Recognize any of these?

Incredibly talented people are too often limited by a number of factors that are endemic to large organizations.

Due to the accumulated effects of these over time, we can end up depriving our people of the ability to deliver to their maximum potential and unintentionally deter them from having the biggest impact they can.

 When did you last ‘clean out your activity closet’?

We don’t naturally stop and think; ‘what can I stop doing?’. But it’s exactly that which frees up time to focus on the activities that are most important and often more impactful.

What’s not mission essential that you’re currently doing? Can you stop? Can you re-deploy your time, that budget, or your team to something that gets us closer to the mission? 

Taking the time to consider what you can stop doing may be the most important activity you undertake this month. Block out a morning. See what happens. 

We’ll all be judged by our impact. Not the size of our budgets or teams. It’s impact and outcomes that matter.

At Roche, those that move us furthest towards our mission are those that will be celebrated. Ring fencing budget and resource won’t be necessary; if you have a strong idea, outcome or potential, you’ll get what you need to deliver on our mission. 

Plan for mission-focused outcomes, then think, ‘what do I need to make it happen?’ Last year's budget shouldn’t be your blueprint for next year's plan; if we do what we’ve always done, we’re not improving. 

Are you stuck in a rut or a role?

What's important to me is that every person in the organization has the opportunity to make the biggest possible impact - so they need to be able to flow freely, without obstacles or delay - to the work / activity / idea where they can make that difference. 

People have the ability to be flexible, to think and act beyond traditional boundaries of teams and roles.  Don't think in the confines of a role or job description, but where you can have the biggest impact - and go there!

We all have the ability to do better.

People are tremendously adaptable. We all have the inherent ability to grow and progress. If it took ten people to deliver a task the first time, it definitely shouldn’t take ten people by the third time. We naturally learn and improve as we go.

Einstein said, “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” But we’re striving to deliver more for society. Which means we need to reach further and get there faster. This doesn’t mean working harder, it means laser focus on the things that matter, making way for people to move to where they can most have impact and leaning in to our natural ability to continuously improve.

I want everyone at Roche to have the opportunity to have their hard work count for more. Because society has never needed us more!