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The golden or the Baby-Bermuda Triangle? Balancing working models, care work & mental load

MyCollective Team

Apr 292 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...

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#40 Life hacks from our peers: the importance of Real World Role Models

MyCollective Team

Apr 212 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 -...

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Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier

Feb 52 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...

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Parental leave is still a career dealbreaker?

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...

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A very special edition of ‘Working Women’

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....

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HerCareer: Finding friends at the epicenter of gender diversity

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...

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Why they growth story is not enough & start-ups need more empathy

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...

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A conversation with TwentyThirty Magazine about the secret superpower of parents

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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,...

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Why everyone benefits when women take supervisory board positions

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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...

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#29 Balancing new work and face time - the importance of staying in touch with Tanja zu Waldeck

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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...

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#28 Male heroes for diversity - How to make a difference with Ali Mahlodji

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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...

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#27 Tech Trailblazer - Flying the flag for women in IT with Sabine Scheunert

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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...

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#25 Flexible work for a more attractive workplace with Melanie Lauer

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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...

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#24 Re-entry post parental leave - get informed & know your rights with Sandra Runge

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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...

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#22 Rethinking hierarchy - how anyone can improve their work culture, with Rainer Höll

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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,...

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AOK Gesundes Unternehmen Magazin: Das Potential der Elternzeit

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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...

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#21 Pension Gap - questions to ask yourself before your parental leave, with Laura Gersch

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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...

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PersonalMagazin: Das Leck in der Talentpipeline Stopfen

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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...

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#7 Double Diversity & Digital Transformation with Prof. Dr. Alexandra Borchardt

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:...

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