The 2009/2010 Human Resources Report

Jeannine Pilloud: Women as successful managers. How Deutsche Telekom encourages women.

“We need role models – and we are role models ourselves.“  30 percent female executives in Germany by 2015.  Worldwide, the figure is already up to 46 percent in some locations. Mixed-gender teams are more successful than all-women or all-men teams. What is more, companies with a high proportion of women are more successful than those with only a few female employees. Deutsche Telekom plans to use this par- ticular strength to the benefit of its continu- ing global development. To this end, it needs female executives -- such as the 200 or so international guests who attended the management event “Female Future Leadership.“ The event provided an oppor- tunity for them to network and debate with top management, the majority of whom are still men. The invited guests included Jeannine Pilloud, Senior Vice President at T-Systems International. She vocalizes what many of those present want: “We need role models. When we see other women being successful as managers, we believe that we too can be successful.” Female Future Leadership is indicative of the Group’s plans to promote women with leadership potential in the future: Through targeted measures to get more women into established management and HR de- velopment programs, and as the first DAX 30-listed company with a quota for women in management positions. Jean- nine Pilloud, who manages corporate customers throughout western Europe to- gether with her team, feels that women themselves also have an obligation: “We need to be our own role models, to set a good example, and to recruit other quali- fied women.“ 26 Tolerance