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?
International Ambassadors
Diversity beats Uniformity
December 19th, 2011 by Astrid Bosten | No Comments »
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.
Diversity & Inclusion
Generation Z: Viable for the Future?!
December 15th, 2011 by Astrid Bosten | No Comments »
Our children are no longer viable for the future! This at least is the result of a new study conducted by the research institute iconkids & youth. Germany-wide 700 children aged from six to 12 years participated in this survey.
The results revealed clear deficiencies in both sexes. Boys often lack of the today’s much-needed capacity for cooperation and teamwork because their strong desire for personal recognition stands in their way: 69% of the boys like when things look especially cool and radiate strength and power. In contrast to this, only 31% of the interviewed girls value these attributes. Additionally, 67% of the boys want to be one of the best. This is 16% more than the figures of the opposite sex showed.
International Ambassadors
New intake of mentors for Henkel UK & Ireland
December 14th, 2011 by Diane Humphrey | No Comments »
A new intake of mentors attended the mentoring workshop held in the UK on 1 December. The new mentors picked up some new skills and polished up on some old skills. Each mentor took away one commitment to doing things differently in the future including, ‘Explore as many options as possible, even if some early options may seem to provide a solution’, ‘Be more questioning and suggestive instead of giving solutions.’, and ‘Ask clearer, more structured questions’.
January will see the first Mentoring Masterclass, an opportunity for Mentors to exchange, learn form each other and hone their skills.
Diversity & Inclusion
Does making career mean being a “Rabenmutter”!?
December 9th, 2011 by Astrid Bosten | No Comments »In Germany, mothers who don’t stay at home but decide to strive for a career are called “Rabenmütter” (bad mothers). This is definitely a specific problem in Germany as for example American working mothers don’t seem to have any problems at all with giving their children to a childcare facility in an early status of life.
Best Practices, International Ambassadors
Henkel’s Women Mentoring Program in China
December 8th, 2011 by Monica Sun | No Comments »
International Ambassadors
Happy Saint Nicholas Day
December 6th, 2011 by Astrid Bosten | No Comments »
International Ambassadors
Henkel Ladies participated in Arizona Women’s Leadership Forum 2011
November 30th, 2011 by Angela Curley | No Comments »
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 senior-level individuals from the corporate, professional, entrepreneurial, nonprofit and governmental sectors. Hundreds of senior professional women as well as influential leaders from across the country joined this year’s forum.
Women in Business
Kathrin Menges announced as one of the 25 Top female Managers in Germany
November 28th, 2011 by Astrid Bosten | No Comments »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 best 25 female Managers in Germany. Amongst them: Kathrin Menges, Henkel’s Executive Vice President Human Resources.
