project management skills, the other on helping managers to
develop financial and business acumen. Crucell employees have asked
for this kind of support and this dovetails with the company’s
strategic goals.
With a view to providing a gateway to learning and development
opportunities for all Crucell employees, the Global HR department launched
an online People Development Portal in July 2010. The basic launch
version will be progressively enriched and expanded over the coming
years. The idea is to offer our people a toolkit that will help them to reflect
on their learning potential and seize opportunities for development.
Crucell ran a leadership training for managers in Switzerland and the
Netherlands in 2010, as part of an ongoing program established in 2008.
We see a vital role in our organization for good leaders who can inspire
and empower their teams of people to excel.
An essential aspect of this leadership role is conducting regular
performance reviews, which when done well provide people with feedback
that will enable them to achieve their full potential. In 2010, about 95%
of Crucell employees received regular performance reviews. Our aim
is to ensure all employees receive regular performance reviews, and to
increase their added value for both the employee and the company.
Diversity and equal opportunity
Crucell sees the value of diversity and strives to foster this through
our recruitment practices and organizational structure, for example
by building cross-functional and cross-site teams. Our site in the
Netherlands employs people of 24 nationalities, closely followed by
Switzerland with 23. This rich cultural mix fosters the cross-fertilization
of ideas, as well as fun.
Looking at the numbers of male and female employees in 2010, we see
that Crucell has a reasonably balanced workforce in terms of gender
(more than 47% females in 2010, compared with 45% in 2009). There
was a substantially greater year-on-year increase (20% versus 10%)
in the number of women compared with men.
In our 2009 report, we noted the relatively low number of women in
senior management positions as a point for attention. It is encouraging
to see that the number of female employees with senior management
roles increased by 45% in 2010 compared with 2009, bringing the total
number to 84.
Crucell is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to
recruiting and promoting employees on the basis of talent and ability,
without negative or positive discrimination on the basis of gender,
race or age.
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