Women Rise We All Thrive
At Schneider Electric, we believe that both men and women are critical to achieving gender equality and promoting women’s empowerment. We commit to act as an “agent of change” and build a better world where gender diversity, equality and inclusion are real. In this podcast series, you will hear real stories of our colleagues across the globe, both female and male, on how they commit to being part of the solution and driving changes from the inside out.
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Episodes
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
In this episode, hear Edna Lim - Schneider Electric's HR Director for Global Supply Chain, Corporate Functions, share her perspective on the fine balance between talking about your own achievements and spreading the credits for others.
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
In this episode, hear Ruth Seah, our Global Field Services Vice President, share her disruptive career shift to Schneider Electric after spending more than 20 years in IT industry, and elaborate why we should be bolder in taking on new challenging roles even when we are not 100% ready.
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
“A lot of women seem uncomfortable using the ‘I’ word, so they always try to spread the credit around. This might make them good people but it doesn’t help their careers” as Sally Helgesen puts it in her best seller book How Women Rise.
In this second episode of our podcast series, let’s explore with Lili Mow - Commercial & Transformation Vice President at Schneider Electric - why this tends to be more commonly seen in women, and gain some practical insights on how to overcome it.
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
In the very first episode today, we will try to provide a helicopter view of Gender Equality progress in the workplace, and discuss some of the major challenges, both from the external environment and internal mindset, that are preventing women from rising in their career, especially in a historically male-dominated industry.