Recorded on October 21st '25 / 10:05 AM to 10:30 AM CEST

Humanist Culture as the Foundation of Enduring Success: Lessons from Hermès

Fireside

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Nearly two centuries after its founding, Hermès is world-renowned for exquisite craftsmanship and uncompromising quality. Hermès is not only one of the world’s most admired brands, it is also an extraordinary company. Hermès leads the luxury fashion industry in employee satisfaction and retention, and numbers among the fifty most valuable companies in the world. Hermès owes much of its enduring success to its distinctive corporate culture deeply rooted in humanist values.

Speaker

Sharon MacBeath

Group Human Resources Director

Hermes International

Don Sull

Professor of the Practice

MIT Sloan School of Management

In this session, Sharon MacBeath, Group Human Resources Director, joins moderator Donald Sull to explore how Hermes defines, transmits, and safeguards its unique humanist culture.

The key elements of Hermes’ humanist corporate culture and how do they translate into best-in-class employee experience and business results
How Hermès embeds a shared culture across a decentralized global organization of more than 20,000 employees in 45 countries
How the company has maintained and strengthened its culture while nearly doubling its workforce in the past decade
How to preserve a healthy culture while adapting to changing conditions

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