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Green, sustainable technology: In windmills, solar panels and hybrid cars.
Medical: In X-Ray machines, pacemakers & defibrillators that save lives.
Space Exploration: On the Space Station, Moon Lander and Mars Rover.
Military: Inside satellites, communications & missile systems, and airplanes.
Mobile Devices: Helping the world become closer and freer.
Lighting: Brightening the world.
Wireless Baby Monitors: Helping parents relax.
With a medical device company, developed a better heart pacemaker.
With a major manufacturer, developed a unique and tiny polymer capacitor.
With a lighting company, developed long-life electrolytic capacitors for LEDs.
With auto companies lowered CO
2
emissions & increased fuel efficiency.
With major aerospace companies, developed capacitors for the rigors of space.
Positive, Rewarded Behaviors
Collaboration across boundaries.
One consistent face to the customer.
Global strategy; local execution.
Negative, Unacceptable Behaviors
Hiding talent, ideas, or innovations.
Focusing on only "my" group.
Schedule/time zone insensitivity.
Positive, Rewarded Behaviors
Negative, Unacceptable Behaviors
ETBF: Easy-To-Buy-From.
Solving problems proactively & quickly.
Not stopping until the problem is solved.
Making excuses for our "systems".
Avoiding responsibility; "not my job".
Slow and unresponsive attitude.
Positive, Rewarded Behaviors
Saying what you mean & doing what you say.
Knowing and following KEMET's Global Code of Conduct.
"Walking the talk" for all our Values.
Negative, Unacceptable Behaviors
Holding back needed information.
Forcing inappropriate action.
Anything that would not be OK on the "News Front Page".
Positive, Rewarded Behaviors
Gaining clear group consensus.
Involving all the right people as needed.
Giving credit to others.
Negative, Unacceptable Behaviors
Undercutting others for self-gain.
Playing people against each other.
Taking credit for others' ideas.
Positive, Rewarded Behaviors
Negative, Unacceptable Behaviors
Intense, fast flexible turnaround.
Acknowledging requests immediately.
Making and meeting commitments.
Requiring business systems that waste time.
Showing "Paralysis by analysis".
Over promising and under delivering.
Positive, Rewarded Behaviors
Negative, Unacceptable Behaviors
Mutual commitment to development.
Celebrating failure; allowing risk taking.
Empowering for creativity & learning.
"No Time" for career development.
Holding people back, hiding talent.
Destroying confidence & passion.
Positive, Rewarded Behaviors
Negative, Unacceptable Behaviors
Efficient assessment of alternatives.
Knowing Market & key benchmarks.
Data and fact-based assessment.
Wasting time on what does not matter.
Refusal to consider "Brutal Facts".
Allowing biases to enter decisions.
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on our Mission, Vision, and Values
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all the Value definitions
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