News & insights from compassorange

Outstanding: Dr. Philine Sandhu

Dr. Philine Sandhu is researching how more diversity can be introduced and maintained in management positions, executive boards and supervisory boards. More diversity promotes better risk management and better ESG performance in companies, she explains in the Berlin University of Science and Law podcast . Philine Sandhu was recently named one of the leading 100…

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Feminist leadership

Feminist foreign policy is discussed a lot, thanks in part to Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and author and activist Kristina Lunz, co-CEO of the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy. But feminist leadership? Feminist leadership does not describe women in leadership positions. It’s more about questioning common attitudes and translating feminist principles into forms of…

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Open workshop on “Studying with Disabilities”

A large part of the impairments of students are not visible. Eleven percent of students at German universities state that they have an impairment that makes their studies difficult. Of these, only four percent relate to movement restrictions. However, 53 percent have psychological impairments and 20 percent bring chronic somatic diseases with them. Restrictions that…

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Tracing Othering

We never tire of talking about the concept of othering. Because othering is omnipresent. In armed conflicts, such as the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and the rejection of “Western” values, in professional and in private contexts. We understand othering as an attitude and as a process in which a distinction is made between…

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Black (dis)abled Power

Our compassorange consultant Judy Gummich supports a project that we would like to draw attention to. Das Projekt heißt Afro-diasporische Communities und Behinderung (AdiCoBe) – Black (dis) abled Power. AdiCoBe aims to make visible people with African roots and disabilities as a particularly vulnerable group and in their individual life situations. This is because the…

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#Top100WomenforDiversity

Congratulations to all award winners for their great work, and especially to the compassorange consultant Dr. Philine Erfurt-Sandhu, who is at the forefront of anchoring diversity in management, executive boards and supervisory boards.   Photo: pexels-cottonbro-studio  

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11), we are reminding you how much has happened in recent years in terms of equality and how much room there is still for improvement. The statement of the Leopoldina 2022 provides an up-to-date overview and names levels of the necessary…

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Diversity-oriented and discrimination-critical recruitment

Anyone who wants to attract and retain PoCs as employees must deal with racism as a system, because racism from society has an impact on organizations. As a starting point, compassorange consultant Judy Gummich therefore recommends that organizations do not ask “are we racist?”, but “which racist structures are at work in our organization”? Unconscious…

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Study „Investors4Diversity“

Congratulations dr Philine Sandhu on the presentation of the second exciting study “Investors4Diversity” in the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ)! The new study sheds light on how many more investors have been demanding diversity in the top committees of German, listed companies in recent years, beyond the legal requirements,…

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Postmigrant Powerhouse – Diversifying Democracy

We congratulate! compassorange consultant Julia Sujin Noël (JSN) received a Landecker Democracy Fellowship for the Postmigrant Powerhouse concept and is supported in the implementation by Humanity in Action. Whether in politics and administration, in positions of economic power or other positions with social influence: in the existing structures in Germany there is a glaring lack…

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Entry into the new year

We wish you a good start into a successful new year! The commitment to diversity and anti-discrimination remains an important topic for us this year. We are glad to accompany an exciting event in the field right at the beginning of the year: a digital panel discussion with the vice presidents at the partner universities…

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Founder-friendly universities and colleges for Germany

Innogründerinnen: For the first time, the results of the research “Women-friendly universities and colleges for Germany” were presented in an expert hearing by Dr. Tanja Schmidt, INES Berlin presented on November 4th, 2022 in Berlin. Together with experts from science and start-up advice, potentials, supportive framework conditions and hurdles were discussed. In the next step,…

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Gender Diversity

Public universities as well as more and more organizations and companies are intensifying their work with regard to gender diversity. LGBTIQ+ sensitive networks are supported and competencies are built up. Here is a small selection of helpful questions: Do you already work with the aim of inclusively considering women, LBTQI+ and intersectionality? Do the language…

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Save the date: October 25, 2022 – Unconscious bias in companies. How prejudice affects careers.

On October 25, 2022, Patricia Redzewsky and Dr. Claudia Neusüß provide a digital interactive input on the topic: How do stereotypes and prejudices show up in everyday work and how do they influence professional development? How will recruiting and performance appraisal become inclusive, diverse and gender-focused? The organizer is Mission Female. Interested parties can register…

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Look! Current exhibition: Moving Times, Moving Spaces

Judy Gummich, a consultant at compassorange with a focus on diversity and inclusion, is involved in this wonderful, multifaceted and important exhibition. The text of the announcement sums it up: “Eight stories about racism, classism, lesbian and queer hostility, about exclusions in your own lesbian*, queer and BIPOC communities, about strategies to draw strength and…

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Too few East Germans in top positions

Far too few East Germans are in top positions, reflects Philine Sandhu, consultant at compassorange, in her new guest commentary in the Handelsblatt. In the focus of the structural causes: the personnel selection processes. That should change. Because not only the competitive skills of East Germans, but also their knowledge of crisis management offer important…

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Film Tips: Diversity in Hollywood

In our diversity work, we also use (moving) images time and again, or encourage people to look together in our swarm community from the perspective of diversity. dr Regine Schönenberg, senior consultant at compassorange and life design coach, commented on three films: “Don’t look up, The power of the Dog and Dune are the most…

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Leadership Journey at the Viadrina – executive program

In cooperation with the equal opportunities department of Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder, a management program for women will start in 2022 Key questions: Co-creation leadership: How can contemporary, diversity-oriented leadership look like and how can it succeed? What constitutes leadership competence? The program takes the form of a learning journey and lasts one…

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Action day: How much intimacy does art need?

Art is an important point of reference and a source of inspiration for compassorange – whether as a form of expression, intuitive access, space for reflection or as an opportunity to engage with society. The arts enable us to see the bigger picture. We can find new answers and broaden our perspectives on matters that…

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Digital warriors

Four women – on four continents – on their way to change the world – using social media. Digitisation is also changing civil society and the possibilities for (political) activism. For example, women who stand up for freedom of expression and equality are increasingly doing so digitally. On 24. September 2019, Claudia Neusüß, compass orange,…

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Movie tip: The Peanut Butter Falcon

Inclusion movie tip: The Penaut Butter Falcon tells the story of Zak, a young adult with Down Syndrome who aspires to become a famous wrestler. With this movie, Zack Gottsagen, an actor with Down syndrome, makes his Hollywood debut as a lead actor. Jonas Sippel from the inclusive Berlin theater RambaZamba dubbed the role. He…

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Diversity Charter

compass orange promotes diversity in companies and institutions. We have signed the “Diversity Charter” and maintain an organisational culture characterised by mutual respect and appreciation. We support the desire to create a climate of acceptance and mutual trust. That is why we make the implementation of the charter a subject of internal and external dialogue…

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Driving diversity

There are still a few places available for the seminar as part ofthe Master in Organisational Development at the Estonian Business School (EBS), also for non-graduates. Claudia Neusüß and Philine Sandhu lead 3 days through the entire range of diversity, equal opportunities issues and developing potential in organisations. How do we get to the bottom…

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Fair Share: Gender equality in times of Corona

In March 2020, the EU Commission presented its new equality strategy, then the Corona crisis hit. The pandemic and its consequences are affecting women particularly hard. What do these burdens and the observable re-traditionalisation of gender relations in the crisis imply for gender equality policy? On 17. June 2020, Dr. Claudia Neusüß from compass orange…

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Shaping diversity. In conversation with Peter Kronenberg

The German Diversity Day on May 26th 2020 was a welcome setting for us to promote young talent and practice transfer. For anyone who wants to learn more about the meaning- and self-conception of diversity speakers, trainers and consultants, there is an interview by Dr. Claudia Neusüß with Peter Kronenberg about his master’s thesis on…

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Unconscious bias – racism concerns us all

Racism has moved to the top of the agenda. Privileges on the one hand and social exclusion on the other are becoming more visible. Let’s take a close look – even where it hurts. Listen, question, learn and become active in the respective professional and private environment. What gives us hope is the increasing number…

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Design mentoring

We pilot, accompany and advise your mentoring programs for career development of (young) managers, in science, public institutions, institutions of development cooperation or in the private sector. As internal, external, reverse or cross mentoring. In English or German. Digital, hybrid or in presence. Gender equality and diversity issues are integrated into all individual formats as…

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