Sodexo strategies on how to increase female leadership

1. DIVERSITE & INCLUSION
Rôle de la Communication
Gender Balance
Source of performance
February 2015

2. SODEXO
IS THE WORLD’S LEADING
QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES
COMPANY
On-site
Services
Benefits
and Rewards
Services
Personal
and Home Services
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3. The Sodexo’s D&I challenge
 428 000 employees
 36 000 sites
 50 000 managers
 370 000 Front line employees
 80 countries
 132 nationalities
 75 millions consumers/day
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4. Performance ?
Performance
Engagement
Diversity & Inclusion
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5. Sodexo’s engagement towards Diversity & Inclusion: Why?
A challenge: recruit the best
talents
A wish: to resemble the
world we live in and respect
all those who make it up
A business imperative:
Meet our clients’ and
consumers’ expectations
A fact: Diversity is a spring
of innovation and
progress
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6. Our choice : Respecting the mosaic
 Business case by country
 Involvement of the local management
 Country Action plans
 Sharing tools and best practices
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7. Sodexo Barcelona Conference february 2015
Sodexo, only company having signed all E.U. charters
France
Belgium
Germany
Spain
Italy
Sweden
Austria
Poland
Luxemburg
Ireland
Finland
Czech
Republic

8. Our areas of focus
Our areas of focus
Gender
Cultures & Origins Sexual
Orientations
Disability
Generations
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9. Open your eyes….
Open your eyes…
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10. At Sodexo, Women represent….
54 % of total workforce
42 % of our managers
31 % of our executives
23 % of top 300
43 % of Group COMEX
38 % of the board
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11. TRAINING
NETWORKS
MENTORING
FLEXIBILITY
Front Line
Employees
Middle
Management
Top
Management
Site
Management
Initiatives at all levels to create the wave
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12. Created in 2009
at the initiative
of Michel Landel
A WORD OF BACKGROUND
« to accelerate the attainment
of gender balance within Sodexo, through
the personal drive, commitment and leadership
of high level leaders »
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13. SWIFt is an Advisory Board
o Advisory board reporting to the Group
Comex
o Umbrella organization for all gender
initiatives at Sodexo
o 35 Senior leaders
• 2 Sponsors
• 2 Co-leads
• 5 Steering committee members
• 17 Members in Regions
• 9 Alumnis
o 17 nationalities
o 5 continents
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14.  Increase the number of women in Group
Senior Leaders
 Reach 25% by end of 2015
 Increase the number of women in
operations
 Create a culture of Inclusion
A CLEAR SET OBJECTIVE & A STRONG COMMITMENT
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15. TWO LEVELS OF ACTIONS
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1. At global level with the Sodexo Women’s
International Forum for talent SWIFt
2. At local level reflecting to the needs
and the priorities of each country
OUR
TARGET
 Top Management
 Middle Management
 Site Management
 Front Line Employees
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16. KEY FOCUS AREAS
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Networks
Flexibility
Leadership
Development
Communication
HR Processes
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17. Our research on Gender Balance
 100 global entities
 52,000 managers
 People’s engagement
 Reputation
 Client retention and satisfaction
 Financial performance
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18. « We must be the change
we want for the world »
Gandhi
Questions ?
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