Valuing our people
« Our people are our most valuable resource. Our goal is to provide everyone at Alcatel-Lucent with development opportunities and to ensure unflagging respect for diversity in all its forms. »
Claire Pedini, Executive Vice President, Corporate Human Resources
We pledge to provide our people with opportunities. Managing our talents is critical to our transformation, especially in today’s challenging environment. In 2008, we paid special attention to encouraging diversity, promoting the development of talents and laying the groundwork for a new approach to employee communications.
Our long term success depends in part upon our ability to manage our human capital. It is not just a question of finding the right people. Talent management covers the entire life cycle, from HR strategy and recruitment to implementation and performance management. The Alcatel-Lucent Human Resources organization provides expertise and leadership support in all functional areas of human resources. Charged with defining and deploying human capital strategies that support and align with business initiatives at all levels, the members of our HR team help analyse current headcount numbers and associated skill/competency sets and forecast future talent needs. We also focus on what our people care about most: developing in ways that stretch their capabilities, working on projects that engage their minds and hearts, and connecting to people and programs that help them achieve their professional goals.
