Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·PinnedMember-only“Diversity slows us down!” –“We are only hiring the best!”“We don’t have a problem with gender diversity!”, “There are not many women out there, who would apply!” Excuses! Excuses! Excuses! I have asked 111 companies about how their company culture within the last 1.5 years and some of them I asked about their diversity and inclusion. …Gender Equality13 min readGender Equality13 min read
PinnedMember-onlyHow To Overcome Biases — Evaluating Your EmployeesWe are full of biases and often we measure performance wrong if we measure it. I’d like to tell you about my discussion with a teacher where we saw similarities within evaluating students and employees. This writing might be equally useful for leaders in the wild business as well as…Gender Equality10 min readGender Equality10 min read
Jun 12, 2022Member-onlyLeadership skills you need after Covid19I want to write this one because various people have approached me with the same question: How do I make my people more engaged in the product or project? How do I engage my team more? I won’t reinvent the wheel, because people have been thinking about that already and…Leadership9 min readLeadership9 min read
Mar 8, 2022Introducing Belsy — Inspiring Women In Tech“I had a manager who was an Asian woman. When asked for advice on a pitch to get support for internally, she told me to set the right tone, she said: ‘What would a white male person do?’ It was just so mind-blowing!” We celebrate international women’s day. 🥳 So…Womens Day11 min readWomens Day11 min read
Mar 7, 2022Member-onlyDiversity Interview Questions to ask a company“I’m finding that a lot of relatively ‘simple’ questions just yield a fairly standard answer (‘blah, blah, we value diversity, blah blah’)”. — Ho Yan Leung Let’s tackle that! I have asked the community on LinkedIn and Twitter and here I thank everyone who contributed to this beautiful collection. 🙏🏻…Women Who Code12 min readWomen Who Code12 min read
Feb 21, 2022Member-onlyHow To Increase Diversity In Your CompanyAssuming that women and men are almost equally distributed, in tech we have comparably very few women. But it doesn’t mean, that we should reduce the number of women to zero. We only hire the best and we don’t want to create any positive discrimination. Do you really think you hire only the best? If you rely only on…Diversity6 min readDiversity6 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·May 28, 2021Member-onlyThis Year Will Be The Year Of Remote WorkingCompanies have changed to working remotely and many of them will do so after the pandemic. But how do you maintain a good relationship with your employees? The biggest question right now is how to adapt to the new remote situation. We all have been surprised by how fast we…Remote Work10 min readRemote Work10 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·May 24, 2021Member-onlyWarning Flags That Make You Want To Quit The JobHave you ever wondered about your colleague’s reaction? It just came out of the blue and you don’t know why your peer is reacting like that. You may find this behavior odd and strange and you can not even partially confirm what your colleague says about you. There are certain…Psychology14 min readPsychology14 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·May 22, 2021Member-onlyUnconscious Bias: Where Does It Come From?Everybody comes with their own island of wisdom and knowledge they have gathered throughout their years. It contains what we know about science, people, religion, gender, and culture, and how we see them. What Is Unconsciousness? The term unconsciousness was first found in the 18th century and defined by the German Romantic philosopher…Unconscious Bias6 min readUnconscious Bias6 min read
May 20, 2021Member-onlyThree Important Tips You Should Know To Hire DiverseFrom creating a job description to the interview and the onboarding process, diverse hiring seems difficult for most tech companies. Let me give you some tips I have collected to guide the male-dominated environment in a diverse direction. Let’s get one thing straight. Diverse does not mean that women only…Leadership9 min readLeadership9 min read
