Management guidelines

Our management guidelines form the basis for our personnel development processes and show the K+S Group’s understanding of management. We assume that our managers implement these guidelines consistently, live them and measure themselves by them. All employees can expect to be managed in accordance with the guidelines.

Talk with one other and trust each other:

We

• respect others and their opinions
• reject every form of discrimination and live the K+S core values
• take time to talk, listen to others and let them finish talking
• deal openly with mistakes and solve conflicts objectively

Act purposefully and design changes:

We

• support changes and prepare ourselves for new requirements on time
• optimise processes, minimise costs and so contribute to K+S’ competitiveness
• show initiative, accept responsibility and make clear decisions

Encourage and support employees:

We

• motivate our employees to excel and support their ideas and proposals
• assign tasks and responsibilities to them and encourage their strengths
• speak with our employees about their behaviour and performance and invite their feedback about our own cooperation

Lead with objectives:

We

• define our Group’s and our own objectives to our employees
• develop and agree demanding, realisable, scheduled and measurable objectives with our employees
• motivate our employees to participate actively in the agreement on objectives and to implement their objectives with commitment