Quote:  “There’s a lot that’s going to be thrown at you in your journey, and if you believe in what you’re doing and you’ve built resilience, the chances are higher that you’ll survive that.” #diversity #femaleleaders #leadership #thefemalefactor #D&I #gendergap Getting personal in part 2 of our finale, Tanja Sternbauer, co-founder and co-CEO of the female factor, shares the ups and downs of creating a business from scratch. She reveals her favorite moments and fails and speaks on building a remote team. Tanja also goes in depth about being a co-founder and the importance of evolving ..read more

Quote:  “Everyone told us: “There needs to be one who calls the shots and it’s not gonna work if it’s the two of you.” So everyone said “nope,” and we said “duh.” #diversity #femaleleaders #leadership #thefemalefactor #D&I #gendergap In part 1 of our finale, Tanja Sternbauer, co-founder and co-CEO of the female factor, talks about the path to making female leaders more visible. She shares the reasons behind the creation of the female factor and the pros and cons of co-founding a company together. Tanja discusses the future generation of leaders and how the female factor seeks to fost ..read more

Quote: "The team has to feel that you trust them. You grow when you delegate" #diversity #femaleleaders #leadership #OBB #D&I #gendergap In this episode, Sandra Gott-Karlbauer, the Managing Director at ÖBB Train Tech, talks about the importance of empathy and managing complexity when it comes to leadership. She shares her biggest challenges in leadership positions and how she overcomes them, while also shedding light on ÖBB’s initiatives to reduce the gender leadership gap and the progress she sees.. Sandra sheds some light on her leadership style and emphasises the importance of delegatio ..read more

Quote: "We develop durable skills because we believe that those skills would stay relevant for decades whereas lots of hard skills might get outdated" #diversity #femaleleaders #leadership #robowunderkind #D&I #gendergap In this episode, Anna Iarotska, the Co-founder & CEO of Robo Wunderkind, talks about her journey of building a global edtech company. She shares her superpower, which constantly helps her in an ever-changing world and market conditions. Anna also speaks about what inspired her to create an ed-tech company and ignited the spark of a female entrepreneur in her. The femal ..read more

Quote: “Passionate for people. Passionate for leading.” #diversity #femaleleaders #leadership #Miele #D&I #gendergap In this episode, Sandra Kolleth, Managing Director of Miele Austria, Slovenia & Croatia, talks about her career path from Xerox to Miele. She describes how she developed her "passion for sales" vision and replaced it with a "passion for people" as the biggest element of the communication process. Sandra highlights the biggest challenge in her transition from B2B to B2B2C and B2C sales. Sandra also explains how she decided to accept Miele’s offer and switch companies, aft ..read more

Quote: "You are not a leader until you create another leader." #diversity #femaleleaders #leadership #technology #womenintech #SAP #D&I #gendergap For the eighth episode of the leaders talk podcast, host Mahdis Gharaei is joined by Christina Wilfinger, the Managing Director of SAP Austria. Christina talks about how playing music as a child helped her discover not only her creative side, but also assists her in the tech industry now. She also shares her vision of leadership and points out how it’s different from management by metaphorically comparing these themes to playing football. Mahdis ..read more

Quote:  “One thing we can start with as women, is being nicer to each other and to support each other. We need to change the pictures in our heads first. How can we change the picture in men’s heads if we don’t change ours first?” “I think as leaders, we are not only there for targets but to support, motivate and empower our employees.” #diversity #femaleleaders #leadership #technology #finance #womeninfinance #Visa #D&I #gendergap In the sixth episode of the Leaders Talk podcast, host Mahdis Gharaei is joined by Stefanie Ahammer, the Country Director of Visa in Austria. Stefanie reve ..read more

Quote: "The media industry has the responsibility to showcase female role models. They have a tremendous responsibility and there is often a blind spot. We need to be mindful of mental health and support people to understand when to drop off because flexibility comes at a price. It comes with the fact that you’re always available." #diversity #femaleleaders #leadership #technology #femaleceo #Kununu #D&I #gendergap In this episode, Nina Zimmerman, CEO of Kununu reveals her superpower, her personal experiences becoming a CEO, both as a woman and a person of colour and the gamechangers there ..read more

Quote: diversity is so important, but it's never easy -  you have to work for diversity - by taking the time to go through this process, this makes us much fitter as a team and is a competitive advantage./ Diversity is not a women's topic. Diversity in all dimensions is an issue for us as a society. #femaleleaders #technology #femalesintech #diveristy #D&I #parenthood #businessdevelopment #Infineon #leadership Dr. Sabine Herlitschka, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Infineon Technologies Austria AG, openly shares her superpower, what leadership means to her and ..read more

Quote:  diversity is not only women and men / stay authentic and stay as you are and not as you think others should expect you to be #diversity #femaleleaders #leadership #mentoring #D&I #gendergap Christiane Noll, managing director of Avanade in Austria, shares why it is important for people to come first in every business, her perspective on the diversity aspect in teams and the flexibility in her leadership style. Going further, she discusses the progress regarding the number of females on executive level roles in Europe and DACH area, the role mentoring and networking played in he ..read more