Lawyer Anahita Thoms, boss Maria Zesch, entrepreneur Tijen Onaran, board member Britta Bomhard, banker Elisabeth Stheeman, lawyer Marion Welp, boss Mirka Wilderer (from top left to bottom right).
Dusseldorf Are you a man? Then imagine someone tipping you to change their hairstyle or voice to get ahead at the job. Strange isn’t it? Are you a woman? Then you may already be familiar with such “advice”.
For example, a couple of companions at dinner actually suggested to top manager Britta Bomhard that they should grow a page head in order to come across as more feminine. The lawyer Marion Welp, on the other hand, advised business coaches in a seminar the diametrical opposite: copy men, sit down with their legs apart, voice down. “Yes, what now?” Is what you – and especially women – want to ask out loud.
The share of women on Dax boards is currently 18.2 percent. Even if female new recruits at top level have recently increased disproportionately, Germany is still lagging behind internationally. Smaller ascents are often prevented or made more difficult – through pointed comments, contradicting announcements or supposedly well-intentioned tips, as in the cases described.
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