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Diversity : at the core of Diversity : at the core of our Strategyour StrategyThe IBM storyThe IBM story
Christian Dirkx,IBM Europe, Middle East, Africa
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355000, working in 75 countries, servicing 170
2400 in Belgium/Luxembourg– 26 % women
– 16 % female managers
– 30 nationalities
– 50 % university degrees of all kinds
Professional experts in– Business
– IT
– Sales
A Knowledge Company focusing on
– On Demand Workplace
– Teaming
– Communities
– NetworksDIVERSITY NETWORK GROUPS:
– Women Leadership Council– GLBT
Persons with Special Needs– Cultural Diversity
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The Opportunity
History suggests that a sustained period of growth is about to begin for the $1.4 trillion information technology industry. At the same time, new markets are opening up on its borders.
But the rewards will not be shared equally. As in the past, they will flow to those enterprises that can turn disruptive shifts to their clients’ advantage.
Our Business Model:
Innovation for the enterprise
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IBM Clients: The World of Business
And leading in the world’s rapidly emerging markets
Our Client Base
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Diverse and global: A tradition of progressive leadership
Our Workforce
1914 Hires the first employee with a disability, 76 years before the Americans with Disabilities Act
1924 IBM’s first black employee and first three women employees mark 25 years with the company
1944 Is the first company to support the United Negro College Fund
1953 IBM President Thomas J. Watson, Jr., publishes the company’s first equal opportunity policy letter — one year before the U.S. Supreme Court desegregates public schools
1976 Helps launch the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
1984 Adds sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination profile and establishes domestic partner benefits in 1996
1985 Pulls out of South Africa to exert economic pressure on the apartheid regime
2004 Ranks as one of the “Best Companies for Working Mothers” (US) for the 19th year in a row
2004 Organizes an EMEA-wide GLBT conference in London, UK
2006 Puts diverse, talented people forward as one of IBM’s main differentiatorsCAP 48 “Prix de l’Entreprise Citoyenne”
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Diversity: why we do itThe Five Challenges of a 21st-century Workforce
Vergrijzing, Ontgroening, Langer Werken
Agoria study : ICT industry in Belgium is looking for 13,000 people in the next coming year
UK: by 2010, <20% of full time UK workforce will becomprised of able-bodied white men below 45
EU: by 2030, 24 million workers aged 55 – 64
Globalisation
Female to male employment rates:Central and Eastern Europe 88.45 % 89.2 %EU before enlargement 54.9 % 73.0 %
IBM BeLux : substantial % of workforce reporting out of country
Work/Life Balance
11.4 percent of IBM BeLux workforce work part time
60 percent of IBM BeLux jobs are a form of flexible employment
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5 Mirroring Society
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Some concrete actions
MindsetTaking
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Employee Alliance for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Empowerment
SpeedMentoringSessions
Women MeanBusiness
GLBT Welcome drinkInternational GLBT
Conference, London, UK
PWD AwarenessPWD AwarenessEvent & CAP48 AwardEvent & CAP48 Award
““Prix de l’Entreprise Responsable”Prix de l’Entreprise Responsable”
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Incented Sabbatical
AITTWomen InBusiness
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Taking The Stage
A four-part video workshop Designed specifically for all women in IBM around the world Shows women how to achieve a strong leadership presence when
they speak in all situations – boardroom, meeting, conference, phone calls or anywhere else
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“Sneak Preview” of the first results of the GLBT Equality Survey
This information is preliminary – complete results & findings later this year
34% of surveyed companies do not have a written anti-discrimination policy but consider this as part of their ‘informal values’
50 % have a written anti-discrimination policy – about half explicitly ban discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation
only 5% have a formal group where GLBT issues are discussed, 73% don't see this appropriate/necessary
about everyone equally invites partners of GLBT or non-GLBT people to events
... there is mainly silence: 68% never communicates on GLBT equality