A new study, published in the March 2010 issue of Personality Research, highlights a seeming contradiction about the way mothers view father involvement in infant care. The study might give an answer to the question if modern women really want ... read more
Monthly Archives: June 2010
The potential of exit-interviews / Das Potenzial von Exit-Interviews
Exit-Interviews – In Germany a rather new tool. They are conducted with employees who resigned from their job. Althoug it’s a pretty new tool, about two third of German companies already use exit-interviews. They are a good source of information ... read more
A Dinner in the Dark / Ein Essen im Dunkeln
Guest author Felix Eichhorn, doctoral candidate at Henkel, writing about his experience of having a dinner in the dark together with Henkel’s global Diversity & Inclusoin Ambassadors. “Last week Henkel’s global Diversity & Inclusion Ambassadors had their annual meeting at ... read more
Is a women’s quota unnecessary? / Ist eine Frauenquote überflüssig?
The German Secretary for Family Affairs, Kristina Schröder recently announced to impose a quota for women in management positions, if the situation in Germany doesn’t change dramatically. For this statement she encountered resistance from many German companies. „A quota could ... read more
The Diversity Manager / Das Diversity Management
The German radio station Deutschlandfunk reports on political, economical and cultural issues. On their website they recently wrote an article about a topic that relates to all of them: Diversity Management and the job of a Diversity Manager. For big ... read more
Diversity in Apprenticeship offers / Vielfalt in der Ausbildung
One of the major aspects in doing a diversity management is to reflect our markets in our workforce. That means not to have the appropriate number of men and women, the right cultural mix, but also to have a profile ... read more
40 percent quota for Germany?/Eine 40 Prozent Quote für Deutschland
A quota for women in management or board positions is a controverse topic. The German Corporate Governance Commission recently recommended a 40% quota for supervisory boards. Some Germany companies were not very enthusiastic about this idea. They want to be ... read more
Education pays off! / Bildung lohnt sich!
The future looks bright for university graduates. The lack of talents is already obvious. Nowadays well educated men and women are highly demanded. The magazine Stern published a list of the most wanted university degrees. The winners are engineers, doctors, ... read more