Since the global Black Lives Matter protests four years ago, many companies in Germany have increasingly begun to address racism within their structures and teams. This is a necessary and important step towards more equal opportunities and healthier corporate cultures for black people and people of color. However, becoming an anti-racist company requires...
How does my team become more diverse? It seems obvious to look for the solution to more diversity in recruiting. However, the most important work should begin before the actual hiring process. After all, the ground for the success of diverse teams is the inclusive culture of the company. 1. Define what diversity, equity and inclusion mean for your company before you start diversity....
Yes, the first Unconscious Bias Training is exciting and a very important step for you and your team. After all, it is often the first milestone on a company's Diversity & Inclusion journey. However, for the training to be effective, there are a few things you should consider beforehand. Because there is also a negative effect of...
System 1 and System 2 describe what happens in the brain when you make decisions. From a cognitive-psychological point of view, there is a lot going on. But do you think about whether you wash, brush your teeth and get dressed when you get up? Probably not, because it would take up an incredible amount of energy during the day if we...
The other day, a phrase in a job advertisement particularly caught my eye. In the last paragraph they emphasised that they were very interested in applications from diverse candidates. That's where I got stuck. Because: what is a diverse candidate anyway? Does that imply that there are non-diverse applicants and if so, what do they look like - far beyond the...
Many companies are moving to replace the term Diversity Management with Diversity & Inclusion (D&I). In Germany, too, the term D&I is now used almost exclusively. But is inclusion in German "Inklusion"? Do both terms mean the same thing? In German, the term "Inklusion" is mainly used in connection with people with disabilities. In the English-speaking...
Diversity is good for business. Not only from an ethical or legal point of view, but also from a financial one. I have already written here about why diversity is something for financial managers. And I think it is important to emphasise this again and again: because the financial argument takes diversity & inclusion (D&I) as a management principle out of the corner of "soft nice-to-have" ....
Meeting. Immediately, many different images probably pop into your head when you hear this word. From unproductive time-killing in stuffy rooms, to a short team update while standing up, to really result-oriented working together - the range is diverse and you have certainly experienced both the one and the other variants. But do you...
Everyone has them, even if no one wants them: unconscious prejudices. Here are six facts that will help you and your company. 1. 1. everyone, without exception, has unconscious biases. Our brain works in a resource-saving way. This means that for the majority of the day it falls back on already stored, learned patterns and associations. This happens unconsciously and quasi...
Anyone who feels addressed and is looking for a job sends in an application. Up to that point, it's a simple calculation. However, it usually doesn't even get that far: because many people don't feel addressed by job advertisements. There can be many reasons for this. For example, you only use photos of white men when you are looking for developers....