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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Today’s Schwarzkopf Customer / Die Schwarzkopf-Kundin von heute

A new Schwarzkopf study examined modern women and their attitude towards career and family. The Study took a closer look at the self-conception and requirements of women from Germany, France and Russia. It shows: today’s women are self-confident. 50 percent ... read more

New form of apprenticeship helps young parents / Neue Ausbildungsform hilft jungen Eltern

The Deutsche Welle in Bonn was one of the first companies to introduce a new form of apprenticeships: the part-time apprenticeship for young parents. A part-time apprenticeship allows young parents to finish an apprenticeship and still take care of their ... read more

Are men “better” changemanager?/Sind Männer die “besseren” Changemanager?

Are men „better“ changemanager for affirmative action programs for women?… This question send my google alert from the Xing group “Success via Diversity”. This question already led to some discussions within our team. Is gender important to transmit diversity messages? ... read more

Diversity-to-Go: Mediaplanet Special “Diversity Management”

Diversity-to-Go: This is what the new Mediaplanet publication “Diversity Management” offers. There might be enough good reasons for a strategic diversity approach – practical tips with focus on the diversity dimensions gender, disability and cultural diversity is what you get ... read more

Kathrin Menges: one of the 100 most influential women in Germany / Kathrin Menges: eine der 100 einflussreichsten Aufsteigerinnen

Recently, the Handelsblatt introduced the 100 most influential women in Germany. Among them are three Henkel-women! We already introduced our head of the shareholder’s committee Simone Bagel-Trah and Tina Müller, the Corporate Senior Vice President. Today we devote our daily ... read more

Smartphones, mobiles and laptops: electronic tags? / Smartphones, Handys und Laptops: elektronische Fußfesseln?

We have reached the point of total availability. We are working in international teams within different time zones. This is made possible by electronic communication devices. Smartphones and laptops allow us to have flexible working hours. But for many employees ... read more

The decision maker / Der Entscheidungsträger

 Women and men have different decision-making techniques. But what are these differences based on? A recent post by Holly Buchanan on her blog Marketing to Women Online gives an insight on this question. In her post, Holly Buchanan quotes an ... read more

The EDI Conference in Vienna/ Die EDI Conference in Wien

From the 14th to 16th July the third Equality, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) Conference took place in Vienna. This year’s theme was „Leadership for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Work”. The conference addresses academics, policy makers and practitioners and offers an ... read more