März, 2011
15. März 2011 || by News Desk || Medien und Diversity, Newsletter ||
As of 2011, 40 organisations have received France’s Professional Equality label, effecting more than 800,000 employees. Since 2005, French companies have had the opportunity to apply for the label, recognising organisational commitment to equality through equal treatment and parental support.
Tags: ganzheitlich, Sprache Englisch
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15. März 2011 || by News Desk || Medien und Diversity, Newsletter ||
Austria, Norway and Sweden have joined in the newest trend in European Diversity: Diversity Charters. In an effort to band companies together towards a common public goal of supporting, motivating and monitoring Diversity efforts, these new initiatives signal that European companies are not only intensifying their programmes but also aim to communicate their commitment externally.
Tags: Inklusion, Internationalität, Sprache Englisch
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15. März 2011 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
Women currently control about $20 trillion in global annual consumer spending, a figure which could climb to $28 trillion in the next five years. Their $13 trillion in total yearly earnings could reach $18 trillion in the same period. In aggregate, women represent a growth market bigger than China and India combined.
Tags: Empirie / Forschung, Gender, Sprache Englisch
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15. März 2011 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
In ‘The Guide to Managing and Developing Young Professionals’, what Gen Y (or Millenials) want from the workplace is assessed and presented along with best practices on how to recruit, manage and develop young professionals. This survey of over 2,300 respondents helps identify the most important aspects of a job for individuals of different generational […]
Tags: Alter, Empirie / Forschung, Sprache Englisch
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15. März 2011 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Politik ||
In January 2011, the French government passed a gender quota law for corporate boards, which will become legally binding in 2017. Medium and large companies are now required to fulfill 40% women in their administrative and supervisory boards. Board decisions will still be valid for companies which do not meet the quota, but board election […]
Tags: Alter, Gender, Sprache Englisch
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15. März 2011 || by News Desk || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
For business leaders, a major task in a talent-starved global economy is to attract, retain and promote outstanding performers. In the constant war for talent, flexible jobs can be a powerful tool to overcome this challenge. As some 86 percent of Millennials expect flexibility from their employer, this new research by Bain & Company shows […]
Tags: Alter, Sprache Englisch, Work-Life
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15. März 2011 || by News Desk || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
The World Economic Forum has introduced a quota for female executives at the 2011 Davos summit and at least one of the five delegates sent by “strategic partners” must now be female. A WEF spokesman said, as a membership organization, there is a limited amount that they could do to improve female representation in boardrooms […]
Tags: Empirie / Forschung, Gender, Sprache Englisch
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15. März 2011 || by News Desk || Medien und Diversity, Newsletter ||
In the latest salary survey by the UK-based magazine ‘Financial Director’, analysts have discovered that the pay gap between male and female finance directors has widened over the past two years. Women are now earning 68 percent of the average remuneration package of their male counter-parts – two percent less than the numbers in 2008. […]
Tags: Gender, Sprache Englisch
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15. März 2011 || by News Desk || Medien und Diversity, Newsletter ||
In the recent study ‘Millennials in the Workplace: A Communication Perspective on Millennials, Organisational Relationships and Perform-ance’, Professor Karen Myers and Kamyab Sadaghiani from the University of California, Santa Barbara investigate the impact of communicated values and expectations of Gen Y. Many ‘Millennials’ have distinctive characteristics that may make interacting with them different from with […]
Tags: Alter, Empirie / Forschung, Sprache Englisch
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