top of page
MyCollective Team
Apr 29, 20242 min read
The golden or the Baby-Bermuda Triangle? Balancing working models, care work & mental load
We cover topics at the intersection of parenting and careers, but keep coming back to what we call the “golden triangle” - that perfect...
8 views0 comments
MyCollective Team
Apr 21, 20242 min read
#40 Life hacks from our peers: the importance of Real World Role Models
We’ve been running Real World Role Models sessions at MyCollective for over two years now, and it’s one of my favourite formats -...
7 views0 comments
Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Feb 5, 20242 min read
Paternity Leave = free brain training programme for dads
We talk a lot about all the leadership skills that we hone as we parent our kids - but as the research published in a recent Harvard...
11 views0 comments
Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Dec 13, 20231 min read
Parental leave is still a career dealbreaker?
This is crazy, We just can’t afford to keep losing parents in the workplace when skilled labour is already so scarce. These figures were...
14 views0 comments
Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Nov 30, 20231 min read
A very special edition of ‘Working Women’
This is the last issue of what for us has been an iconic magazine to hit newsstands before Emotion Verlag hands over to its new owners....
24 views0 comments
Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Nov 13, 20231 min read
HerCareer: Finding friends at the epicenter of gender diversity
It was so much fun to be back at herCAREER last week — it’s so much more than the careers fair that it’s billed to be, thanks to...
14 views0 comments
Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Sep 20, 20232 min read
Why they growth story is not enough & start-ups need more empathy
It’s the Bits & Pretzels founders festival in Munich the next days and with 5,000 founders, investors, and industry leaders coming...
7 views0 comments
info017594
May 25, 20232 min read
A conversation with TwentyThirty Magazine about the secret superpower of parents
You all know that I believe that parents can change the world ✊ The experience of parenting makes us great managers, delegators, empaths,...
21 views0 comments
info017594
May 17, 20232 min read
Why everyone benefits when women take supervisory board positions
I recently spoke with two fantastic Supervisory Board Members – Ann-Kristin Achleitner and Manuela Rousseau – to ask them if there’s a...
51 views0 comments
info017594
Mar 29, 20232 min read
#29 Balancing new work and face time - the importance of staying in touch with Tanja zu Waldeck
Tanja Dr. Prinzessin zu Waldeck turned her sitting room into an office just after she had her first baby - she used the space for her...
23 views0 comments
info017594
Mar 15, 20233 min read
#28 Male heroes for diversity - How to make a difference with Ali Mahlodji
Those of you who know me well will know that I’ve been on what feels like an eternal search for a role-model. It may even have been one...
22 views0 comments
info017594
Feb 22, 20232 min read
#27 Tech Trailblazer - Flying the flag for women in IT with Sabine Scheunert
Sabine Scheunert’s big career breakthrough came when her son had just turned 1 and she got a call from Citroën, asking her if she wanted...
27 views0 comments
info017594
Jan 25, 20232 min read
#25 Flexible work for a more attractive workplace with Melanie Lauer
What if you could take an established business and transform it into exactly the kind of company that you would like to work in? As CEO...
24 views0 comments
info017594
Jan 12, 20233 min read
#24 Re-entry post parental leave - get informed & know your rights with Sandra Runge
For many new parents, getting back to work after having a baby is the first - and biggest - hurdle to staying in a career. What can...
24 views0 comments
info017594
Nov 30, 20222 min read
#22 Rethinking hierarchy - how anyone can improve their work culture, with Rainer Höll
Leadership isn’t a position, it's a behaviour. And no matter where we are in our company's hierarchy, we can all change our behaviour,...
11 views0 comments
info017594
Nov 23, 20221 min read
AOK Gesundes Unternehmen Magazin: Das Potential der Elternzeit
Seeing time out as an opportunity and making the most of parental leave & sabbaticals How we work is changing. For employers, that means...
25 views0 comments
info017594
Nov 16, 20222 min read
#21 Pension Gap - questions to ask yourself before your parental leave, with Laura Gersch
Laura Gersch is a parent. She’s also CFO at Allianz Versicherungs-AG. So she knows first-hand that having a family and a career at the...
33 views0 comments
info017594
Oct 19, 20222 min read
PersonalMagazin: Das Leck in der Talentpipeline Stopfen
This year, @MyCollective was featured in this special edition of @PersonalMagazin centred around #NewWork and #Agility. This issue looks...
23 views0 comments
Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Mar 23, 20221 min read
#7 Double Diversity & Digital Transformation with Prof. Dr. Alexandra Borchardt
🎧Listen & follow to our new podcast with Alexandra here and get inspired! 👉Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ezTz4-c8 👉 Youtube:...
26 views0 comments
bottom of page