Recently, while working with a group of professional women, we generated a few solutions to increase the number of women role models in German business leadership settings. The ideas are so simple, and so positive, I’d like to share them here. Praise leaders who do things that you like, and be specific about what it …
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Are we taken at face value at work? Or is something else going on?
Reflect for a moment: Are you where you want to be in your work life? Do you have the feeling that you’re not taken at face value, that you’re not coming across as you are? Do you have ideas about why that’s happening? Do you have solutions for yourself? The Organization “Women in Business” at …
Authentic at work: rules by Marion Knaths
I’m thinking a lot lately about authenticity at work. It’s the topic for my upcoming talk at a large firm in the south of Germany. I’ll be speaking to a women’s organization within a male-dominated industry. Some women in my audience are young and want to be evaluated on their contributions alone. Others have been …
Why Marissa Mayer leads Yahoo – in the USA, not in Germany. A radio interview
This evening on the radio station NDR there’s going to be a report on women in leadership. Today, Marissa Mayer was announced to be the new head of Yahoo. Other American firms also have women at the helm: Hewlett Packard, Facebook, to name a few in the same high-tech industry. But in Germany, we’re behind …
Glass ceiling, labyrinth, or just a question of time? Women in leadership in Germany and the USA
Why are so few women in leadership positions? Is it because of a glass ceiling, a labyrinth, or is it just a matter of time until women reach the top? In the speaker series “Women and Leadership,” cohosted by the German-American Center and the Division for individual Equal Opportunities of the State Capital in Stuttgart, …
Four reasons why women are underrepresented as leaders
We know that women are underrepresented in leadership positions. But why? Here are four reasons. Effective solutions need to consider all four aspects. The first barrier is: 1. “The circle of women’s disadvantage” Women are the ones most often and most intensively responsible for caring for their family and children, though this trend is stronger …
The Employer’s Association for Insurance Firms in Germany is interested in Women in Leadership
The Employer’s Association for Insurance Firms (AGV) in Germany is the top political organization of the German Insurance Branch. Over 216,000 workers are working in firms represented in this organization, and 99% of all insurance firms are in this organization, according to Simone Rehbronn, AGV. On March 27, 2012, the AGV hosted a seminar day …
The Leaky Pipeline
n a pipe, water has to pass through one part before it reaches another part. Similarly, in careers, a person has to pass one point before he or she can go to the next stage. The stages of a career are often described as a pipeline. A person must be a student before he or …
Should Germany have a Quota for women in leadership, and if so, which?
oday in the news, the difference of opinion between the Work-Minister von der Leyen and the Family-Minister Schroeder has been highlighted repeatedly. The debate is about whether or not Germany, as a nation, should set a minimum percent of women in the leadership of the companies based here, and if so, what form it should …
Leading by allowing for intrinsic motivation
practice a leadership style that, just today, earned me some praise from my team. It’s always great to get a compliment, of course, but what I’m doing should be nothing special — it’s proven to be more effective than traditional „punish-or-reward“ methods. I don’t check minute-by-minute who’s in which office, doing what. I know that …
