Currently in Germany the highest number of elderly people is working in a socially insured employment since the beginning of data collection in 2000. 7.74 million people between 50 and 65 were registered in June 2011, 6.2 percent more than in 2010.
Women in Business
A gentle breeze of change.
January 23rd, 2012 by Astrid Bosten | No Comments »Virginia Rometty is new Chief Executive of IBM. Since 1st of January she took over her new responsibilities and therewith, is the first female CEO of one of the largest technology companies in the world. This example is a rarity – not just for Corporate America. Currently there are only 12 female CEOs/Presidents in the Fortune 500.
International Ambassadors
Women at the Wheel
January 17th, 2012 by Monica Sun | No Comments »At Henkel, Diversity & Inclusion are integral components of our corporate culture, with a particular focus on internationality, age and gender. Flexible working opportunities, specific mentoring programs and a general change from a culture of presence to a more result-oriented culture are supportive and beneficial to women working at Henkel.
To make best practice examples visible, Henkel’s employee newspaper “Henkel Life” meets successful women working in the Asia Pacific region on a quarterly basis. As part of the interviews successful women are asked to give insights into their secrets of success and to give advice to other female employees.
“I really consider gender diversity and inclusion as one of our key competitive advantages and as a tremendous asset for our company. For me it’s a personal priority to foster it, and I am happy and dedicated to see and support women to successfully combine business and private life. Today we have already a number of female colleagues in leading positions in our region,” says Patrick Kaminski, President of Henkel Asia-Pacific.
Best Practices
Career and Family – Not only a Women’s Matter
January 11th, 2012 by Astrid Bosten | 1 Comment »Best Practices, Women in Business
Working Model of the Future
January 9th, 2012 by Astrid Bosten | No Comments »The younger generation, the GenY’s or so called digital natives, has different expectations and attitudes regarding their careers. This is what companies had and have to learn. They want to work mobile and digitally cross-linked, because they are used to it. They have a look at a good work-life-balance and fathers also want to take an active part in raising their children. In return, women want to pursue in their career.
International Ambassadors
Diversity beats Uniformity
December 19th, 2011 by Astrid Bosten | No Comments »
The Chinese Ministry of Education wants to request universities across the country to reduce the number of supplied study courses by the “unprofitable” ones. Programs where less than 60 percent of graduates do not find a job within the first two years should be canceled. From their point of view a study program is only rentable for the government and the community if graduates will be integrated as quickly as possible to work and pay taxes. For the ministry it is a clear and compelling case: Why should the government fund an expensive education, if the high skilled then continues to financially depend on the government?
Women in Business
First Women on the Deutsche Post Management Board
December 16th, 2011 by Astrid Bosten | No Comments »The supervisory board of the Deutsche Post AG appointed on Wednesday for the first time a woman to their management board. The organization was already one of the leaders concerning the topic of international diversity as four of the seven board members do not even have a German passport. But diversity is not only about internationality. Also the gender mix is an important success factor, which has to be taken into consideration. The top management is often still just men’s business. Although, already 37 percent of the Post employees worldwide are women, no woman has ever managed to get into the board before – until now.















