On November 9, 2011 the twelfth Arizona Women’s Leadership Forum took place at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale. It is one of the premier women’s leadership events in the United States and brings together world-caliber leaders and leadership experts with ... read more
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Kathrin Menges announced as one of the 25 Top female Managers in Germany
Role models always help in the orientation of others. Their success is exemplary and provides a vision for all those who are still on the way to the top. Now, for the fourth time, the Financial Times Deutschland honored the ... read more
The German Executive Association, ULA, joines “Diversity Charter”
This Tuesday, the German Executive Association, ULA, has joined the initiative “Diversity Charter” (Charta der Vielfalt). With signing the Charter, the association wants to anchor the appreciation of diversity among its members at even greater depth. Minister of State and Federal ... read more
The Modern Epidemic
You might think people have never felt better than today. They live longer and stay healthier while aging. The latest study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), however, shows a totally different picture. Thus, almost every third German is ... read more
Success Factor Diversity
The discussion about diversity currently continues to gain importance. On Monday, October 14, for the first time the “German Diversity Award” was handed over by the founding partners Henkel, McKinsey and WirtschaftsWoche to outstanding performers in the field of applied ... read more
Henkel Iberica includes People with special Difficulties
In the frame of our internal protocol against violence on gender, defined in the Equality Plan of Henkel Iberica, the Equality Commission as initiated an important action in order to include one of the groups with special difficulties into the ... read more
Henkel France signs French “Diversity Charter”
For the first Time in January 2004 the idea for a Diversity Charter came up in the report “Les oubliés de l’égalité des chances” (By the Wayside of Equal Opportunity) published by the French think tank Montaigne Institute. Nine month ... read more
Gender is no argument for business success
The arguments for women in top management from an investor’s point of view sounds quite reasonable: Women are less likely than men to suffer self-esteem. They also do not suffer from activism, so make fewer transactions and thus save costs. ... read more