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“Each of our welcome mentoring sessions is a chance to make our department even more attractive.”
Carola Marx is Head of Investment Operations EMEA at DWS in Frankfurt. She has introduced a special form of mentoring within the COO area that can also be described as reverse mentoring. With this format, she invites all new joiners in the COO division to connect with one another, giving them a...

Takeaways from Janina Kugel, former Labor Director and member of the Executive Board at Siemens
Janina Kugel is likely one of the most visible female managers in Germany. She first worked as Chief Human Resources Officer for Osram, a Siemens subsidiary. In 2013, the then CEO Josef Käser (Joe Kaeser) brought her to Siemens and put her in charge of personnel strategy and leadership developme...

Many women only network when they have time.
Corinna Valentine is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Managing Director at the payment service provider PAYONE. We talk to her about why visibility at work matters and what we can do to increase it. Seit Oktober 2024 ist Corinna Valentine Finanzchefin (CFO) und Geschäftsführerin beim Zahlungsdi...

Book Review: Mach’s richtig oder lass es bleiben!
Book review of Jessica Lackner and Natalia Wiechowski’s book “Mach’s richtig oder lass es bleiben! Mehr Sichtbarkeit im Social-Media-Dschungel - die Erfolgsstrategie für dein Business” (Do It Right or Don’t Do It at All! More Visibility in the Social Media Jungle - The Success Strategy for Your...

How 401(k) Plans Work in the U.S.
People often talk about 401(k) plans in the U.S., but few know exactly how they work. We speak with Christof Quiring, who heads the corporate pension business at Fidelity International Germany. He explains how 401(k) plans operate in the U.S. - and why they often deliver better outcomes than com...