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Beware of the paradox of meritocracy
Article 20/02/12 In an interesting article on the theglasshammer.com Curt Rice explains why it is important to base gender diversity programmes on knowledge instead of ideas and anecdotes. If you think gen
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Mijntje Lückerath: Towards a balanced composition?
Mijntje Lückerath-Rovers
Column 12/07/10 Will Dutch corporates manage to have 30 percent women in their executive and supervisory boards without government interference such as quotas? Dr Mijntje Luckerath-Rovers rev
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Video 10/10/11 An Inspirational Journey. This film seeks to inspire the corporate world to change the current situation of the under representation of skilled women at the top of the corporate market. &
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Diversity 05/09/09 IBM has a long history of commitment to Diversity and has consistently taken the lead on Diversity policies long before it was required by law.
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Why brainstorming doesn’t work
Margaret Heffernan
Column 13/06/10 Brainstorming sessions are meant to be productive. Yet, more often than not we leave the meeting drained, depressed and demotivated.
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We proudly present: Groundbreakers
Proudly 07/09/09 We strongly believe in the power of women’s leadership, not only within our own organization, but also in our communities – the world we live in. The Ernst & Young Grou
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Employee 2.0 versus previous generations
Yonda Poslavsky
Column 07/05/10 Marjolein wanted to work part-time, but has decided against it after elder colleagues gave her ‘the ins and outs on how hard their generation fought to be accepted in the workforce
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Leading by example: The Role Model Effect
Article 13/02/12 A new study co-authored by MIT economist Esther Duflo, shows that the increased presence of local female political leaders in India has had a marked impact on adolescents and their families, raising t
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Diversity – as diverse as our customers and products
Diversity 05/09/09 Diversity is crucial to our success. As a truly global business Unilever aims to attract the best talent – from every gender, nationality and creed.
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Proudly 05/09/09 IBM has long recognised the important contribution women make to the company. It hired women as system services professionals back in 1935 and named its first female vice-president in 1943. It has bee
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Corporate talent programs fall short
Article 06/02/12 Despite a new wave of uncertainty, many leading companies are pressing forward and reshaping their talent strategies. Many executives foresee leadership shortages in the year ahead and are looking at
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Diversity 05/09/09 We are convinced that a balanced mix of female and male skills contributes towards our firm’s success.
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Proudly 05/09/09 How to get more women at the top: create a business atmosphere that allows everyone to show the best they can do. A bit obvious? Or is it easier said than done?Carola van den Bruinhorst about ca
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Black and white or shades of grey? Decide!
Article 19/01/12 An experiment by researchers at the University of Warwick has found evidence that men tend to make black-or-white judgements when women are more prone to see shades of grey in choices and decisions. T
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Diversity 05/09/09 KPN still has a long way to go as far as female participation is concerned. An ambitious diversity policy is therefore under construction since this year. The driving force behind it is Marion Koopman
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Inspiration session for top women at KPN:
Proudly 05/09/09 At the invitation by Marion Koopman, 30 KPN women attended an inspiration session on Thursday afternoon, 11 June. For more than six months now, Marion has carried
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What to do if you are a 'token woman' on the board?
Article 19/01/12 One woman on the board is a token, two is a minority; three means you are really getting there. We don’t want to be token woman…but what to you do if you realize you were only hired
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Diversity 05/09/09 Dutch surveys give Shell high marks as employer for female professionals and parents
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Diversity & Inclusion in practice: business creation
Proudly 04/09/09 “Creating a new product demands insight, imagination and knowledge. Creating a new market and a new business demands all that and more – to dare to ask ‘stupid&r
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Working moms feel guilty, stay-at-home moms too
Article 28/11/11 The Working Mother Research Institute recently completed a new survey examining what women are choosing when it comes to work and life. And, crucially, why? One of the more surprising results is that
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Rabobank becomes increasingly more diverse
Diversity 04/09/09 Rabobank focuses on respect, integrity, professionalism and sustainability. The bank is committed to being a true reflection of its markets and fields of operation at all echelons
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Etnische Zakenvrouw & Vrouwelijke Manager 2011 gekozen
Article 17/10/11 Op 8 oktober jl. is tijdens het gala diner van de Businessclub Etnische Zaken Vrouwen Nederland ( EZVN ) in het World Trade Center te Rotterdam Sherida Sumter, apotheker en eigenaar van Bu
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Diversity 04/09/09 One of Randstad’s major goals is to find and retain talent. We are not bound by race, gender, cultural background, religion, preferences or physical appearance. Female talent is one of the group
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Social support: giving more important than receiving
Article 16/08/11 The greatest metric for predicting job satisfaction and engagement is the social support perceived by the employee. And job satisfaction and engagement directly correlate with productivity. So the bes
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Diversity 04/09/09 As we are a global firm, Diversity and Inclusiveness (D&I) is one of Ernst & Young’s top priorities.
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Vrouwen in mannenteams minder gelukkig
Article 09/08/11 Er is nauwelijks wetenschappelijke kennis over het verband tussen een afwijkende beroepskeuze in typische mannen- en vrouwenberoepen en hoe tevreden iemand zich met zijn leven voelt. Samantha van den
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Working fathers struggle with the juggle
Article 09/08/11 A recent report by A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center, a national legal advocacy organization, revealed that nearly 85 percent of fathers feel pressure to be both a financial provider
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You might want to name your daughter Deborah to help her with her career
Article 25/07/11 Are some names more successful than others? Yes they are. Top 5 names for female CEO’s are Deborah, Sally, Debra, Cynthia and Carolyn. The cold, hard data to prove it come from LinkedIn. Monica
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What Makes a Team Smarter? Not more IQ but more Women!
Article 18/07/11 There’s little correlation between a group’s collective intelligence and the IQs of its individual members. But if a group includes more women, its collective intelligence rises. Professor
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Board Diversity Slipping: is it time to name and shame?
Article 24/05/11 Released last week, the 2010 Alliance for Board Diversity Census revealed some discouraging news. Despite the best efforts of outspoken org
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What is wrong with companies that fail to attract women?
Article 25/04/11 The question for this century is not “What is wrong with women? It is “What is wrong with companies that fail to attract, retain, and promote the majority of today’s educated talent
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Bedrijven scoren beter met vrouwen
Article 21/03/11 Voor de meeste LEAPvrouwen zal dit geen verrassing zijn: gemengde teams boeken meer omzet, winst en winst per aandeel. Dit is nu ook wetenschappelijk gestaafd.
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Designerjurk in de uitverkoop? Je achternaam bepaalt!
Article 14/02/11 Designerjurk in de uitverkoop? Je achternaam bepaalt of je hem te pakken krijgt. Heet je Abels? Dan heb je minder kans op het bemachtigen van een product of dienst waarvoor
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‘Find your stakeholders and your enemies’
Article 09/09/10 New ways of communicating and collaborating challenge us to rethink the current ones. Liselore Ammerlaan-van Rijn, IBM&r
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Karin Jironet: academic, spiritualist, leader
Article 27/05/10 The LEAP self-leadership event on 15 June – Get energised by the leader in you! - is approaching. Time for some sneak previews of the speakers. First off: Karin Jironet, who
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Success factors of innovative networks
Article 20/05/10 An initiator, contacts outside the organisation and an absolute minimum of consultations. That’s about all you need to solve hard-hitting organisation problems. Says Tjip de Jong in his
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European employees: ‘management are fraudsters’
Article 14/05/10 More than half of the European employees expect corporate fraud to increase over the next few years. And 42 percent say the senior ranks pose the biggest threat of fraud, reveals Ernst &a
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Activating the future by building ‘Brand Me’
Article 08/05/10 The output generated at the LEAP leadership event in March shows that we need a distinctively different next generation business model if women are to lead the way. ELP’s Brand Me
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Creating the leadership landscape
Article 08/05/10 At the LEAP Leadership event powered by Philips, on 4 March keynote speaker
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Have a dark chocolate, for science’s sake
Article 07/05/10 Eating 50 grams of dark chocolate that’s delivered to your home every day for eight weeks –all in the name of science. This research by Queen's University Belfast sounds like
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Article 08/03/10 As we celebrate this 100th International Women’s Day, LEAP has a special reason to be in a celebrating mood: the
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Knowledge sharing is a competition
Article 22/01/10 Why do multinational companies (MNC) act upon a certain idea while they don’t even notice another? Simply put, it’s a popularity contest, according to a study titled
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TeleConnect: Owning Your Desires
Article 22/01/10 On Tuesday January 12 a group of women joined in a Leap-Tiara 45 minutes teleconnect to kick off on a miraculous 2010.
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