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Is Growing Ethnic Diversity a bad thing?

Recently, Pat Buchanan was fired from MSNBC for writing a controversial book. Why? Because he states that “all human capital is not created equal.” ... read more

Adhesives with Diversity Advantages / Klebstoffe mit Vielfaltsvorteil

On June 10, 2011 the supplement”Diversity as a Chance”, published by inpact media Verlag and distributed by Financial Times Germany, was released. One part of this supplement is the story about Maria Xenidou, one of our top leadership women in the ... read more

How to develop Team Spirit in a Virtual Setup

The purchasing organization in Henkel has an operating model across the different business units and regions. This frame work requires to the vast majority of the Purchasing Department employees to work in virtual teams. These teams are responsible to implement ... read more

Generation Y and the Workplace – Challenges and opportunities for Employers (1) / Generation Y und ihr Arbeitsplatz – Chance und Herausforderung für Arbeitgeber (1)

 Today we are starting a series, featuring the Annual Report 2010 of OXYGENZ.com and Johnson Controls about Generation Y and the Workplace.  OXYGENZ conducted a worldwide online survey in 2008 and 2009 with finally more than 5.000 respondents. Generation Y ... read more

Dream Team instead of Quota: Why companies cannot afford to do without modern Diversity & Inclusion concepts. Dreamteam statt Quote- Warum Firmen heute nicht mehr an einem modernen Diversity Management vorbeikommen.

Dreamteam statt Quote-  Warum Firmen heute nicht mehr an einem modernen Diversity Management vorbeikommen.  Die Unternehmensberatung Roland Berger weist in einer Studie nach, dass eine verbesserte Mitarbeiterbindung durch Vielfalts- und Einbeziehungsmanagement (Diversity & Inclusion) rund 21 Mrd. Euro an Einsparungen ... read more

The birth of a diverse and inclusive culture at Henkel Italy

November 2010 saw the birth of the first Italian Diversity & Inclusion training! Taking advantage of the international success of the Diversity & Inclusion training activities ran in Dusseldorf, we decided to launch a 1,5 days program in Italy as ... read more

Older Employees: Willing to work, able to work, allowed to work? / Ältere Arbeitnehmer: Wollen, Können, Dürfen?

According to the study “Cultural Diversity Management in Germany lags behind” of Bertelsmann Stiftung 2007 “age” is the most important diversity dimension in Germany. Not surprisingly because demographic change is under way and will become even more dramatic when babyboomers ... read more

More Diversity at DAX companies / Mehr Vielfalt in DAX-Konzernen

Last week, the leading german business magazines had some good news: the desire for more diversity in German boards has been fulfilled – at least partly. Research conducted by the consulting firm Simon-Kucher & Partners showed, that the share of ... read more