Dr Philine Sandhu, Mechthild Erpenbeck, Dr Wolfgang Looss, Daniela Möller, Dr Claudia Neusüß and Julia Persitzky believe that women’s perspectives on the work of supervisory boards consistently prove to be a valuable resource for more effective, modern supervision and board work. What do women experience in committees, and how do they position themselves? This article…
The round-table event “Equality on the Table” is still being talked about. Staff, researchers and guests gathered at the University of Kassel for a series of discussions to talk about the current state of gender equality at the university and the way forward. The focus was on the question: What is the current state of…
As a retired political scientist who has spent many years engaged in comparative research, particularly between North America and Europe, I am now driven by a desire to bring this knowledge and this type of research to socially engaged circles. My areas of interest range from the potential of local politics and social movements to…
Thank you for a year full of meaningful projects, inspiration and good conversations. To our customers and partners: Thank you for your trust and for allowing us to accompany you through important transformations and contribute to your successes. To our team: Thank you for your commitment and your ideas. A special highlight this year: our…
Artificial intelligence has long been part of decision-making processes in human resources, culture and organizational development – whether in recruiting, career development, communication or project management. As consultants and process facilitators, we ask what skills ( future skills ) are needed to use AI competently and effectively. But at least equally important: How can we…
At our last compassorange swarm evening, we met with experts and activists from civil society, political foundations, equality and diversity work, and the human rights context to discuss intersectional strategies for feminist perspectives and diversity. We thank all participants for the inspiring exchange and especially Dr. Ines Kappert, author, journalist and compassorange swarm partner, for…
You know that feeling? The day was intense, your head is full of ideas – and as soon as you go to bed, your thoughts keep whizzing along. High performers in leadership positions and excellence clusters, and not just those, tell us repeatedly in workshops and coaching sessions, that getting a good night’s sleep can…
Doubt as a driver of development in science and research Doubt is part of it – and that’s a good thing Anyone who works in science and research knows the feeling of doubt: Is my hypothesis sound? Are my results reliable? Am I good enough? Do I want to stay in the scientific system? Doubts…
Inspiring evening: The creators of the BeginenVilla as guests at the WeiberWirtschaft Great atmosphere, exciting conversations and lots of women power! Yesterday’s visit by the initiators of the BeginenVilla – an innovative women’s residential and cultural center in Cologne – to WeiberWirtschaft eG was a real enrichment. We had the opportunity to meet impressive women…
In the “Investors4Diversity” study series, BIGL, the Berlin Institute for Governance and Leadership, examines how institutional investors are promoting diversity on the supervisory boards of DAX and MDAX companies. The BIGL 2025 study shows that the quality of the guidelines of investor and proxy advisors on diversity has improved and the guidelines have been further…
Why Gender is Important in Research – and How It Benefits Us All In science and technology, there is increasing evidence that taking gender and different realities into account not only ensures greater justice, but also drives innovation. The concept of “Gendered Innovations” (Prof. Dr. Londa Schiebinger) aims to integrate gender and intersectionality into research…
Our managing directors Dr. Claudia Neusüß and Katrin Unger have started the compassorange learning journey on the topic of artificial intelligence. It kicked off with a trip to the Kurpfalz region to the pioneer laboratory “Organizational development meets artificial intelligence – practice-oriented perspectives on the future”, organized by isb Wiesloch. First impressions: Ambivalence – the…
A big thank you to our customers, partners and all our team consultants for their trust and commitment in 2024. We wish you a happy end to the year!
On November 11th and 12th, 2024, the specialist conference of the KOK – Federal Coordination Circle against Human Trafficking eV (KOK) took place in the ballroom of the Berlin City Mission. Dr. Claudia Neusüß from compassorange moderated the conference. The event marked the 25th anniversary of the KOK and brought together outstanding representatives of civil…
by Patricia Redzewsky Already in the early 2000s, remote leadership became increasingly important as a result of the changes brought about by globalization and digitalization. Faster internet connections and cloud technologies create the basis for cross-location collaboration, which is increasingly used by teams in internationally operating companies and organizations. Teleworking and mobile working models are…
Flexible Work: Opportunities and Challenges for Managers and Employees Flexible work is increasingly becoming the norm in our rapidly changing (working) world. Various models based on at least partially self-determined choices of working hours and locations have become established. Many employees, whether in management or other positions, put into practice different models of flexible work…
Many thanks to all participants of the compassorange learning workshop at Haus-am-See in Jeserig! The inspiring atmosphere and the open exchange enriched us. Thematic impulses on remote leadership, AI, peer consultation and creative exercises were our highlights. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the success: Bastian Bretthauer, Daphne Lucas, Hendrikje Brüning, Judy…
At the end of June, decision-makers from business, associations, civil society and science met in the compassorange office to discuss the topic of “circular economy”. Nora Schmidt-Kessler, General Manager of the Northeast Chemical Associations Dr. Marianne Kuhlmann, CEO & Co-Founder , Circularity Prof. Dr. Christa Liedtke , Head of Department of Sustainable Production and Consumption,…
There are still too many structures that hold women back from becoming entrepreneurs at universities. The project “Female Entrepreneur-Friendly Universities for Germany” of the nationwide female entrepreneur agency (bga), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, got to the bottom of this. Dr. Claudia Neusüß from compassorange has accompanied the project from the…
On the 12th German Diversity Day (#DDT24), an exciting series of events for managers at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on diversity-conscious and discrimination-critical leadership came to an end. Two big concepts that needed to be brought to life. The format was initiated with a kick-off, three thematic forums and conclusion by Dr. Maria Lau,…
Trust is a cornerstone for the functionality and success of organizations. Where teamwork and synergy are essential for innovation and problem solving, trust promotes smoother interactions and more effective communication . In an atmosphere of mutual trust, ideas are shared, problems are addressed at an early stage, calculated risks are taken more courageously, opportunity structures…
This is how Dr. Claudia Neusüß describes the atmosphere at the great SME conference and trade fair “500EntrepreneursPlus” in Ljubljana, Slovenia in April 2024, which was attended by over 600 female entrepreneurs this year. They came from Slovenia, Austria, Cyprus, Serbia and Germany to accept the invitation of the committed entrepreneur and networker Marta Turk…
In their pursuit of equality, diversity and competitiveness, organisations have recognized the importance of creating an environment that empowers female professionals. One effective tool is mentoring programmes specifically tailored to women. But not without challenges. Especially in larger, often internationally active organisations, it is important to ensure that the programme is accessible to women with…
This was one of the key questions of the “Learning Journey – Women in Leadership. Co-creation Leadership” (2022-23) at the European University Viadrina. Dr. Claudia Neusüß (program director), Bastian Bretthauer, Patricia Redzewsky from the compassprange team and our wonderful swarm partner Deborah Ruggieri accompanied the program with great joy. The concept explicitly focused on leadership…
We will meet on March 20, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in person in the conference area of WeiberWirtschaft eG in Berlin , together with Lukas Herrmann and moderated by Dr. Claudia Neusüß , to discuss ideas on Theory U and Embodiment (according to Otto Scharmer) and test out selectively. What potential does…
Pay equity stands for fairness and job satisfaction. The Gender Pay Gap (GPG) is unfair. It’s good that legislators are also constantly dealing with this in order to create a better normative framework. Around a year ago, the European Parliament and Council passed the Pay Transparency Directive 2023/970, which aims to further close the GPG…
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…
Here’s to a new year full of action. What we can do? Exchange ideas, pool skills, broaden perspectives. Overcome obstacles together. In good company. We look forward to working together and exchanging ideas with you this year! Let’s make change. “I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They’re really wonderful, but nothing…
Führungskräfte wollen die Kreativität, Diversität und Eigenständigkeit von Teammitgliedern und Mitarbeiter*innen unterstützen. Sie wollen Innovation und einen sichtbaren, nachhaltigen Wandel der Organisation ermöglichen. Gleichzeitig agieren sie häufig unter großem Zeit-, Effizienz- und Ergebnisdruck. Wie können Führungskräfte entscheiden, ohne gleichermaßen relevante Dimension zu vernachlässigen? Mit dem französischen Philosophen Jaques Derrida kommen wir hierbei nicht ohne Zweifel…
KITE II has gained momentum. The AI-supported application to be developed in the KITE project is intended to support female founders in becoming more resilient in dealing with discriminatory experiences in the start-up process. At the first advisory board meeting in an extended circle with the new project management by Nicola Marsden Lab for Social…
We are pleased to support the empowerment of Ukrainian women entrepreneurs and their market access to the European Union, even in times of the Russian war of aggression. Claudia Neusüß & Sabine Hübner from the compassorange team support the conception, speakers and implementation of the “Women in Business” event with giz / giz Ukraine .…
As an independent trainer, consultant, coach and process facilitator, I am primarily concerned with the question of how we can learn to interact constructively and benevolently with one another and how we can succeed in sustainably changing societal structures of inequality and discrimination. I am committed to a society in which connection and constructive cooperation…
The hybrid Career Days also met with great interest in 2023. The Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg organized the Career Days with partner institutions, including the German Research Foundation and the Female Scientist Network. The welcoming speech was given by Prof. Dr. Daniela Dieterich (Dean of the Medical Faculty, OVGU). Organization and inputs from Dr.…
Ukrainian businesswomen working in the export sector are welcomed to participate in the #WomenInBusinessInspirationalTalks on November 2, 2023. The talks take place to stimulate the empowerment of the sector’s businesswomen and their market access to the European Union, even in times of the Russian war of aggression. In collaboration with giz and giz Ukraine Claudia…
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…
In times of great upheaval and economic, ecological and political uncertainty, business decisions become a challenge. Because the contexts in which decisions have to be made are becoming increasingly complex. If we want or have to decide, we look for orientation. We try to apply rules. Here, rules do not only mean fixed instructions that…
In the 2nd expert hearing of the project “Female founders promote green business”, organized by bundesweite gründerinnenagentur (bga), women brought together their concentrated (practical) know-how about founding, digitization and sustainability. Because women are already rocking a lot in social enterprises, reports the German Entrepreneurship Monitor, but are underrepresented in the start-up scene. Senior consultant Katrin…
On July 1, 2023, Martha Büllesbach, Head of the Women’s and Equal Opportunities Policy/Organization Department of the DGB district of Bavaria, and Lida Andric-Geuder from her team invited trade unionists from DGB district and city associations to a summer retreat. Goal of the retreat: Strengthen the participation of women on a full-time and voluntary level,…
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…
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…
In May 2023, the event “Skilled crafts make things happen – Successes in development cooperation” was organized by the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) in cooperation with the Business Scouts for Development / giz and sequa gGmbH. Master craftsmen from different trades discussed with each other and with the BMZ about the successes and…
This year’s Anne Klein Women’s Prize went to Joumana Seif. The Syrian lawyer fights for human and women’s rights, for women’s participation and for the recognition of gender-based violence as a crime against humanity. dr Imme Scholz, board member of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, honored the award winner, Lotte Leicht, a lawyer specializing in international…
A discourse & networking event for female founders and angel investors. Expectations of politics, wishes and demands for a founder-friendly start – up ecosystem, among other things INES Analytics GmbH / Institute for Empirical Social and Economiccommunity research, dr Tanja Schmidt and Dr. Verena Tobsch , (strategic partner of compassorange), valupa GmbH, Ulrike Böttcher and…
Julia Sujin Noël (born 1981), new to the compassorange team, had the wonderful idea of arranging “blind dates” with consultants from the compassorange team and entering into a mutual exchange. First she had an appointment with Bastian Bretthauer (born 1966): J: Dear Bastian, on our blind date we want to talk about which views, opinions…
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…
Here is information about an exciting event from our network on 06.07. or on 07.07.2022 Grassroots movements and actors who have access to such groups and movements are addressed. From the announcement: “In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the wealthiest 10% hold about 60% of wealth, while half of the people have only 5% of wealth…
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…
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…
We would like to draw your attention to an impressive, poetic and touching book by the blogger and journalist Kübra Gümüşay entitled “Language and Being” . A book in which space is opened up so that “we can all (as) human beings exist on an equal footing in our complexity”. If you want to know…