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.”

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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 relationships and working through difficulties to make the shared leadership model work. The episode highlights lessons learned through sharing leadership and things that can make the journey worth while.

Tanja Sternbauer: Tanja is a serial entrepreneur, awarded as "Female Rolemodel in Europe" and named one of the 100 most influential businesswomen in Austria. She co-founded the female factor, a global career and hr platform working on closing the gender leadership gap. The community is supporting aspiring female leaders across 75+ countries to get a seat at the decision-making table and advises inclusive companies like Google, EY, Visa and Mondi on attracting and retaining female talent.

Mahdis Gharaei:
Mahdis is the cofounder and co-ceo of the global career and HR platform the female factor. Prior to that she was the youngest and only female general manager of an airline in Austria & Germany. She’s a passionate diversity advocate, business woman and opportunity maker by heart. Her TEDxtalk around female leadership in business has been watched over 40.000 times.

About the female factor: The female factor is a global community for the next generation of female leaders, enabling them to get their seat at the table. The brand recently launched Europe’s first job platform connecting female job seekers with inclusive companies.

About Senate of Economy: As an independent business network, the SENATE OF ECONOMY is a driving force in shaping a sustainable society and a global eco-social market economy. We offer concrete and practice-oriented know-how for entrepreneurs and political decision-makers.

Stay in touch with us:

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This podcast is produced by PODLET.

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 foster them in their own team. She shares her vision of remote work culture and nurturing mental health in a space where the team is truly passionate about their mission and job. Tanja goes deep into her experience with shared leadership and explains why it’s a model that she and her co-founder Mahdis love.

Tanja Sternbauer: Tanja is a serial entrepreneur, awarded as "Female Rolemodel in Europe" and named one of the 100 most influential businesswomen in Austria. She co-founded the female factor, a global career and hr platform working on closing the gender leadership gap. The community is supporting aspiring female leaders across 75+ countries to get a seat at the decision-making table and advises inclusive companies like Google, EY, Visa and Mondi on attracting and retaining female talent.

Mahdis Gharaei:
Mahdis is the cofounder and co-ceo of the global career and HR platform the female factor. Prior to that she was the youngest and only female general manager of an airline in Austria & Germany. She’s a passionate diversity advocate, business woman and opportunity maker by heart. Her TEDxtalk around female leadership in business has been watched over 40.000 times.

About the female factor: The female factor is a global community for the next generation of female leaders, enabling them to get their seat at the table. The brand recently launched Europe’s first job platform connecting female job seekers with inclusive companies.

About Senate of Economy: As an independent business network, the SENATE OF ECONOMY is a driving force in shaping a sustainable society and a global eco-social market economy. We offer concrete and practice-oriented know-how for entrepreneurs and political decision-makers.

Stay in touch with us:

• www.femalefactor.global
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Facebook

This podcast is produced by PODLET.

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 delegation for both the leader and the team. She shares tips on how to retain employees and maintain a solid commitment to DEI in the workplace. Sandra touches on a wide range of topics from cross-mentoring, parenting, how to keep up-to-date with tech and ends with the promising commitment of increasing women's presence in ÖBB over the next years.

Sandra Gott-Karlbauer: Sandra Gott-Karlbauer is the Managing Director at ÖBB Train Tech and one of the most important women in the Austrian mobility sector. Now she is responsible for more than 4,000 technicians and prior to this position she was the CEO of Business Unit Urban Transport at Siemens.

Mahdis Gharaei: Mahdis is the cofounder and co-ceo of the global career and HR platform the female factor. Prior to that she was the youngest and only female general manager of an airline in Austria & Germany. She’s a passionate diversity advocate, business woman and opportunity maker by heart. Her TEDxtalk around female leadership in business has been watched over 40.000 times.

About the female factor: The female factor is a global community for the next generation of female leaders, enabling them to get their seat at the table. The brand recently launched Europe’s first job platform connecting female job seekers with inclusive companies.

About Senate of Economy: As an independent business network, the SENATE OF ECONOMY is a driving force in shaping a sustainable society and a global eco-social market economy. We offer concrete and practice-oriented know-how for entrepreneurs and political decision-makers.

Stay in touch with us:

• www.femalefactor.global
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Facebook

This podcast is produced by PODLET.