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Harnessing Corporate Activism To Transform A Pharmaceutical Giant with Celine Schillinger

Published: Oct. 13, 2020, noon

C\xe9line Schillinger is a self-described corporate activist, who was called a troublemaker by her bosses. But thanks to her passion to grow and improve on rigid corporate systems, she was awarded Woman of the Year \u2014 La Tribune Women\u2019s Awards in 2013. C\xe9line was the Head of Quality Innovation & Engagement at Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi. Now she is the Founder and CEO of We Need Social.\xa0

What Is Covered

  • 03:20 - What does C\xe9line do?
  • 05:35 - C\xe9line\u2019s bosses described her as a troublemaker, yet she later went on to become business woman of the year. How did she do it?
  • 09:10 - When C\xe9line felt like she had hit a plateau in her career.
  • 11:30 - You can take 2 paths: You and your co-workers can protest from within the company or you can band together and become constructive.
  • 13:15 - How C\xe9line and her co-workers chose to make their company a better place to work.
  • 16:15 - C\xe9line took 63 proposals into the executive room.
  • 17:55 - Why at the end of that meeting, C\xe9line came out a bit frustrated.
  • 21:05 - When you\u2019re trying to make a change in an organization by yourself, there can be a lot of backlash. When you present new solutions in a group setting, organizations by nature have to compromise.
  • 24:35 - People are tired of corporate speak. Customers aren\u2019t stupid.
  • 25:55 - C\xe9line says to never stop building trust internally.
  • 27:50 - Right now C\xe9line is heading up the quality control department, working on new and innovative ways to change the way quality is monitored in vaccines.
  • 31:50 - Too often, C\xe9line sees people unhappy at work. When you\u2019re unhappy at work, you\u2019re probably unhappy at home as well.
  • 33:30 - How does C\xe9line contribute to creating an innovative company culture?
  • 36:35 - C\xe9line talks on how she kept her team accountable and hitting the right metrics.
  • 40:35 - Where is C\xe9line emotionally today? Does she still feel frustrated?
  • 46:05 - What has C\xe9line changed her mind about recently?
  • 48:50 - What does C\xe9line do to remain creative?
  • 50:15 - What does C\xe9line attribute her success to in life?

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