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		<title>A gentle breeze of change.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrid Bosten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women in Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender diversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Rometty is new Chief Executive of IBM. Since 1st of January she took over her new responsibilities and therewith, is the first female CEO of one of the largest technology companies in the world. This example is a rarity – not just for Corporate America. Currently there are only 12 female CEOs/Presidents in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2011/11/01/ginni-rometty-benefits-of-staying-put/?KEYWORDS=catalyst">Virginia Rometty is new Chief Executive of IBM.</a> Since 1<sup>st</sup> of January she took over her new responsibilities and therewith, is the first female CEO of one of the largest technology companies in the world. This example is a rarity – not just for Corporate America. Currently there are only 12 female CEOs/Presidents in the Fortune 500.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=56163&amp;t=1&amp;c=5&amp;cg=3&amp;mset=1021">In Europe the boardrooms are a little more diverse in terms of Gender Diversity, but they differ not by much. For Tina Marron-Patridge, executive partner at IBM London, this is not a surprising fact. “Men are often looking for mirror images of themselves and that can make it harder for women.” </a></p>
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<p><a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KathrinMengesPortrait012012_252287_web_425H_425W.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2049" title="Kathrin Menges, Executive Vice President Human Resources, Henkel" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KathrinMengesPortrait012012_252287_web_425H_425W.jpg" alt="" width="234" height="298" /></a><a href="http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=56163&amp;t=1&amp;c=5&amp;cg=3&amp;mset=1021">Henkel,</a> IBM and Deutsche Telekom have set good examples in 2011 by appointing women to their boards. This change in culture is just what <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/reding/index_en.htm">Viviane Reding, Vice President of the European Commission</a>, would like to further develop throughout business. Her own mission is to see more women sitting in the boardroom around Europe. At the Women’s Forum in 2011 she said, <a href="http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=56163&amp;t=1&amp;c=5&amp;cg=3&amp;mset=1021">“60 percent of graduates are female, but you don’t find them in the workplace later on. And you certainly don’t find them at the level they deserve.”</a> In her opinion it should be in the interest of the companies to get those women promoted, to get them in and to get them work. “We see that women who are doing MBAs have achieved very strong MBAs with very good results. And later on, in the workplace, they are passed over by their male colleagues who have not done so well.” She wants to join forces at all levels. At the political level, of course, but also at the business level. The debate is not new and although the proportion of women in boardrooms is still quite low some changes can already been observed.</p>
<p>The British government has been keen to promote itself as a strong supporter of women in business. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, recently said that he wants to get rid of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/nov/03/cameron-women-boardroom-curb-greed">the “usual sort of rotating list of men patting each other&#8217;s backs and increasing the level of remuneration. I want to see more women in Britain&#8217;s boardrooms, which I think would have a thoroughly good influence”</a>. An <a href="http://www.henkeldiversity.com/2011/03/01/a-call-for-more-women-in-the-boardroom-uk.html">independent review by Lord Davies</a> recommended that at least a quarter of the board members among UK listed companies in the FTSE 100 should be female. But the reality shows that only 21 out of 93 possible positions have been assigned with female candidates. The 30 Percent Club aims to change this fact. Their Goal: Improving diversity around the top table by getting 30 percent of the seats filled by women. But they do not want to force chairmen to this result via a quota. They want to motivate and encourage them to change their attitudes.</p>
<p>This is the approach Henkel has also chosen to increase the proportion of women in top leadership positions. Henkel’s holistic diversity management approach has three focus diversity dimensions: gender, age and internationality. In the center of all diversity initiatives and measures around the globe, however, Henkel puts the cultural aspect: the appreciation of the diversity.</p>
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		<title>Zu mehr Frauen in Führungspositionen verpflichtet</title>
		<link>http://www.henkeldiversity.com/2011/10/18/zu-mehr-frauen-in-fuhrungspositionen-verpflichtet.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrid Bosten</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women in Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am Montag, dem 17. Oktober 2011, haben die Personalvorstände der 30 Dax-Unternehmen bei einer gemeinsamen Konferenz in Berlin mit den Bundesministern Schröder (Familie), von der Leyen (Arbeit) und Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Justiz) eine Selbstverpflichtung zur weiteren Erhöhung des Anteils von Frauen in Führungspositionen abgegeben und erläutert, welche konkreten Ziele sie sich dazu gesetzt haben. Auch Henkel war [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/KM-Dax-30-Treffen.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1834" title="Henkel's Vorstandsvorsitzende Kathrin Menges im Gespräch mit Kollegen" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/KM-Dax-30-Treffen-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Am Montag, dem 17. Oktober 2011, haben die Personalvorstände der 30 Dax-Unternehmen bei einer gemeinsamen Konferenz in Berlin mit den Bundesministern Schröder (Familie), von der Leyen (Arbeit) und Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Justiz) eine Selbstverpflichtung zur weiteren Erhöhung des Anteils von Frauen in Führungspositionen abgegeben und erläutert, welche konkreten Ziele sie sich dazu gesetzt haben. Auch Henkel war dabei mit Vorstandsmitglied Kathrin Menges vertreten. Sie erläutert in diesem Interview die konkreten Ziele und Maßnahmen von Henkel.</p>
<p><strong>Frage: </strong>Frau Menges, heute haben die Personalvorstände der 30 DAX-Unternehmen in Berlin konkrete Ziele für mehr Frauen in Führungspositionen vorgestellt. Die Unternehmen verpflichten sich dazu, den Anteil von Frauen in Führungspositionen in den nächsten Jahren deutlich zu erhöhen und bekennen sich zur Chancengleichheit von Frauen und Männern. Henkel hat die Selbstverpflichtung auch unterzeichnet. Warum?</p>
<p><strong>Kathrin Menges: </strong> Im Rahmen des Diversity Managements, also der Förderung der Vielfalt im Unternehmen, konzentrieren wir uns bei Henkel vor allem auf die Bereiche Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter. Für uns hat die Erhöhung des Anteils von Frauen in Führungspositionen schon seit langem eine hohe Priorität. Hier haben wir in den vergangenen Jahren große Fortschritte gemacht. Den Anteil von Frauen in Führungspositionen – bei uns sind das alle Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter im außertariflichen Bereich – konnten wir seit 2005 jährlich um rund einen Prozentpunkt auf knapp 30 Prozent erhöhen. Insofern war es für uns nur konsequent, diese Initiative zu unterstützen. Gemeinsam setzen wir auf die freiwillige Selbstverpflichtung als den richtigen und nachhaltigen Weg. In Zukunft wollen wir unsere Anstrengungen bei der Förderung von Frauen in Führungspositionen sogar noch ausbauen. Unser Ziel ist es, auf Konzernebene die jährliche Zuwachsrate zu erhöhen: von einem Prozentpunkt auf durchschnittlich bis zu zwei Prozentpunkte.</p>
<p><strong>Frage: </strong>Sie verpflichten sich dazu, den Anteil von Frauen in Führungspositionen zu erhöhen, vermeiden aber gleichzeitig die Festlegung auf eine feste Zielgröße.  Wie passt das zusammen?</p>
<p><strong>Kathrin Menges: </strong>Wir setzen uns seit langem dafür ein, den Anteil von Frauen in Führungspositionen zu erhöhen. Wir nehmen schon heute unter den DAX-Unternehmen eine führende Stellung ein und wollen uns von dieser Position aus weiter verbessern. Unsere Ziele sind ambitioniert und konkret, wie ich an dem folgenden Beispiel erläutern kann: Ausgehend von einem aktuellen Anteil von Frauen in Führungspositionen von 30 Prozent und einem jährlichen Zuwachs von durchschnittlich 1,5 Prozentpunkten würden wir in sieben Jahren, also im Jahr 2018, bei rund 40 Prozent liegen. Auch damit wären wir unter den DAX-Unternehmen in der Spitzengruppe. Uns geht es aber nicht um eine fixe Quote, sondern darum, den Weg zu eröffnen für mehr Frauen in Top-Positionen. Das kann und darf aber keine starre Quote sein. Henkel will bei jeder Stellenbesetzung den am besten geeigneten Kandidaten finden. Bei der Auswahlentscheidung zählen allein Kompetenz und Eignung – unabhängig von Geschlecht, Alter oder Nationalität.</p>
<p><strong>Frage: </strong>Mit welchen konkreten Maßnahmen wollen Sie diese Ziele erreichen?</p>
<p><strong>Kathrin Menges:</strong> Unsere Zielvorgaben sind für unterschiedliche Bereiche im Unternehmen differenziert und umfassen sowohl quantitative als auch qualitative Ziele. Wir haben gemeinsam mit unserem Diversity Management und allen Unternehmensbereichen und Funktionen drei wesentliche Handlungsfelder identifiziert. Es geht dabei erstens um den Anteil weiblicher Kandidaten bei Neueinstellungen und Beförderungen, zweitens um moderne Arbeitszeitmodelle, die Frauen und Familien eine höhere Flexibilität ermöglichen sollen, und drittens um besondere Karriereentwicklungspläne, die den Erfordernissen von Frauen Rechnung tragen.<br />
Zum Beispiel achten wir bei Beförderungen oder der Besetzung von Führungspositionen darauf, dass unter den letzten drei Kandidaten mindestens eine Frau ist. Außerdem werden wir die Angebote zur besseren Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Karriere weiter ausbauen. Dazu gehört auch die Verbesserung der Betreuungssituation von Kindern, wenn dies durch die staatlichen Einrichtungen nicht oder nur unzureichend gewährleistet wird. Des Weiteren wollen wir weg von einer Präsenzkultur, die gerade Frauen und Familien vor Herausforderungen stellt.</p>
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		<title>A strong commitment to diversity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Griselda Serra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women in Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adhesives Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender diversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[women in business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patricia Castejón is the first woman leading the Adhesive Technologies business sector in Henkel Ibérica. Since July 1 Patricia Castejón is the new U-A General Manager for Spain and Portugal. She is also the chairwoman of the U-A Council Ibérica. Patricia took this position after David Rodriguez was promoted to Regional Manager AC Western Europe. Her promotion [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><strong>Patricia Castejón is the first woman leading the Adhesive Technologies business sector in Henkel Ibérica.</strong></div>
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<p><a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110804_PatriciaCastejonok_223.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1689" title="PatriciaCastejonok" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110804_PatriciaCastejonok_223-203x300.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="300" /></a>Since July 1 Patricia Castejón is the new U-A General Manager for Spain and Portugal. She is also the chairwoman of the U-A Council Ibérica. Patricia took this position after David Rodriguez was promoted to Regional Manager AC Western Europe. Her promotion is proof of a strong commitment to diversity as Patricia is the first woman ever to lead a business division in the history of Henkel Ibérica.</p>
<p>Now, with Patricia joining the Iberian top management team its members are a balanced mix of gender (five men and three women), nationalities (Spanish, Italian and Argentinian), and age (from 39 to 60). With this team Henkel Ibérica will be stronger in the markets as it assures having different opinions and perspective on board so that the best possible decisions can be made.</p>
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		<title>Henkel&#8217;s Diversity Days in Rocky Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Curley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Ambassadors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Curley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[End of June Diversity Days were held in several Henkel locations in the US. Here are some impressions from Rocky Hill: Tana Utley, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President at Caterpillar Inc., gave the keynote address at Rocky Hill’s Diversity Awareness Day. In her role at Caterpillar, which is one of Henkel’s largest industrial customers, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>End of June Diversity Days were held in several Henkel locations in the US. Here are some impressions from Rocky Hill:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Tana-Utley.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1643" title="Tana Utley, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President at Caterpillar Inc. " src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Tana-Utley.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="149" /></a>Tana Utley, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President at Caterpillar Inc., gave the keynote address at Rocky Hill’s Diversity Awareness Day. In her role at Caterpillar, which is one of Henkel’s largest industrial customers, Tana is responsible for the Product Development and Global Technology Division. She is responsible for a division of over 4000 engineers globally.</p>
<p>Ms. Utley graduated at Bradley University with a bachelor&#8217;s degree in mechanical engineering in 1986, and joined Caterpillar after graduation. In 2006  Ms. Utley was offered the opportunity to pursue an advanced executive leadership degree and was accepted into MIT’s Sloan School of Management.  She received her Master of Science in Management from MIT in 2007</p>
<p>Ms Utley is a member of the Executive Advisory Council for the Bradley University College of Engineering and Technology, the Board of Directors of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and the Board of Directors of Peoria NEXT – an economic development organization dedicated to growing and commercializing new technologies. She is also a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers, and serves as the Caterpillar representative to the Diesel Technology Forum.</p>
<p>Diversity is critical for Caterpillar’s success,  Ms Utley said, because the company needs local managers in countries such as China and India who understand their local markets and local cultures. More than 55 percent of Caterpillar’s 104,000 employees work outside the United States. Ms Utley discussed her experiences managing a global team comprised of people of different nationalities, languages and professional experiences. “It means I often need to double-communicate, because their first language isn’t English. But is it worth it? Absolutely &#8211; there’s no substitute for their perspective and experiences,” she said.</p>
<p>Ms Utley discussed some of the benefits of inclusion, such as innovative thinking, diverse ideas, and multi-faceted decision making. She also cited studies showing that companies with women on their boards have better financial results than those without.</p>
<p>Following her keynote address,  Ms Utley participated in a panel discussion on “Personal and Professional Growth through International Assignments.” Panelists included Joe DeBiase, Sr. Vice President of the General Industry (AG) business, Patricia Cullen, Director of Product Development, and Steve Essick, Finance and Commercial Director for U-A North America, who all spoke about their experiences working for Henkel internationally. The panel was moderated by Mike Shannahan, Director of Industrial Marketing.</p>
<p>Earlier in the day, Ms Utley had lunch with members of the Women’s Professional Network in Rocky Hill. She discussed her career progression at Caterpillar and her approach to managing global teams.</p>
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		<title>Changing Role of Men and Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 11:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lena Rumjanceva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Ambassadors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gender diversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several women in top management, female networking group “Women in Leadership”, WoMen’s Networking Day at Henkel’s headquarters in Düsseldorf&#8230; All of these are evidence that women have top priority at Henkel. We live in a constantly changing world. In the past the role of men and women were considerably separated from each other. Women took [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>Several women in top management, female networking group “Women in Leadership”, </em></strong><em>WoMen’s Networking Day at Henkel’s headquarters in Düsseldorf<strong>&#8230; All of these are evidence that women have top priority at Henkel.</strong></em></p>
<p>We live in a constantly changing world. In the past the role of men and women were considerably separated from each other. Women took the domination in the family, their major roles were looking after the children and the slave doing housework. They were always believed to be weaker than men; they were not allowed to study and have a job. Men earned money and in this way maintained their family. Their role was appreciated in larger measure.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact the situation has changed. In the 21<sup>st</sup> century the sharp difference between the roles of genders seem to disappear or wear off at least. The principle of suffragette or feminist movements was that women are victimized, subordinated against men in any field of the life. They wanted equality at home, at work, in politics so in any field of their life?</p>
<p>At this point in time not only the roles but also the different features of genders have changed.</p>
<p>Women can be discriminated at the workplace neither. If a woman applicant is suitable for a job, she is by law entitled to have it. Because of this fact there are more and more families in which it is the woman who earns more money. Wives build a career, maintain their family financially.</p>
<p>Is it normal? Can men of our world take over the responsibilities and tasks which were original attributed to women? Stay home with the baby, get the maternity benefit, bring up the children, and do the housework? Meanwhile wives drive their company car, tear with their briefcase, make telephone calls all day long, do businesses and get home to their family late afternoon.</p>
<p>Can women do their best at their workplace and still have energy for men and children as well? And is it good for the children that it is the ‘stronger gender’ who brings them up?</p>
<p>To answer these questions let’s see one of the numerous example at Henkel CEE:</p>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>What is your position at Henkel?<br />
</strong>I am a MC2B manager, Excom member, having country responsibilities for a functional area.</em></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>Big responsibility, you have a lot of work to do, I guess.<br />
</strong></em>It’s true that I’m really busy, have to travel a lot, so have pretty little time for my family.<em> </em></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>How can you combine family and work? Do you have children?<br />
</strong>I have a 6 years old boy. He was 1 years old when I came back from maternity leave and at that time we had to take a decision with my husband about the future share of roles within the family. I was in higher position and had higher income, so we decided that the best for us and for our child was that we changed the traditional roles.</em> <em></em></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><em><strong>So how does the job-sharing look like in your family?<br />
</strong>My husband stays at home, cooks, does the housework, looks after our son. Meanwhile I guarantee the stable financial background for the family.</em></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>And how can you do your’s share at home?<br />
</em></strong><em>I spend as much time with my family as I can – but this is not too much. We always plan the weekly program together, I tell them when I have to travel or have to stay in the office till late evening during the week. I always spend one afternoon in the week with my son. This gives a bit of freedom to my husband as well. When I promise something to my son I definitely keep it. And he knows it well.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>How are your weekends?<br />
</strong>Very intensive. We organize different programs together, I play a lot with my son and I largely do my share in housework as well.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>Does this model work?<br />
</strong>Yes it does. My son is used to it. This is the natural status for him. My husband does not seem to suffer at all. We really have a balanced – I can also say &#8211; happy family life.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>Thank you for the interview. I wish you good luck for you in your family life and at Henkel as well.</strong></em></p></blockquote>
<h2>This is an example from real life at Henkel. Dear readers! What is your opinion about such family models?</h2>
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		<title>New ILO Report on Equality at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anke Meier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The International Labor Organization (ILO) published a report: “Equality at Work: The continuing challenge” last week in Geneva. It states, that during the economic downturn as a result of the financial crisis, workplace discrimination has increased and become more varied.  During financially difficult times, anti-discriminating policies had lower priority, thus giving space to new forms [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Fotolia_6860288_M.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-981" title="Finally found a way out" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Fotolia_6860288_M-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><a href="http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/100thSession/reports/lang--en/WCMS_154779/index.htm">The International Labor Organization (ILO) published a report: “Equality at Work: The continuing challenge” last week in Geneva. It states, that during the economic downturn as a result of the financial crisis, workplace discrimination has increased and become more varied.</a></p>
<p> During financially difficult times, anti-discriminating policies had lower priority, thus giving space to new forms of discrimination, while the old challenges remained in place.</p>
<p> The types of discrimination show a much diversified picture:</p>
<ul>
<li> Gender equality has been advanced tremendously in the last decades. However, the gender pay gap still exists. Family-friendly policies have been implemented to a high degree, but maternity and pregnancy are still grounds for discrimination.</li>
<li>Sexual harassment affects both men and women. For men in particular when young, gay or members of ethnic minorities. Young women, being financially dependent, single or divorced women and female migrants are most vulnerable.</li>
<li>Racial discrimination is evident in terms of access to the labor market, in particular for people of African and Asia descent, indigenous people, ethnic minorities and most of all women of these groups.</li>
<li>In the European Union, age discrimination becomes a topic in the labor market.</li>
<li>In a limited number of industrialized countries, a new type of discrimination shows up and is targeted at the lifestyle of people, especially to smoking and obesity.</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p>The ILO calls on governments to bring anti-discrimination policies back into their priority lists and provide resources , to sign the most important resolutions</p>
<ul>
<li>The Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No.100) and</li>
<li>Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958, No. 111</li>
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<p>From 183 ILO member states, only 168, resp. 169 have signed these conventions. </p>
<p><strong>What do you think? Did you feel discrimination rise during the financial crisis?</strong></p>
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		<title>Dream Team instead of Quota: Why companies cannot afford to do without modern Diversity &amp; Inclusion concepts. Dreamteam statt Quote-  Warum Firmen heute nicht mehr an einem modernen Diversity Management vorbeikommen.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anke Meier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#38; Inclusion) rund 21 Mrd. Euro an Einsparungen für die deutsche Industrie ermöglicht. Es wird die These aufgestellt, dass die gegenwärtige Diskussion um [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Pusteblume.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-771" title="Pusteblume" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Pusteblume-300x225.jpg" alt="Matt McGee" width="300" height="225" /></a>Dreamteam statt Quote-  Warum Firmen heute nicht mehr an einem modernen Diversity Management vorbeikommen.</strong></p>
<p> <a href="http://www.rolandberger.com/company/press/releases/dream_team_better_than_quotas_diversity_inclusion_de.html">Die Unternehmensberatung Roland Berger weist in einer Studie nach, dass eine verbesserte Mitarbeiterbindung durch Vielfalts- und Einbeziehungsmanagement (Diversity &amp; Inclusion) rund 21 Mrd. Euro an Einsparungen für die deutsche Industrie ermöglicht.</a></p>
<p>Es wird die These aufgestellt, dass die gegenwärtige Diskussion um eine Frauenquote für verschiedene Führungsebenen nicht weit genug greift: Nur umfassende Vielfalt von Mitarbeitern in allen Ausprägungen (Alter, Geschlecht, Nationalität, Ausbildung, sexuelle Ausrichtung, private Lebensumstände, Religion, etc) ermöglicht es, als Wunscharbeitgeber wahrgenommen zu werden, die passenden Mitarbeiter zu finden und diese auch langfristig zu binden.</p>
<p>Ein wesentliches Problem bei der Einführung von Diversity &amp; Inclusion ist das mangelnde Bewusstsein der Führungskräfte dafür. Es gibt bei der Einstellung neuer Mitarbeiter das Phänomen des „<strong>Self-Cloning</strong>“, welches echte Vielfalt verhindert. Während man früher immer diejenigen Mitarbeiter bevorzugt hat, bei denen man ein gutes „Bauchgefühl“ hatte und sich somit sicher fühlte, sollte heutzutage eher das Gefühl der Unsicherheit ein Parameter sein, um mehr Vielfalt anzustreben. Dies natürlich nur unter der Bedingung, dass die Qualifikationskriterien voll erfüllt sind. Vielfalt auf Kosten der Qualität bringt keinen Nutzen. In diesem Punkt ist es wichtig, die Prozesse im Unternehmen kritisch zu beleuchten. So ist es zum Beispiel wichtig, dass Entscheidungen zur Einstellung oder Beförderung von Mitarbeitern von einem möglichst vielfältig besetzten Gremium getroffen werden, um self-cloning so weit wie möglich zu vermeiden. </p>
<p>Ein anderes wichtiges Element für mehr Vielfalt ist die <strong>Unternehmenskultur: </strong>Obwohl viele Firmen umfassende Angebote zur Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf haben, ist deren Nutzung häufig gering, oder diese Angebote sind implizit für Frauen mit Kindern gedacht. Andere Arbeitnehmergruppen befürchten berufliche Nachteile, wenn sie diese Angebote in Anspruch nehmen. So ist in vielen Firmen der Anteil von Männern mit Teilzeit sehr gering, obwohl  diese genauso familiäre Verpflichtung haben und diesen auch gerne nachkommen würden.  Hier  gilt es , mit umfangreicher interner und externe Kommunikation und vor allem durch Vorbilder, einen Kulturwandel herbeizuführen. Die nachfolgenden Generationen von Mitarbeitern, die sogenannte Generation Y, fordert solche Rahmenbedingungen und will sie auch nutzen. Darauf sollten Firmen sich rechtzeitig einstellen; vor allem müssen auch die Mitarbeiter berücksichtigt werden, die ihre Karrieren noch im Rahmen der klassischen Aufgabenteilung zwischen Mann und Frau gemacht haben. Die impliziten Widerstände können sehr stark sein und einen echten Kulturwandel verhindern.</p>
<p>Durch diese und andere Maßnahmen können Firmen den Talentpool für sich gewinnen und die Mitarbeiter länger bei sich halten. Die Studie rechnet Einsparungen von rd. 10.000 Euro pro Mitarbeiter in dessen gesamten Lebenszyklus vor.</p>
<p><strong>Dream Team instead of Quota: Why companies cannot afford to do without modern Diversity &amp; Inclusion concepts. </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rolandberger.com/company/press/releases/dream_team_better_than_quotas_diversity_inclusion.html">The consulting company Roland Berger published a study and proved that a higher level of employee retention, achieved by Diversity &amp; Inclusion management, would enable German Industry to save up to 21 bn Euro.</a></p>
<p>It is said, that the actual discussion around a women´s quota in management positions does not release the full potential of Diversity: only a comprehensive definition of Diversity, including Gender, Age, Nationality, sexual orientation, Education, Religion and much more), helps to become the “employer of choice” , to attract the best employees and to retain them long-term.</p>
<p> One essential problem in realizing true Diversity &amp; Inclusion is the unconscious bias of managers, leading to the <strong>phenomena of “self-cloning”,</strong> when hiring new employees. In former times it was good to hire those people, when we felt comfortable with them. Nowadays we should come out of our comfort zone and hire those, where we do not feel so comfortable, of course only, when the required qualification criteria are fully met. Diversity on cost of quality is no choice. However, this concept requires having a critical look on our processes inside the company. It is important for example, that hiring or promotion decisions are made by a true diverse committee to avoid self-cloning as far as possible.</p>
<p> Another important measure to benefit from Diversity is the <strong>company culture</strong>. Even though a lot of companies offer family friendly arrangements, their usage is low, or these offers are targeted implicitly at women with children. This excludes all other employees, who might fear disadvantages in their careers when asking for these offers too. The share of men working part-time is very low in companies. But these men are often fathers too and would like to fulfill their share of family work as well.  To achieve this cultural change, internal and external communication is essential and most importantly role models. The future generations of employees, the so-called Generation Y, wants these offers and uses them. But it is important too, to look at those employees, who made their careers in more traditional sharing of family work between men and women. Their resistance can make it very hard to change the culture. </p>
<p>Companies, who take these and other measures, have a better chance to use the talent pool and retain their employees longer. The study shows savings of 10.000 Euro per employee during its life cycle within a company.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astrid Bosten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Men are responsible for assuring their family’s livelihood and women are responsible for hearth and home – of course without being paid for the work! That has been the typical role allocation which had persisted for centuries and which has not been changed until the 19th century in consequence of the female emancipation. Nowadays it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Men are responsible for assuring their family’s livelihood and women are responsible for hearth and home – of course without being paid for the work! That has been the typical role allocation which had persisted for centuries and which has not been changed until the 19<sup>th</sup> century in consequence of the female emancipation.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.randstadstaffing.co.uk/news/800448913_more_women_becoming_main_earners.aspx"><strong>Nowadays it is common for women to work and to assure their own livelihood or the livelihood of their family. Women have become independent and are capable to master their lives without depending on men. In recent 15 years the importance of women’s income has increased and the traditional design of the male bread-earner crumbles. By this time about 18 percent of the German women are bread-earners</strong></a><strong>. This can be referred to their situation as a single mother or to their partners who are not able to fulfil the role of the main earner. According to studies women on the one hand do not have equal rights as a man – </strong><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&amp;catId=681"><strong>have a look at the Gender Pay Gap study</strong></a><strong> – but they are headed in the right direction and are supported by economy and politics.</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Hausfrau.jpg"></a>Now there is the question coming up who is &#8211; within the age of emancipation &#8211; responsible for the unpaid tasks such as housework, child education, and elder care?</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Fotolia_1106456_S.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1369" title="© Joseph Helfenberger - Fotolia.com" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Fotolia_1106456_S-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>A survey carried out by the</strong><a href="http://www.oecd.org/home/0,3675,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html"><strong> “Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)”</strong></a><strong> shows that an average citizen works about 3.5 hours every day without being paid, whereas Germany exceeds this average with 3.6 working hours. </strong><a href="http://www.oecd.org/document/27/0,3746,en_21571361_38039199_38166683_1_1_1_1,00.html"><strong>Women still do the majority of the housework – no matter if they are employed or not. In comparison to German men, German women spend roughly 100 additional minutes for the daily housework, child education or care. Among the typical men jobs are still repairs or activities of craftsmen and there are few men who clean the house, cook or educate the children. In relation to voluntary work men and women are with 3 percent on the same level.</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>According to OECD the high share of women who does unpaid work can be referred to the higher percentage of women who – in contrast to the majority of men &#8211; work part-time instead of working full-time or is unemployed. Those countries which have a higher share of women in full-time employment also have a higher share of men doing unpaid work. Thus, the following can be recorded: The higher the share of employed women is, the higher is the balance of the total-working hours of men and women, paid as well as unpaid.</strong></p>
<p><strong>However, this is easier said than done: Women still have to face disadvantage on the job market because woman’s jobs are underpaid and there are slight chances for women to advance in those positions that are highly compensated. Due to that fact households in which women are the main earners often can be found in the sector of low income. And this is where the circle is completed: </strong><a href="http://www.gib.nrw.de/service/newsletter/gib-newsletter/newsletter_archiv/g-i-b-newsletter-nr-224-1/und_sonst/wzb-studie-untersucht-zusammenhang-zwischen-einkommen-und-hausarbeit-in-33-laendern/"><strong>A survey carried out by the “Science Centre Berlin for Social Research” shows that wealthy women more often draw on household help and therefore must spend less time for unpaid housework than “poorer” women have to.</strong></a><strong> Thus, the majority of the women have to do the housework on their own. Now, one could conclude what ought to be changed in order to decrease the unpaid working hours for women and to ensure an equality of total working hours for men and women: Firstly the childcare possibilities ought to be enhanced in order to give women the chance of working full-time – or the men ought to do the childcare. Secondly the career possibilities for women ought to be enhanced in order to give women the chance of having responsible and well paid jobs – and thirdly the salaries for men and women ought to be adjusted.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.focus.de/panorama/vermischtes/oecd-unbezahlte-arbeit-ist-meistens-frauensache-_aid_617758.html"><strong> </strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.focus.de/panorama/vermischtes/oecd-unbezahlte-arbeit-ist-meistens-frauensache-_aid_617758.html"><strong>Apropos: If unpaid work was considered for the measurement of social welfare within the gross domestic product, the gross domestic product of an above average OECD-country would increase about 30 to 50 percent – according to the scheduled hourly wage.</strong></a></p>
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<p>Der Mann geht arbeiten und verdient den Lebensunterhalt für die Familie &#8211; und die Frau gehört hinter den Herd, natürlich ohne dass sie für Ihre Leistung im Haushalt bezahlt wird! Dies ist die typische Rollenverteilung, die über Jahrhunderte hinweg bestanden hat und die sich erst seit dem 19. Jahrhundert dank der Emanzipation der Frauen geändert hat.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.initiative-mindestlohn.de/umfragen-studien/frauen/frauen-sind-immer-oefter-hauptverdienerinnen">Mittlerweile gilt es als normal, dass auch Frauen für ihren eigenen oder den Lebensunterhalt ihrer Familie auskommen und arbeiten gehen. Sie sind selbständig geworden und demnach nicht mehr auf die Männer angewiesen und sind in der Lage, ihr eigenes Leben zu meistern. In den vergangenen 15 Jahren hat die Bedeutung des Einkommens von Frauen zugenommen und das traditionelle Modell des männlichen Familienernährers bröckelt. Mittlerweile sind 18 Prozent der deutschen Frauen die „Familienernährerinnen“. Dies ist darauf zurückzuführen, dass sie entweder allein erziehend sind oder dass ihr Partner der Rolle des Hauptverdieners nicht gerecht werden kann.</a> Zwar sind sie Studien zufolge immer noch nicht so ganz gleichberechtigt wie ein Mann – betrachtet man beispielsweise die Studie zum <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=681&amp;langId=de">Gender Pay Gap</a> – doch sind sie auf einem guten Weg die volle Gleichberechtigung zu erlangen und werden hierbei auch von Wirtschaft und Politik unterstützt.</p>
<p>Wer aber erledigt denn nun im Zeitalter der weiblichen Emanzipation die unbezahlten Aufgaben im Haushalt, pflegt Angehörige oder erzieht die Kinder?</p>
<p>Eine Studie der <a href="http://www.oecd.org/home/0,3675,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html">Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD)</a> hat nun herausgefunden, dass der Durchschnittsbürger im Schnitt fast dreieinhalb Stunden täglich unbezahlt arbeitet, wobei Deutschland mit 3,6 Stunden diesen Schnitt sogar überschreitet. <a href="http://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_wirtschaft/article13159250/Unbezahlte-Arbeit-ist-weiter-Frauensache.html">Frauen erledigen hierbei nach wie vor die meiste Arbeit im Haushalt – unabhängig von einer Erwerbstätigkeit. Täglich verbringen Frauen in Deutschland rund 100 unbezahlte Minuten mehr als Männer mit Haushaltsarbeiten, Kindererziehung und Pflege. Die typischen Männerarbeiten ohne Entgelt sind Reparaturen oder Handwerkertätigkeiten und nur wenige Männer putzen, kochen, oder kümmern sich um die Kindererziehung. Was ehrenamtliche Tätigkeiten betrifft liegen Männer und Frauen mit drei Prozent jeweils auf der gleichen Ebene.</a></p>
<p>Der hohe Frauenanteil bei der unbezahlten Arbeit ist laut OECD darauf zurückzuführen, dass Frauen häufiger als Männer keiner Lohnarbeit nachgehen oder nur Teilzeit arbeiten. In den Ländern, in denen ein höherer Frauenanteil einer Vollzeittätigkeit nachgeht, ist auch der Anteil der Männer höher, der unbezahlte Arbeiten erledigt. Es lässt sich also folgendes festhalten: Je höher der Anteil erwerbstätiger Frauen in einem Land ist, desto ausgeglichener ist die Gesamtarbeitszeit zwischen den Geschlechtern, sowohl unbezahlt als auch bezahlt.</p>
<p>Dies jedoch ist leichter gesagt als es umsetzbar ist: Frauen haben noch immer mit Benachteiligungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt zu kämpfen, da „Frauenjobs“ oft unterbezahlt sind und die Zugangsmöglichkeiten zu Positionen mit guten Einkommenschancen äußerst ungerecht verteilt sind. Aus diesem Grund sind Haushalte, in denen eine Frau den Hauptteil des Einkommens verdient, überdurchschnittlich oft im unteren Einkommensbereich zu finden.</p>
<p>Und genau hier schließt sich der Kreis:<a href="http://www.gib.nrw.de/service/newsletter/gib-newsletter/newsletter_archiv/g-i-b-newsletter-nr-224-1/und_sonst/wzb-studie-untersucht-zusammenhang-zwischen-einkommen-und-hausarbeit-in-33-laendern/"> Eine Studie des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung macht deutlich, dass wohlhabende Frauen öfter auf Haushaltshilfen zurückgreifen und somit weniger Zeit für unbezahlte Arbeit im Haushalt aufwenden müssen, während „ärmere“ Frauen diese Arbeit selbst verrichten müssen. Also bleibt einem Großteil der Frauen nichts anderes übrig, als selbst zum Staubsauger zu greifen und alle weiteren unbezahlten Arbeiten zu verrichten</a>.</p>
<p>Nun kann man also schlussfolgern, was passieren müsste, damit Frauen nicht mehr so viel Zeit für unbezahlte Arbeit aufwenden müssen und eine ausgeglichene Gesamtarbeitszeit zwischen den Geschlechtern gegeben ist: Zuerst einmal müssen die Kinderbetreuungsmöglichkeiten verbessert werden, damit Frauen die Chance haben, einer Vollzeitbeschäftigung nachzugehen – oder alternativ müssten die Männer die Kinderbetreuung übernehmen. Zweitens müssten die Zugangsmöglichkeiten für Frauen zu verantwortungsvollen und damit besser bezahlten Jobs verbessert werden – und drittens müsste das Gehalt der Frauen mit dem der Männer angeglichen werden.</p>
<p><a href="http://de.news.yahoo.com/17/20110412/tbs-oecd-studie-unbezahlte-arbeit-ist-me-2370c91.html">Übrigens: Würde unbezahlte Arbeit bei der Messung des gesellschaftlichen Wohlstands im Bruttoinlandsprodukt berücksichtigt werden, würde sich das BIP eines durchschnittlichen OECD-Landes, je nach angesetztem Stundenlohn, um 30 bis 50 Prozent erhöhen.</a></p>
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		<dc:creator>Astrid Bosten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 5, 2011 Henkel’s female networking group “Women in Leadership” invited to their third WoMen’s Networking Day at Henkel’s headquarters in Düsseldorf. Special about this year’s event was that for the first time our male leaders were invited to attend the event too. Thus the motto for the invitation addressed to our female leaders [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On April 5, 2011 Henkel’s female networking group “Women in Leadership” invited to their third WoMen’s Networking Day at Henkel’s headquarters in Düsseldorf. Special about this year’s event was that for the first time our male leaders were invited to attend the event too. Thus the motto for the invitation addressed to our female leaders was ”Ladies’ choice – Bring your boss”.</strong></p>
<p><strong>More than 220 participants attended the Networking Day, among them a good proportion of men. Colleagues at different Henkel locations around the world additionally had the opportunity to join the WoMen’s Networking Day via live stream.</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/avivah.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1339" title="Avivah Wittenberg-Cox" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/avivah-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><a href="http://www.henkel.com/about-henkel/news-12169-diversity-is-more-than-a-buzzword-31911.htm">Kathrin Menges, Global Head of Human Resources, gave the first introductory speech about Gender Diversity @ Henkel</a><strong>. This speech was followed by a “Walk around Womenomics” – a speech given by the bestseller author </strong><a href="http://www.avivahwittenbergcox.com/"><strong>Avivah Wittenberg-Cox</strong></a><strong>. Avivah already was our guest speaker at our last year’s event and left us with the homework to start the dialogue with men. Asking Avivah, what our school grade was for achieving to bring such a good share of men, she answered “definitely an A”… Good to hear!</strong><strong> </strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>A panel discussion on “I did it my way – Role Models are telling there individual success story” with seven Henkel leaders (men and women) followed next. The panel talked about individual success stories, milestones in their lives and decision making processes.</strong></p>
<p><strong>A premier highlight and innovation at the same time was our Henkel twitterwall – an offer that gave the audience the opportunity to actively participate in the panel discussions by tweeting their questions, comments and arguments to a public wall. Thereby the diversity of minds, thoughts and perspectives were actively included into the ongoing discussion.<a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SBT.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1342" title="Simone Bagel-Trah im Gespräch" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SBT-300x194.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="194" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>The panel discussion was followed by a presentation of our new Global Diversity &amp; Inclusion Director, Markus Dinslacken, who introduced the consultancy offer of our </strong><a href="http://www.henkel.com/SID-43EB27C6-DB0B1DE5/diversity-17539.htm"><strong>Global Diversity &amp; Inclusion</strong></a><strong> department that is meant to enhance Diversity within the different departments at Henkel.</strong></p>
<p><strong>After a short break the participants were invited to join diverse workshops in which topics such as “Recruitment &amp; Assessment Processes”, “Networking &amp; Support”, “Flexible Working Opportunities” or “Reconciling Career &amp; Family” were discussed.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The final item on the agenda was a panel discussion on the subject of “Women’s Quota – Necessity or Constraint”. Claudia Nemat, Managing Partner and Director for the High Tech Sector of McKinsey gave the introductory by presenting the key findings of McKinsey’s “Women Matter” studies.<a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Quota-Discussion.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1340" title="Regine Stachelhaus und Bruno Piacenza" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Quota-Discussion-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>The panelist for the quota discussion were Henkel’s CEO Kasper Rorsted, our Global Head of Human Ressources, Kathrin Menges and Bruno Piacenza, Board Member at Henkel and responsible for the Laundry- and Homecare business unit. Additionally we were happy to welcome two external guests: Regine Stachelhaus, who is member of the board of eon and Claudia Nemat. Their unanimously belief was: No necessity for quota but a huge necessity for change!</strong></p>
<p><strong>For this discussion again the twitterwall served as third party moderation by and for the audience.</strong></p>
<p><strong>After a half day of information and interaction the third WoMen’s Networking Day ended with an informal get-together. All participants were satisfied with the agenda and – even more important – the gender mix. [DE] <a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Gruppenfoto.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1341" title="Gruppenfoto U-K" src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Gruppenfoto-300x193.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="193" /></a><br />
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<p>Am 5. April 2011 fand auf Einladung des Frauennetzwerkes „Women in Leadership“ bei Henkel der dritte WoMen’s Networking Day bei Henkel in Düsseldorf statt – die Besonderheit in diesem Jahr war die erstmalige Beteiligung unserer männlichen Führungskräfte am Standort Holthausen. So lautete das Motto der diesjährigen, an unsere weiblichen Führungskräfte gerichtete Einladung: „Damenwahl – Bring’ deinen Chef“.</p>
<p>Rund 220 Teilnehmer waren der Einladung gefolgt – darunter rund einviertel Männer. Zusätzlich waren an zahlreichen Henkelstandorten weltweit weitere Mitarbeiter per Videoübertragung zugeschaltet.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.henkel.de/ueber-henkel/werte-mitarbeiter-36614.htm">Kathrin Menges, weltweite Personalchefin, eröffnete den Tag mit Ihrer Präsentation zu „Gender Diversity @ Henkel“.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.avivahwittenbergcox.com/">Avivah Wittenberg-Cox</a>, Bestseller Autorin und CEO der Gender Diversity Beratungsagentur 20-first lud danach die Teilnehmer zu einem Rundgang durch den Wirtschaftsfaktor Frau.</p>
<p>Die Podiumsdiskussion „I did it my way – Role Models telling their individual success stories“ umfasste persönliche Erfolgsmodelle, Ratschläge und Lebensentwürfe von sieben weiblichen und männlichen Henkel Managern.</p>
<p>Besonderes Highlight und Innovation zur gleichen Zeit war die Henkel twitterwall, die erstmalig bei Henkel zum Einsatz kam. Die twitterwall ermöglichte es den Teilnehmern, sich aktiv an der Diskussion durch die Zusendung von tweets (kurzen Nachrichten) auf eine öffentliche Leinwand zu beteiligen.</p>
<p>Die darauf folgende Präsentation hielt Henkel’s neuer Globaler Diversity &amp; Inclusion Direktor, Markus Dinslacken, der das Beratungsangebot des Bereichs vorstellte. Ziel dieses Angebots ist es, die Vielfalt in den verschiedenen Abteilungen bei Henkel zu erhöhen.</p>
<p>Nach einer kurzen Pause waren die Teilnehmer dazu eingeladen, an einstündigen Workshops zu Themen wie „Rekrutierungs- &amp; Bewertungsprozesse“, „Networking &amp; Unterstützung“, „Flexible Arbeitsplatzgestaltung“ oder „Vereinbarkeit von Beruf &amp; Familie“ teilzunehmen.</p>
<p>Der letzte Punkt auf der Tagesordnung war eine Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema „Frauenquote – Notwendigkeit oder Nötigung“. Eingeleitet wurde dieser Teil mit einem Impulsreferat über die Kernergebnisse der McKinsey Studien „Women Matter“, das Claudia Nemat, Managing Partner und Direktor für den High Tech Sektor von McKinsey hielt.</p>
<p>Podiumsteilnehmer waren Henkel’s CEO Kasper Rorsted, Kathrin Menges, weltweite Personalleiterin von Henkel und Bruno Piacenza, Vorstandsmitglied von Henkel und verantwortlich für den Wasch- und Reinigungsmittelbereich. Als externe Gäste durften wir Regine Stachelhaus, Vorstandsmitglied von eon und Claudia Nemat von McKinsey begrüßen.  </p>
<p>Auch hier sorgte die Twitterwall für entsprechende Meinungs- und Perspektivenvielfalt.</p>
<p>Der dritte WoMen’s Networking Day endete mit einem informellen get-together. Für die Organisatoren und Teilnehmer war der Agenda- und Geschlechtermix eine großer Erfolg.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henkel has been recognized with the European Diversity Leadership Honour Award in the Multicultural Working Environment category, the jury being particularly impressed by the company’s commitment and transparency in the diversity domain. With employees from 110 nations, of which 50 are represented in its Düsseldorf headquarters alone, Henkel is one of the most international companies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/WDLS-Award-2011.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1282" title="Beatrice Achaleke (WDLS-EU-Konferenz-Manager, li.) übergibt den European Diversity Leadership Preis 2011an Dr. Zuzana Halkova-Schütz (Leiterin Human Resources Henkel CEE)." src="http://global-diversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/WDLS-Award-2011-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></strong></p>
<div>Henkel has been recognized with the European Diversity Leadership Honour Award in the Multicultural Working Environment category, the jury being particularly impressed by the company’s commitment and transparency in the diversity domain. With employees from 110 nations, of which 50 are represented in its Düsseldorf headquarters alone, Henkel is one of the most international companies in Germany. </div>
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<p>The awards were presented at the <a href="http://www.wdls.eu" target="_blank">World Diversity Leadership Summit Europe</a>, held for its second year in Vienna. “Diversity is an important component in our corporate culture. Our aim is to create a working environment in which, through the formation of heterogeneous teams, the economic, creative and innovative potential of our people are further extended, contributing ultimately to the achievement of even better results,”  commented Anke Meier, Head of Global Diversity &amp; Inclusion.  “For Henkel, diversity is a key success factor.”</p>
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<div>Henkel wurde mit dem „European Diversity Leadership Honour“-Preis in der Kategorie „Multicultural Working Environment“ ausgezeichnet. Die Jury würdigte Henkels Engagement und Transparenz im Bereich Diversity. Mit Mitarbeitern aus 110 Nationen, davon allein 50 Nationen in der Düsseldorfer Zentrale, ist Henkel eines der internationalsten Unternehmen in Deutschland.</div>
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<p>Die Auszeichnungen wurden am „<a href="http://www.wdls.eu/" target="_blank">World Diversity Leadership Summit Europe</a>“ vergeben, der jetzt zum zweiten Mal in Wien stattfand. „Vielfalt ist ein wichtiger Teil unserer Unternehmenskultur. Wir möchten eine Arbeitsumgebung schaffen, in der durch heterogene Teams noch stärker die ökonomischen, kreativen und innovativen Potenziale der Mitarbeiter gefördert und letztlich bessere Ergebnisse erzielt werden“, betont Anke Meier, Leiterin Global Diversity &amp; Inclusion. „Diversity ist für Henkel ein zentraler Erfolgsfaktor.“</p>
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