What are the standards on which women are appointed to become CFOs or CEOs, do they change business results and how are they perceived as leaders? New research provides insight – and guidance.
Corporate Culture / Leadership
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The affinity that working internationally does not change
Exposing yourself to differences is known to contribute to reducing biases. Following this thought, researchers tested the role of nationality in inter-personal relationships among expats. They found a significant interplay.
Next Level D&I: From good to great to future proof
When a company has completed more than 15 years of D&I work – in all aspects and areas – they ask us which higher level they could reach. For every D&I practitioner, staying relevant is key. Here is the latest guidance.
Research says: without the right mind-set, targets don’t work
The belief in D&I targets is almost as strong as the resistance they often create. Based on new large-scale, international research, experts now confirm that a consistent, business-based sense-making will create the ‘acceptance’ required to make targets a success.
Why Heidi Klum harms Diversity just as BlackRock or Head-hunters do
This moment, when you discover a trend and you feel it deserves to be promoted by your fame and authority. The next day, everybody else tells you the trend started 20 years ago and you were always part of the problem.
Focus on Impact: D&I fully revamped
The longer you work in D&I, the more difficult it gets to innovate. It may feel as if you have already considered everything. That’s why it took us 3+ years to revamp our entire approach to D&I. The result offers you innovative, international, intelligence-based D&I.
Public Bias: Which criminals are ‘mentally ill’ and which are ‘terrorists’?
One day after the tragic fatal attack on Gdansk’s Mayor, Paweł Adamowicz, many media spread allegations about a ‘reported’ mental illness of the attacker. What do we recall from other attacks? And how is it relevant for Corporate D&I?
Diversity oder Cultural-Fit als Qualifikation?
Kann das Geschlecht oder das Alter – außer bei SchauspielerInnen – ein Auswahlkriterium sein? Lange wurde Vielfalt als Gegenpol zu Qualifikation gesehen – mit „Cultural Fit“ werden die Karten neu gemischt.
Start-ups: Blindflug als Geschäftsprinzip
Für neu gegründete Unternehmen, vor allem mit digitalem Geschäftsmodell, galten etliche Jahre lang überschwänglich positive Vorannahmen: Chancengerecht, multikulturell, innovativ, flexibel. Nun zeigen sich andere Realitäten.
An evidence-based model for Unconscious Bias
Insights about Unconscious Biases can be eye-opening – but does this translate into fundamental and sustained change? And which biases do we need to address to remove all relevant D&I barriers? In the hustle and bustle of videos, we offer an evidence-based, yet practical model to mitigate D&I-related biases on multiple levels and through the use of Inclusive Leadership.
A D&I World on its own: Management and Leadership Culture
Managers are in the focus of each and every change approach. What is different in D&I: The topic has complex links to strategic management, operational leadership and personal role modeling.
Average grades and downplaying gender is good for women, 2 new scientific studies say
For years, women were told to go for the best marks and strengthen their confidence in the specific perspectives and approaches they bring to the workplace. Two brand-new studies seem to reverse the assumptions: women are penalised for good grades and they increase much-needed confidence when they downplay gender differences.
Die Ideologien der Frauenquote: Zahlen als Selbstkritik, Schelte oder Steuerinstrument?
Wenn es um den Anteil von Frauen im Management geht scheinen die Fronten ideologisch verhärtet zu sein. Von der Datenauswahl über die Analyse bis zur Interpretation und Wortwahl poltern polarisierte Positionen durch das Land. Dabei wollen (fast) alle dasselbe und könnten an einem Strang ziehen. Ein Reframing für die Unternehmenspraxis.
Neue Impulse: Führungskräfte und Work/Life Balance
Langsam und stetig rückt das Thema Kultur & Führung weiter ins Zentrum von Diversity und Work/Life. Dieser Erkenntnis folgend hat der Regionalbotschafter Hessen für „Erfolgsfaktor Familie“, Michael Müller, Vorstandmitglied der Fraport AG, das Thema „Führungskräfte zwischen Karriere und Familie“ ins Zentrum einer Fachkonferenz gestellt. Eine Zusammenfassung.
Outer at the office? Mixed study results on LGBT
Two current studies describe the changed situation in the field of LGBT* at the workplace. While a more open approach to diverse orientations and identities is positive, other analyses point to persistent reservations and surprising disadvantages. The existing LGBT* niche strategies seem to need to be reviewed.
Disruption Bingo
Some focus on digitalisation, others on economy 4.0 and a few see the bigger picture of several disruptive forces and how these will affect our work and our lives. The good news is: Everybody can prepare themselves to become ‘Futureproof’. A new book provides structured analyses and describes implications as well as recommendations.
Digitalisierung und Diversity
Es ist gesetzt: Das nächste große Thema, ohne das kein Management-Meeting mehr auskommt. Auch der Diversity-Bereich diskutiert eifrig. Was ist neu und was ist nachhaltig am Digitalisierungs-Hype?
Google Memo Discussion misses the point
A google employee was fired for spreading harmful stereotypes about women – ten pages long. The following discussion revolved around freedom of speech and existing (gender) gaps in the tech industry. Surprisingly, there was little refection about how D&I did not reach large, mainstream audiences over the past years.
Vereinbarung und Unternehmenskultur: Von großen Worten zu starken Taten?
Kein Event und keine Broschüre zum Thema Work/Life, bei denen nicht die Unternehmenkultur als Schlüsselbereich beschwört wird; ebenso die Vorbildfunktion der Führungskräfte. Die konkrete Gestaltung dieser Elemente bleibt jedoch weitgehend unklar und damit unerfüllt. Unterschätzte und unerwartete Barrieren behindern die wirksame Umsetzung.
Checklist: 12 items to test if you are inclined to group-think in D&I
An insightful (and self-critical) survey of 500 creative professionals revealed that 54 percent of them admit that ‘echo-chambers’ (and hence group-think) hamper creativity. We have created a unique checklist for you to self-test your inclination to group-think in D&I.