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Women’s Networking Day 2009
The first Women’s Networking Day took place on February 18, 2009 at the Henkel headquarters in Düsseldorf. An attractive program containing introductory presentations, workshops and a panel discussion...
View ArticleDas Oktoberfest der Führungsfrauen/ The Women in Leadership Oktoberfest
After six eventful months that have passed since the Women’s Networking Day on February 18, the Women in Leadership members invited Henkel’s female leader to an Oktoberfest. Apart from the traditional...
View ArticleHarvard Business: Wie Frauen ihr Gehalt verhandeln / Can „nice girls“ negotiate?
In Harvard Business Review Whitney Johnson wrote a blog-entry about women and negotiation. Her own experiences and a study published by the Washington Post come to the sad and shocking conclusion that...
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ZDF.Reporter berichtet über Frauen als Krisenmanagerinnen / German TV-show...
Companies with a mixed management team are more successful than companies with an all-male management. This was proven by a McKinsey study. ZDF.Reporter introduced three women who achieved exceptional...
View ArticleAn exemplary raven mother does not make a summer – Eine vorbildliche...
By the way… does anybody know, what a raven mother is? Ask a German! But as you may assume, it’s no good! Where does the German attitude that working mothers are bad mothers come from? Why are the...
View ArticleWomen on boards – Frauen in der Geschäftsführung
“In my experience, having women on boards enhances their effectiveness. Women bring different perspectives that help to drive new insights, whilst they can create a more collaborative and reflective...
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Women’s Networking Day at Henkel/Women’s Networking Day bei Henkel
On February 10, 2010 the second Women’s Networking Day at Henkel, Düsseldorf will take place. For about 250 women in leading positions at Henkel the networking group Women in Leadership again organized...
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Women – The Time is Now!/Frauen, eure Zeit ist da!
Today our second Women’s Networking Day will take place at Henkel, Düsseldorf. The event will include introductory speeches from our CEO Kasper Rorsted and our Global Diversity Director Anke Meier as...
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Women – The time is NOW!/ Frauen – Eure Zeit ist jetzt!
„Women – The Time is NOW!“ With a captivating speech, bestseller author Avivah Wittenberg-Cox was the crowning finale of Henkel’s second Women’s Networking Day in Germany. [EN] On February 10, 2010...
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Der Denkfehler der Frauen/Women’s Error in Reasoning
Facts: On an average only two out of 100 top positions in large enterprises are held by women. Company earnings with mixed management teams are 48 percent above average; the return on investment is...
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Event-Tips by the Center for Women in Business and Technology /...
The Center for Women in Business and Technology informs about workshops, lectures and events on the topics of career enhancement, balancing family and career and the support of career advancement of...
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Corporate Gender Gap Report: Women still scarce at top management level /...
The World Economic Forum’s Corporate Gender Gap Report surveyed 600 companies in 20 countries. It shows that still less than 5% of women rise to senior management or board positions. The barriers...
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Telekom introduces Women’s Quota / Telekom führt Frauenquote ein
The first Dax-Company in Germany introduces a women’s quota of 30 % for women in leading positions until 2016. That means to double the rate of female manager’s share for Deutsche Telekom. To establish...
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Good time for Business Men/ Gute Zeiten für Geschäftsmänner
Skirting the issue – That was the headline of an article in the latest release of “The Economist”. The impuls was set by the upcoming trend in European countries to introduce women’s quota for boards....
View ArticleDo women have a „superwoman complex“ / Haben Frauen einen „Superwoman Komplex“?
For years, women fought for the equality of women and men. Many improvements have been made, others, for example equal payments, are still to come. Did the fight for equality lead to a superwoman...
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Report on equality between women and men 2010 / Bericht über die Gleichheit...
Each year, the European Commission reports to the European Council on developments towards gender equality and challenges that emerged. This year’s report points out that there is a generally positive...
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Leveraging Generation Y / Generation Y im Durchbruch
Generation Y: young people with an excellent education who are currently entering the job market. They are totally different to generation x, they digital natives or millenials who grew up surrounded...
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Impressing personality: Simone Bagel-Trah / Beeindruckende Persönlichkeit:...
Last Monday, the Annual General Meeting of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA took place. About 2000 shareholders attended the meeting and approved all of the presented resolutions. The shareholders were more...
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Job-Sharing in leadership positions / Job-Sharing in Führungspositionen
Job sharing in leadership positions? Impossible! Really? The Northern Germany Broadcasting Station NDR proves that black is white. They offer a modern part-time model. By the end of 2009, more than 18...
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Women’s movement at Henkel/ Frauenbewegung bei Henkel
This weekend the fifth Metrogroup Marathon took place at Düsseldorf. For the first time the Women in Leadership network at Henkel had two relays to start. Four female managers had to manage...
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