Sustainable businesses need consistent growth, Thomas Falk, chairman and chief executive officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, told the April 3 meeting of the Boston College Chief Executives’ Club of Boston. Taking care of customers, finding ways to grow both locally and globally, and developing talent are essential for a company to flourish.
In [emerging] markets, the ‘essentials for a better life’ means something else.... We’re trying to be part of a solution to not just go there and bring them great products and great brands, but to also bring them the other essentials for a better life along the way that help.
Years ago, you tended to move people [overseas] to fill vacancies, and if you got some development out of it, that was kind of a nice thing. Today you have to be much more purposeful and actually force moves to create the development so that you’ve got the people that are ready with the skills that you need.
