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30. September 2023 || by Michael Stuber || Culture & Leadership, Not-for-Profit ||
Leadership keeps being referred to as THE key to progress in DE&I. Yet, everybody appears to be focusing on something different – which does not help to create impact. At a large key-note event hosted by the Lëtzebuerg Diversity charter, Michael Stuber, the D&I Engineer, unpacked the topic.
Tags: english, gender, holistic, work life navigation
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1. July 2023 || by Michael Stuber || Publications ||
Diversity has activist roots and at the same time, it was created as a positive, constructive addition to social and political equality movements. SustainabilityMag#15 explains how to manage the dynamics created by #metoo or BlackLivesMatter.
Tags: english, holistic
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2. June 2023 || by Michael Stuber || Culture & Leadership ||
Role modelling DE&I, driving DE&I from the top down, strategic positioning of DE&I – the expectations people have from C-suite executives are vast. But do we really understand their perspective, their roles and what they (really) need to effectively contribute to DE&I? The CEO Club looked at (their) part of the story.
Tags: english, holistic
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31. May 2023 || by Michael Stuber || Editorial ||
DE&I experts see both a need to consider vast local differences in what to address and how, and a huge attractiveness of global ‘best practices’ followed by an eagerness to import them. But: What to copy and what to tailor – and to which context?
Tags: english, globality internationality, holistic
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23. May 2023 || by Michael Stuber || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Editorial, Events ||
DE&I work can sometimes be summarised as ‘we celebrate minorities and blame others for the slow pace of change’. While it feels good and fuels belonging, the critical way to comment and demand progress does not seem to enlist support from those we want to win.
Tags: english, holistic, inclusion
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17. February 2023 || by Michael Stuber || Culture & Leadership, Editorial, Newsletter ||
Using power is different from showing leadership in DE&I and both are key to successfully driving change. Traction, however, can also be reduced – or limited – depending on how power is used. This often happens unintentionally or when a leader is not aware of the side-effects of their ‘powerful’ decisions. DE&I 2023 Trilogy (part […]
Tags: english, holistic
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17. January 2023 || by Michael Stuber || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter, Politics ||
Standing up for your case has a long tradition in Diversity. Today, media amplify various forms of activism and DE&I is increasingly perceived as a personalised or political form of engagement – rather than a future-oriented way of supporting organisational priorities. Read about unwanted side-effects of this. DE&I 2023 Trilogy (part 2) The roots of […]
Tags: english, holistic
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22. November 2022 || by Michael Stuber || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, HR, Newsletter ||
Should the definition of Diversity include people that explicitly reject some aspects of DE&I? Or should Inclusion demand reciprocity from everyone who requests to be valued and heard? Or do both Diversity and Inclusion have to be all-encompassing? What may sound like a no-brainer turns out to unfold as a deep ideological divide, which has […]
Tags: english, holistic
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19. April 2022 || by Michael Stuber || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
Are numerous likes from followers indicative of valuable, inspiring content? Do many participants illustrate the impact of a D&I initiative? Is positive feedback at a DEI meeting confirming your DEI strategy design? As a critical D&I engineer, I see a need to look at different DEI target groups and related objectives in the first place. […]
Tags: age, english, holistic
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2. February 2022 || by Michael Stuber || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Culture & Leadership, Editorial ||
One of the shared beliefs in D&I appears to be that issues from the past will be resolved with new values, generations and business approaches. Does this hope withstand reality and evidence checks?
Tags: english, holistic
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