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Dear Advance supporters,
Advance celebrates its first birthday this month! We are
delighted to share this anniversary with you and would
like to take the opportunity to thank you all for your incredible support.
Since Advance’s launch, its membership has tripled from
9 companies to 27. By joining the association, these
companies are signalizing their commitment to campaign
actively for a greater share of women in executive roles.
We‘re working together to kick-start change.
At the same time, we still have a long way to go and we definitely have many more ambitious projects and ideas on how
to reinforce our platform and our community. We look forward
to embarking on this journey with our member companies.
Simona Scarpaleggia,
Dr. Petra Jantzer
Country Manager, IKEA
Switzerland
Advance President
Principal, McKinsey & Company
Advance Vice President
Happy birthday, Advance!
Twelve months have already passed since Advance was
launched and almost 800 women have taken part in its events,
returning a recommendation rate of 100%.
The association’s wide range of workshops and events give
ambitious women the opportunity to develop their leadership
capabilities, gain access to role models, and network. “It’s not
the number of programs that’s important, but choosing the
right ones and ensuring they’re of a high quality,” says Petra
Jantzer, a McKinsey partner.
According to McKinsey’s report Women Matter, companies
with mixed leadership teams are way ahead of their competitors. It is therefore in the interests of the economy and society
as a whole that we harness the expertise of highly educated
women and support them to further develop their know-how.
Advance has set itself the ambitious target of having 120 member companies by 2018. Above all, it wants to reach out to
many more small and medium-sized enterprises. The emphasis in the coming year is also on transparency: Advance wants
to measure the success of its measures and the progress being achieved in its member companies.
We are delighted to welcome our new members.
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Advance in the press
“Frauen müssen lernen, sich mehr wertzuschätzen”
(Ladies Drive)
Interview with IKEA Switzerland CEO Simona Scarpaleggia
(Annabelle)
IKEA-Schweiz-CEO Simona Scarpaleggia über Leadership,
Kind und Karriere
Simona Scarpaleggia ist italienische Mamma – und erfolgreiche Businesslady – in einem. Die 51-Jährige ist fast schon
so etwas wie eine Superwoman (und ich meine das absolut
nicht ironisch!). Eine zum Anfassen, die – ganz Ikea-like – mit
jedem gleich auf Du und Du ist. Eine, die geniesst, dass sie
im schwedischen Möbelkonzern einen Arbeitgeber hat, der
ihr Kind und Karriere stets ermöglicht hat, sie ist jemand,
der sich nun selbst vehement für die Chancen gut gebildeter
Frauen einsetzt. Eine, die sich Zeit nimmt und gut zuhört.
Das können wir nach unserem Interview mit Fug und Recht
behaupten.
Sie ist die vielleicht entspannteste CEO der Welt – und kämpft
doch wie eine Löwin für die Anliegen der Frauen: Die Italienerin
Simona Scarpaleggia, oberste Chefin von Ikea Schweiz, über
romantische Betten, Manager-Mythen und Quoten.
To read more, visit the website: http://ladiesdrive.tv/portfolio/
frauen-mussen-lernen-sich-mehr-wertzuschatzen/
To read more, visit the website: http://www.annabelle.ch/leben/
karriere/simona-scarpaleggia-interview-ceo-ikea-schweiz-35109
The Advance team –
welcoming Claudia Solanes
In the coming months
From September 1, Advance has a new Office Manager.
Claudia Solanes is thrilled at the opportunity to be part of
the association, and shares its aim of cracking the code to
ensure more women in leadership positions in Switzerland.
Claudia attended the Law and the Human Science University in Barcelona, Spain, and after working in journalism and
consulting, she decided to take a master’s degree in International Relations and Cooperation. During her studies, she
discovered a passion for development and peace projects.
Claudia speaks Spanish, Catalan, English, German, and
French. She resides in Kilchberg, Zürich.
Martina Bender,
(McKinsey & Company)
General Management and
Strategic Development
Claudia Solanes,
(Advance)
Office Management
We are delighted to announce the following workshops and
events in the next months.
On  October 31, those participating in the Presence and
Impact Workshop will acquire the skills and behaviors needed to ensure every interaction has an impact on the audience. This workshop will be held in German.
The next role model event will be hosted by McKinsey &
Company on  November 13. Gina Domanig, Managing
Partner at Emerald Technology Ventures, will give an inspirational fireside talk.
The Influencing Workshop on  November 19 aims to explore the style and engagement aspects of communication
and leadership.
The next CEO apéro will take place on  November 20. It
aims to foster discussion of gender diversity and beyond
amongst peers, inform top leadership about our association’s
achievements and strategic outlook, and inspire them to commit to our future objectives. We will also have a fantastic keynote speaker on the topic of unconscious biases and how to
tackle these within organizations.
And finally the FUEL (Fuel your Energy Level) Workshop
on  December 2 will focus on optimizing energy – our most
important resource.
Do you want to become part of a
shared vision?
Dagmar Faessler-Zumstein,
(McKinsey & Company)
PR and Communication
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