INTERNATIONAL HRD SQUARE 2022
OUR KEY PATHS FOR 2022
Top Speaker of the day: Marco Antonelli | EULER HERMES, ALLIANZ GROUP
Panellists:
Johanna Medlege | EULER HERMES, ALLIANZ GROUP MIDDLE EAST
Kristin Engvig | WIN
Olga Barroso | EUROP ASSISTANCE
Monica Hernandez Alarcon | GENERAL MOTORS
Mara Zavagno | KONECRANES
Busi Sizani | DELIVEROO
Nauvalia Octora | PRYSMIAN GROUP
Marco Antonelli
EULER HERMES, ALLIANZ GROUP
KEY POINTS
Culture change is absolutely needed
Policies and procedures are not enough, it's a matter of commitment from the top leadership
Commit to put in place some action in order to increase the gender presentation
We obtained the EDGE Certification for Gender Equality, and we are committed to improve the KPIs
We need to promote career opportunities
Johanna Medlege
EULER HERMES, ALLIANZ GROUP MIDDLE EAST
KEY POINTS
KPIs are really important
In Euler Hermes Middle East we have achieved many KPIs which are a basis to start from
I try to shift the mindset and challenge line managers
Sometimes the requirements can be restrictive
As an organization we adapt, and we look at benefits apart from the local law
We challenge our team
Kristin Engvig
WIN
KEYPOINTS
Culture is made and influenced by individuals
Celebrate authenticity
We can stretch our mind to embrace diversity
We have to be aware of our own biases
We can all educate ourselves on biases and talk to people who are different, intentionally
Olga Barroso
EUROP ASSISTANCE
KEYPOINTS
Difference between equality and equity
In Spain, we have local requirements concerning diversity and also a global strategy concerning Europ Assistance
Building actions to make people be aware of the need for diversity in the workplace and in our life
Monica Hernandez Alarcon
GENERAL MOTORS
KEY POINTS
We assign mentors to our female talent
The Power of network and relationships
We have top leaders sharing their experiences
We have a program for female talent ready to become executives
We tend as leaders to guess why they don't get the senior position
Mara Zavagno
KONECRANES
KEY POINTS
We start from being aware of the issue
If you are not intentionally inclusive, you are exclusive
We put a target in the STEM area to create a baseline
If you want to impact you need to start even before university
We created programs to create role models
Busi Sizani
DELIVEROO
KEY POINTS
For us this is a business priority
It's not helpful to isolate gender and this gender equality only refers to white binary women
We have a gender equality committee
They came up with our female development program
We have an inclusive marketplace approach
One challenge we are facing is shifting from attracting talent to earn an unfair share of female talent
Nauvalia Octora
PRYSMIAN GROUP
KEY POINTS
Our strategy is linked to the SDGs
We started the Inclusion Week engaging diverse employees
We are having challenges to recruit female engineers