30. June 2022

The limits of self-optimisation: Do we need other structures?

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Article

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Best practice Diversity management Gender Intelligence Report Leader Leadership Promotion Talent management Woman Women in leadership positions

This article is also available in German.

Women run into burnout more often than men with self-optimisation efforts. Why is this so? And how can we optimise organisational structures and cultures to fit more than just the "ideal worker"?

The article was published in Ladies Drive magazine No. 58 (2022). Original in German.

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21. June 2022

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Prof. Dr. Gudrun Sander

Prof. Dr. Gudrun Sander is titular professor of business administration with a special focus on diversity management, director of the Competence Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, and co-director of the Research Institute for International Management. She researches diversity and inclusion issues from the perspectives of strategy, leadership and corporate culture, leads the national diversity benchmarking and is an academic expert in various international and national committees.

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