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Allianz SE and ICUnet.Group awarded for innovative strength
Allianz SE and ICUnet.Group jointly receive the “Winner” award at the German Innovation Award 2022 “And the winner is Allianz SE & ICUnet.Group,” was the verdict at the German Innovation Award 2022 awards ceremony in Berlin on 24 May 2022. The prestigious award honours companies for cross-industry products and outstanding innovation achievements that advance the industry through their originality, implementation and effectiveness. The jury had evaluated around 700 submissions from German and...
Veröffentlicht am 25. May 2022
What does a Head of Digital Learning actually do?“
This time with Todd Wehrkamp at ICUnet.Group in Berlin since 2016 and as head of digital learning since 2020. ICUnet: Please describe in a few sentences what the core task of your job is? My job is a mix of product owner, project manager, sales, and marketing. It’s my job to find out what customers need in terms of digital content and how it fits within their Learning & Development strategy, then create products that deliver on those needs. I do a lot of communicating between customers and...
Veröffentlicht am 04. May 2022
„What does a Business Consultant actually do?“
This time with Dr. Matthias Liehr, International and Intercultural Business Consultant at ICUnet Group in Munich since 2015. ICUnet: Please describe in a few sentences what the core task of your job is? „Iconduct seminars dealing with intercultural cooperation. The participants usually work on an international level for companies or institutions, they must communicate with teams and project partners all over the world, conduct meetings, create motivation, meet their deadlines, etc. They must...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Mar 2022
International Women’s Day – Male Allies support women
Today is International Women’s Day and we women in the ICUnet.Group want to use this opportunity to celebrate the day with our male allies . There is a strong sense of gender equality throughout our company and our male allies are right there with us making this even stronger when – and however they can. We thank them for that and never get tired in our common pursuit to gain full gender equality. Our male allies have this to say: Gender diversity is a men’s issue! It’s not about „us“ and...
Veröffentlicht am 08. Mar 2022
Our new category „What does a Relocation & Immigration Manager actually do?"
We are pleased to introduce you to some of the ICUnet’s services in our new category „What does a…actually do?“ This time with Katharina Klüber, Relocation & Immigration Manager at ICUnet Group in Vienna since 2021. ICUnet: Please describe in a few sentences what the core task of your job is? KK: I support employees who are sent abroad or recruited internationally (foreign local hires) in their immigration to Austria. I am in daily contact with people of various nationalities – from Australia...
Veröffentlicht am 01. Mar 2022
Have you ever heard of the proximity bias?
Proximity bias describes our unconscious tendency to prefer people or things that are closer to us in time and space. In this way, proximity bias can have a major effect on our workplace culture. One example: While some employees have already returned to the office after several Covid-Lockdowns, others are still in the home office and thus potentially further away from each other and the team leaders. The proximity bias shows its ugly face when team leaders then believe that on-site employees...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Feb 2022
Male Allyship – a key to Gender Balance
Gender Balance is a critical factor for business success. According to McKinsey&Company, companies with more than 30% women on their executive teams are significantly more likely to outperform those with less women. Unfortunately, we still have a long way to go: It will take 267 more years to close the gender gap in economic participation and opportunity if we keep up the current rate of progress (Global Gender Gap Report 2021 World Economic Forum). Fortunately, we are all able to make a...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Feb 2022
Women in top management positions? The French way!
According to a short research report about global mobility, 54% of all C-levels within French companies have been abroad at least once. The share of female executives is 40%, an above-average value in an intercultural comparison! Are you interested in more detailed information about this research reports? Feel free to contact us, we are looking forward to hear from you! Or would you like to share your personal experiences with us? Then join the dialogue on our LinkedIn channel.
Veröffentlicht am 21. Feb 2022
Welcome on board! - New employees at ICUnet
From trainees to permanent employees! We warmly congratulate Marina Dersch and Manisha Lehfehldt on successfully completing their apprenticeship and are delighted to welcome them as permanent employees! Both will be supporting our Global Mobility Team in the future. We wish you all the best for your future tasks within ICUnet! (All participants were tested on the day of the event)
Veröffentlicht am 18. Jan 2022
ICUnet at the Diversity Conference of the Charta der Vielfalt e.V.
On November 11 and 12, we had the opportunity to participate in this year's Diversity Conference of the Charta der Vielfalt e.V. Thank you for two exciting days of learning, listening, discussing and laughing together! We were particularly inspired by the Masterclass: "Language as Ally: Daring more diversity in internal communication". Dr. Katharina Schiederig and Dr. Endora Comer-Arldt showed very impressively how they have made their internal communication at Merck KGaA more inclusive in...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Nov 2021
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