Kathy Baker Discusses Importance of Integrity to Wolters Kluwer Culture

Amsterdam (June 24, 2009) - An interview with Kathy Baker, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Wolters Kluwer, was included in Beyond Rules, a book published by Deloitte Netherlands in April this year, featuring thought pieces and interviews with business leaders in the Netherlands.

Beyond Rules focuses on the themes Integrity and Transparency, and were identified as key topics for today’s business leaders. The publication features interviews with a number of prominent business leaders from Wolters Kluwer, Royal Dutch Shell, Akzo Nobel, KLM, and others.

In her interview, Baker highlighted Integrity is an important element of the culture at Wolters Kluwer. The way in which the company has built integrity into its values, performance appraisals, and talent assessments is unique in the business world. It is an integral part of the organization.

Baker also points to the importance of having processes in place. Processes give employees the freedom to think about more important things. Additionally, clear rules ultimately lead to clear outcomes, which is good for employees and employers.