THREE STEPS TO BILINGUALSIM
1. TOP MANAGEMENT:
. alignment and commitment
. business case
2. BILINGUAL LEADERS:
. educating managers in gender bilingualism
. empowering women
3. SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES:
. maximising talent optimisation and market opportunities
“Recruiting and retaining talented women will take more than merely training women to perform better in a male environment. It will mean making business more attractive to women, so that they are inspired and motivated to stay.”
Jeremy Isaacs
CEO
Lehman Brothers Europe & Asia
quote and cartoon from Why Women Mean Business, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox & Alison Maitland, 2008
DIVERSITY - Rebalancing Gender
Executive Committee Presentation GALDERMA
“We at Galderma always found that gender balance is a natural thing and that it makes good business sense. It always did. Mrs. Avivah Wittenberg-Cox’s talk at Galderma was inspiring: it helped us bring a simple and focused perspective on how to achieve gender balance, faster and more effectively.”
Humberto ANTUNES
CEO
GALDERMA
SO 21st CENTURY
“The companies which succeed in the 21st century will be those that realise the full potential of women and make the necessary investments towards nurturing their talent.”
Samuel Di Piazza, Jr, CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers International