Episode 73: Towards DE&I roles becoming obsolete: Saskia Schmaus Global Head of DE&I, Henkel

How HR Leaders Change the World

English - October 11, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 26.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 72: How your HR work delivers the E, the S, the G in ESG

Next Episode: Episode 74: Creating hope and stability through work: Orlagh Hunt, Chief People Officer, Yorkshire Building Society

Saskia describes Henkel’s drive for gender parity, discussing activities across the employee lifecycle that, working together with the whole business of over 50,000 colleagues, contribute to creating change.

Providing the examples of role modelling and influencing, Saskia discusses laying aside competitive behaviours, the power of working together and tips for best practice.

Saskia shares her long-term dream that so much positive change will see DE&I roles become obsolete, and her hope that constant dialogue progresses us towards this.

Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about:

[4:40] Achieving gender parity

[11:50] The impact of and best practice role modelling

[20:40] Healthcare initiatives and topics at work

[26:00] A dream that DE&I roles become obsolete; staying in dialogue to move towards that

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