Q&A With DWS Employees

After the financial crisis, it is essential for the banking industry to restore a firm bond of trust with the communities we serve. That applies to Deutsche Bank as well as the entire industry. We have set ourselves the goal of taking on a pioneering role in the change that is indispensable in the business sector: Cultural change was therefore an essential part of our Strategy 2015+ and corporate culture remains one of the key levers in our Strategy 2020. From 2012 onwards, Senior Management initiated a comprehensive dialogue with employees and managers. One crucial step is to bring the attitudes and goals of our staff in line with the needs or our clients and the overall economy. Since 2014, we have integrated our corporate values and beliefs into people management tools such as objective setting, performance management, leadership, management assessment and people development tools. We are developing organizational metrics and systems to support the measurement and adoption of desired behaviors. This will be achieved through the use of client management information systems, client satisfaction metrics and performance measurement systems, including the creation of a scorecard with financial and nonfinancial metrics.