When he was chief executive of Unilever, Paul Polman was responsible for 175,000 employees. Among them, there were those that had mental health issues. Paul led the creation of a culture where everyone is only one click away from whatever help they might need. Their approach was founded on four pillars of wellbeing: physical, emotional, […]
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