Employee Empowered Pharmaceutical Company

WHITEHALL, Pa. - July 15, 2013 - PRLog -- Through her unique leadership style Carmen Gerardi has redefined the way GUNA Inc operates. By implementing an employee friendly and employee empowered management system with a circular organizational structure, GUNA Inc has been able to reinvent itself since the withdrawal of its injectables line in 2011.

“I have always believed in an open and honest relationship with others and more than anything with the team I work with.

Total transparency affects motivation and commitment, in a healthy way. People are the greater resource that a company has, people make the real difference.

Inspired by Ricardo Semler, our goal is to implementan open form of management where my colleagues have a strong and defined decision-making role.

The advantages I see in such managerial model are: increased productivity, improved quality, and reduced costs as already showed by SEMCO’s results” Carmen Gerardi, Director of Operations.

GUNA Inc is managed with unheard of freedom for an American company. The circular organizational structure empowers responsibility and independence, the team are encouraged to use their abilities and own initiative to set and achieve targets.

Allowing employees to have more control certainly increases productivity, but furthermore it promotes a relaxed and happy atmosphere. Morale at GUNA Inc is very high.

Flexible working hours have also been introduced. Responsibility for keeping track of them now rests with the individuals as one of the major changes was to do away with the ‘Clock-In’ machine. The machine now lays dormant in the corridor only to serve as a reminder of the past management and their micro-management style.

GUNA is a Sanskrit word for “life energy of all living things” and living a healthy lifestyle is strongly promoted among the team. The GUNA Lifestyle initiative embodies the new healthy, active and brave culture, which invites the GUNA team to participate in some form of physical activity during the day. Encouraged to keep gym clothes at the office and to “take a break when the fever hits you”, you can often find employees walking, running and biking up the local trail during office hours.

The company has no rules on dress code; the team can be seen in more relaxed and informal attire. Again, it is the people who are important, their clothes are irrelevant.

It is evident that team participation and involvement are paramount at GUNA Inc. When making decisions, it is done so as a team. Opinions, feedback and advice are always welcomed. GUNA pride themselves on being an innovative and cutting edge company, this not only lends itself to their products but to all of their business practices.