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#28 Male heroes for diversity - How to make a difference with Ali Mahlodji
Those of you who know me well will know that I’ve been on what feels like an eternal search for a role-model. It may even have been one...
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Mar 15, 20233 min read


#27 Tech Trailblazer - Flying the flag for women in IT with Sabine Scheunert
Sabine Scheunert’s big career breakthrough came when her son had just turned 1 and she got a call from Citroën, asking her if she wanted...
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Feb 22, 20232 min read


#26 Inclusion for all - building a world without barriers with Raúl Krauthausen
“After women, people with disability are the biggest minority.” D&I - diversity & inclusion - suddenly seems to be on everyone’s agenda....
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Feb 8, 20232 min read


#25 Flexible work for a more attractive workplace with Melanie Lauer
What if you could take an established business and transform it into exactly the kind of company that you would like to work in? As CEO...
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Jan 25, 20232 min read


#24 Re-entry post parental leave - get informed & know your rights with Sandra Runge
For many new parents, getting back to work after having a baby is the first - and biggest - hurdle to staying in a career. What can...
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Jan 12, 20233 min read


#23 Financial Literacy - time to check your piggy bank with Astrid Zehbe
Financial Literacy - time to check your piggy bank with Astrid Zehbe Although during your parental leave you’ll be focused on spending...
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Dec 14, 20222 min read


How parenting can make us better leaders
Last week, BurdaForward invited me to be their first ever guest at #CultureCocktail - a talk circle where it’s not so much about drinking...
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Dec 8, 20222 min read


Führen in Teilzeit: So wird deine Elternzeit zum Karrierebooster
🎧 Listen to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ricarda-engelmaier-so-wird-deine-elternzeit-zum-karrierebooster/id1...
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Dec 6, 20221 min read


#22 Rethinking hierarchy - how anyone can improve their work culture, with Rainer Höll
Leadership isn’t a position, it's a behaviour. And no matter where we are in our company's hierarchy, we can all change our behaviour,...
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Nov 30, 20222 min read


AOK Gesundes Unternehmen Magazin: Das Potential der Elternzeit
Seeing time out as an opportunity and making the most of parental leave & sabbaticals How we work is changing. For employers, that means...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read


#21 Pension Gap - questions to ask yourself before your parental leave, with Laura Gersch
Laura Gersch is a parent. She’s also CFO at Allianz Versicherungs-AG. So she knows first-hand that having a family and a career at the...
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Nov 16, 20222 min read


#20 Job Sharing - Driving Culture Change in Tandem with Dr. Nina Gillmann
Job sharing seems to be the ideal solution to combine career and family. So why do people still hesitate? Today, we speak to Dr. Nina...
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Nov 2, 20222 min read


#19 Demystifying the Glass Ceiling - how to push for actual change with Dr. Ingrid Hägele
Women in top leadership who have broken through that glass ceiling are great - but even if they’re inspirational role models for some,...
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Oct 19, 20222 min read


PersonalMagazin: Das Leck in der Talentpipeline Stopfen
This year, @MyCollective was featured in this special edition of @PersonalMagazin centred around #NewWork and #Agility. This issue looks...
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Oct 19, 20222 min read


#18 Career Relaunch - Getting Back to Work with Dr. Patricia Widmer
Getting back to business after years of child care is tricky! While we @MyCollective focus on new parents returning to their careers...
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Oct 5, 20221 min read


WirtschaftsWoche - does parenthood damage your career?
Did your career suffer when you became a parent? At MyCollective we are convinced it doesn’t need to - and this week, our approach was...
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Sep 30, 20221 min read


#17 How Cultures Shape Female Leadership with Bettina Al-Sadik Lowinski
During a stay in Shanghai Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik Lowinski, Master Certified coach, decided to do a PhD on how women rise to the top. The...
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Sep 21, 20222 min read


Unternehmenstransformation 2.0: Warum es sich lohnt, auf Eltern zu hören
Mums as New Work role models -- why listening to the parents in our teams makes for a better workplace for everyone: People with...
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Sep 15, 20221 min read


Zeit für Unternehmer: Female Entrepreneurs
The time to talk about diversity is over. Have a look at these entrepreneurs who actually live it and build a business with diversity at...
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Sep 5, 20221 min read


Die Elternzeit als Karrieresprung: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften
Seeing the beauty through the dust - a journey from India to Germany, and finding my superpower along the way ✨ It meant so much to me to...
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Jul 31, 20221 min read
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