SageGlass: The Gender Journey and Secrets of their Success

Chuck Hayes, VP of Everything Else at SageGlass a Saint-Gobain company, shares the journey and motivation that led this startup company to drive for gender equity. It was simple, according to Chuck, “We needed the BEST People!” SageGlass is a STEM business with a high-tech manufactured product and they have gone from 7% to 33% women in 7 short years. An incredible leap for a high-tech startup company that was also acquired and is powered by Saint Gobain. In this session, Chuck discusses the drivers, the implementation, and the actions they have taken. It is an amazing story with some phenomenal results. One of their groups, an R&D organization was able to achieve gender parity! And what’s more, this group is delivering some serious innovation results. In 2019 they exceeded the number of patents they filed in the previous year. And, get this, they are already on track to exceed the 2019 results in 2020, in spite of the corona virus!

Perhaps one of the most amazing results came when they unleashed their R&D leader into an executive role and asked her to take the lead on their Covid-19 planning. She made a most amazing discovery, that will, no doubt, be putting them ahead of their competition. It may indeed be greatly beneficial to you as well!