gender diversirty

Time for (an inevitable) change – more women at the top in logistics

It’s International Women’s Day (IWD), and The Loadstar’s inbox and social media channels are full of stories of women in logistics.
“Let’s focus on one of ‘them’”, say companies excitedly, publishing an image of a female staff member in a hi-vis jacket, seeing a chance for marketing opportunities, a chance to jump on the bandwagon. (“We employ women! Even in the warehouse!”)
A gender-washing, if you will (or ‘pink it and shrink …

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Women can rise to the top, says Geodis’s Marie-Christine Lombard – ‘take risks’

Women need to exert more energy and effort and take more risks if they are to rise to the top in business, says Geodis CEO Marie-Christine Lombard.
At the Women’s Forum for Economy and Society this morning, Ms Lombard said she had faced hostility from colleagues as she rose to become a chief executive.
“I didn’t have a glass ceiling – quite clearly – but at 33, I was already number-two [at …

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Comment: Why gender diversity really matters in logistics

Does gender diversity really make business better?
I have to disappoint you. It has not yet been scientifically proven that there is a causality between gender diversity and performance. But still, we all know that diverse teams are better than homogeneous teams when it comes to performance in complex environments.
Causality and correlation are two different things
In two meta-studies, (Post and Byron, 2015 and Pletzer, Nikolova, Kedzior, and Voelpel (2015), 140 peer-reviewed …

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Boom! calls on supply chain professionals to help evaluate career prospects

Boom!, the cross-industry community of female supply chain professionals, is asking the industry – both men and women – to complete a survey on career progression.
The survey will examine career prospects and plans, as well as perspectives on equal opportunities in supply chain professions.
Boom! wants to poll practitioners, consultants and vendors to gain a grass root view on issues such as career obstacles and enablers, mentoring and leadership development and …

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WISTA: diversity is key to unlocking maritime sustainability

Splash24/7 has a great interview with Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, chief executive of Tototheo Maritime and president of WISTA. She provides useful, tangible support for companies looking to make a change and become more diverse, something “everybody benefits from”. But she also acknowledges the difficulties some companies have, often in knowing how to begin the journey. WISTA can help make those first steps, she explains – and those steps are vital. “It’s no longer business …

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Fiata’s new director general will be Dr Stéphane Graber

Fiata has appointed industry association leader Dr Stéphane Graber as its new director general. 
Dr Graber has been secretary general of the Swiss Trading and Shipping Association for the past seven years, and was also president of the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce for more than two years. 
“After an extensive recruitment process, it is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr Stéphane Graber as the new director general of Fiata who will take up his role in Geneva on …

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Firms can be better: there can be more gender diversity in logistics

When you ask logistics companies why they have so few senior (or even junior) female staff, you tend to get the same response: “Women don’t apply for jobs here. What can we do?” 
Well, the answer is not, in fact, ‘nothing’; many companies seem to think that a lack of applications means they don’t have to try.  
But a new white paper from Bis Henderson on gender diversity in logistics shows companies how …

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Logistics must attract a more diverse workforce, or lose out on ‘good minds’

Calls are increasing for the logistics sector to catch up with other industries in diversifying its workforce or face losing out on “good minds”.
Chief executive of Tototheo Maritime, Despina Panayiotu Theodosiou, told delegates at the Intermodal Europe conference in Rotterdam this week the industry needed to act fast.
“If we do not catch up on the way other industries are diversifying and bringing more women into the workplace, we will lose …

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