D&I Stakeholders & Audiences rediscovered (Trilogy)
Outstanding success through a strong focus on each specific client context
We have implemented successful projects for numerous European, German, Swiss and international companies, non-profit organisations and public institutions. A selection of those who have agreed to be named publicly can be found here:
German Clients (*international mandates): Allianz, Bayer*, Bayer MaterialScience* (now Covestro), BayWa, BayWa r.e.*, Bosch Engineering, Commerzbank*, Deutsche Bank*, Deutsche Post, Deutsche Telekom*, E.ON*, Evonik*, GEA Group*, IKEA, Infineon*, KfW, Merck*, Metro*, PageGroup Germany, RWE*, Siemens Healthineers*, Volkswagen AutoUni*, Volkswagen Bank
European Clients: Airbus/EADS, Arup Ireland, AXA Winterthur, BP, Credit Suisse, Generali Schweiz, HSBC, Infineon, PageGroup Netherlands, Sandoz, SBB, Swiss Post, Swisscom, TX Group, TX Markets, UBS, Vodafone
Global Clients: Air Products, Brown-Forman, Ford, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson Controls, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, Motorola, Stryker, Symantec
Non-Profit Clients: European Commission, BMFSFJ, Diaconia Gallneukirchen, Federal Office for Labour, IMS Luxembourg, International Organisation for Migration IOM, Heinrich Böll Foundation
From many of these clients you will find credential quotes on our websites.
Innovative projects in the D&I environment
Long before the term existed, we were already active as a social enterprise. Our unique position is reflected in a powerful combination of conceptual D&I development and forward-looking, hands-on project work.
Public education on D&I,
that shapes the topic
Innovative projects and formats,
that turned into standards
Further Reading
Case Study Leadership
Case Study Strategy Review
Case Study Management Involvement
Case Study Dialogue Sessions
Case Study Unit-specific plans
Deutsche Telekom | Maud Pagel, Group Head of Diversity, 08/2004
The foundation for the implementation of Diversity at Deutsche Telekom group is our group Diversity strategy and its key element, the group Diversity policy. European Diversity Consulting has been supporting us in a very professional way, always focusing on our specific business context when developing various building blocks of our strategy.
Elite MediaNet | Marketing Team, 08/2010
The Diversity marketing approach provided by European Diversity Research & Consulting represented the ideal support in order to adapt our products beyond clichéd measures for new target groups. Through professional consulting the Diversity experts helped us prepare offers for new segments that support our growth.
SBB | Regula Rütti, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, 12/2017
Michael Stuber impressed me and my team not only with his expertise and abundant experience, he also quickly understands an organisation, its resources and pending challenges in a way that supports progress. He is a brilliant analyser with a holistic approach, an adaptive implementer and - when needed - an ambitious challenger. He detects contexts and causes, clarifies expectation, pinpoints objectives, makes his point clear, challenges, encourages reflection and opens up spaces to think and act. European Diversity is a go-to vendor when you and your company want to move the needle on D&I.
Swisscom | Elena Folini, Head of HR P&M and Diversity, 08/2019
After a few years of internal work and insight, Michael Stuber's external professional perspective, profound expertise and long-standing experience have significantly helped us to analyse our Diversity & Inclusion situation holistically and with all dependencies and to redesign our approach focused on vision, strategy, processes and culture in a change-oriented way. With targeted interventions at various levels, we achieved a new quality of positive reactions in just over six months. In addition, the partnership was a great enrichment for my development and always a real pleasure.
Commerzbank | Barbara David, Head of Diversity, 2016
European Diversity Consulting accompany us with comprehensive Diversity knowledge in different Diversity questions since a couple of years. The personal consulting support us by the continuous advancement of our work.
Deutsche Bank | Elisabeth Kurkowski, Global Diversity Team, 09/2004
European Diversity Research & Consulting was a very competent service provider for our conference 'Invisible potential', where the consultancy was in charge of the facilitation, the co-ordination with external partners and the press contacts.
Merck Group | Jennifer O’Lear, Chief Diversity Officer, 01/2012
European Diversity provided us with extremely valuable input and expertise as we are consolidating our various D&I programmes into a new global diversity strategy. Their years of experience with other leading companies as well as their international perspective and thorough understanding of relevant models allowed us to develop a solid business-driven approach and build robust stakeholder buy-in.
Bayer HealthCare Pharma | Dr. Ilona Muráti-Laebe, Diversity & Inclusion Advisor, 2013
Michael Stuber advises us on the implementation of various measures to promote diversity and inclusion. Based on his proven technical expertise and his broad experience he knows how to develop individual, business-related and implementation-oriented concepts and solutions. His extremely pragmatic, customer-oriented consulting supports us a lot in the anchoring of D&I in the company.
Bayer MaterialScience | Maud Wiedemann & Dr. Christine Mendoza-Frohn, Tandem lead of the global Diversity & Inclusion Initiative, 2012-2013
We highly appreciate Michael Stuber being an integral member of our Diversity & Inclusion core team at Bayer MaterialScience. From the beginning of our cooperation, he has been listening to the status achieved so far and contributed with his broad experience and as a knowledgeable subject matter expert. He supports our initiative with high customer-orientation and flexibility according to specific ad-hoc as well as long-term needs. The fruitful cooperation is not only related to the field of Diversity & Inclusion itself but embraces as well change management for sustainable achievements.
Bayer MaterialScience | Dr. Tony van Osselaer, Executive Committee Member, 2013
Michael Stuber has contributed to develop a very specific Bayer MaterialScience storyline, which integrates Diversity & Inclusion as a business imperative supporting the execution of our business strategy. Through his experience in rolling out Diversity & Inclusion programs in global companies, he has been and is a valuable sparring partner with high credibility for our top leaders as well as the members of the Executive Committee.
IKEA Deutschland | Franka Johne, HR Expert Retention Management, 04/2014
Understanding the specific needs of a company and align D&I with the corporate strategy and culture are strengths of Michael Stuber. We are grateful about the pragmatic as well as inspiring collaboration and value the competent, flexible and constructive consulting services of European Diversity.
Deutsche Bank | Elisabeth Kurkowski, Global Diversity Team, 09/2004
We developed two Diversity brochures for our internal an external communication. European Diversity Research & Consulting supported us very well in the conceptual design, in drafting the first one in 2001 , and in the 2004 expert translation.
Bayer Animal Health | Dr. Afssaneh Rahbar, Diversity Manager, 12/2011
European Diversity Research & Consulting provided efficient and creative support in designing our Women Initiative kick-off day with almost 200 women at Bayer Animal Health and Crop Science in Monheim. Their experience in this field and Michael Stuber's excellent English communication skills helped to engage global participants and top managers in a lively discussion which resulted in valuable insights. They also were a big support in analysing the workshop’s outcomes and in paving the path for further actions.
HSBC | Virma Sokmen, Head of CMB HSBC Turkey, 12/2012
At HSBC, D&I is a business-lead initiative and as a pan-European committee of managers we were glad to have European Diversity's external perspective and input. Michael Stuber's business acumen and his striving for individual solutions helped to advance the regional D&I agenda taking into account business and country needs. We look forward to continue our collaboration in the future.
Page Group | Goran Barić, Managing Director Germany, 12/2018
Michael Stuber's D&I Workshop for our Management Team provided a deepened understanding of the scope and relevance of D&I beyond personal perception. With impressive inspiration and an adequate piece of humour, he facilitated a constructive dialogue to shape our approach to further integrate and leverage D&I in our company so that it contributes to the business. Specific insights in Unconscious Biases and pragmatic mitigation enable us to continue to be a corporate role model for D&I.
Bayer HealthCare | Corinna Dawkins, Vice President HR, 01/2011
With Michael Stuber as the leading figure in this consulting company you can count on 15+ years of competence and insights in the D&I endeavours of the industry, helping you to set direction in your own organization.
Generali Schweiz | Jean-Pierre Schmid, CHRO, 11/2018
Michael Stuber very competently and professionally accompanied our Diversity & Inclusion strategy development. In the workshop with our executive team, he succeeded in showing us the added value of Diversity & Inclusion and how to embed it in our corporate strategy. The collaboration was very enriching, effective and constructive and we benefited enormously from his many years of experience and expertise.
Evangelisches Diakoniewerk Gallneukirchen | Christa Schrauf, Rector, 2011
Mr Stuber is a Diversity Expert who knows how to convey his great expertise in this field in a methodically and didactically manner, so that the participants of a meeting will have a higher awareness of the topic and will thereby be prepared to face current and future challenges in the field of Diversity.
TX Group | Pascal Krapf, Senior HR Consultant, 12/2020
Michael Stuber identified key business priorities in each of our operating companies and proposed relevant linkages with future D&I initiatives. He also showed the need to tie D&I more closely to our identity and embed it in our shared culture as well as HR processes and tools. Going further, Michael's expertise guides us to additional key considerations by uncovering and subsequently addressing hidden biases and dynamics through focus group interviews.
Global D&I Congress | Nina Woodard, Conference Chair, 03/20217
I had the privilege of working with Michael as a part of the World HRD Congress 25th Anniversary Diversity and Inclusion program. Michael prepared a special kick off program for the event that was very inspirational and helped us start the day on the right note. His fact based insights are very impactful and an asset to any diversity and inclusion program by insuring that the bottom line impacts are visible and real. He is very dedicated to meeting the needs of the conference or program and to being able to customize and still beautifully maintain the integrity of his work.
Symantec | Fernando Serpa, Global Manager Diversity and Inclusion, Symantec (Januar 2005), 01/2005
As part of our Global Diversity strategy, Symantec has created diversity councils led by a local Diversity champion at our sites throughout Europe. mi.st European Diversity Consulting has assisted us in preparing and carrying out successful work meetings with our local partners while effectively acknowledging European and national specifics. mi.st European Diversity Consulting has shown professionalism, expertise and responsiveness to our diversity needs and has contributed to the success of our diversity initiative in Europe.
Evonik | Dr. Katrin Schmallenbach, VP HR, 10/2019
European Diversity supported Evonik in three strategic gender projects. Michael Stuber's expertise, his experienced and critical perspective on the specifics of our company and his in-depth understanding of the relevant issues had a major impact on our work. This applied both to cultural, process and strategic analyses as well as the resulting approaches and recommendations. Our joint work is characterised by an equally forthright and trustful dialogue, which leads to constructive reflections and valuable progress.
Siemens Healthineers | Bernd Zimmermann, Global Head of OD, 09/2020
Michael Stuber is one of the few consultants who approaches D&I from a holistic organisational development perspective and can advise and accompany an international corporation. His broad experience and organisational diagnostic competence help us to identify what is really important or effective. His participative, strategic and future-focused style quickly creates constructive conversations in the organisation and nurtures fast and sustainable change. I have always greatly appreciated working with him as he brings smart thinking, profound experience and a soul to his projects.
RATIONAL | Verena Haertle, Head of People Development, 12/2023
Consistently framing Diversity & Inclusion in our business context has enabled us at RATIONAL to adopt a broad, holistic approach to the topic. This is creating a new kind of awareness and pronounced openness across all levels to actively engage in further cultural change. Michael Stuber facilitates this process with his critical view, strategic vision and with a convenient style all of which helps us to progress significantly. It is also a real pleasure working with him.
KIBIS | Edith Peter, Managing Director, 2012
Mr Stuber was our guest speaker at a the KIBIS networking meeting of Austrian HR leads. His contribution on "The Propelling Potential Principle" and as a facilitator of a panel discussion added a lot of value as he focused on the tangible benefits of Diversity for companies as well as presenting a consistent framework. Thanks a lot for the good collaboration!
Sandoz Group Germany | Hermann Hofmann, Head Public Affairs & Communications, 2011
European Diversity Research & Consulting significantly helped to further develop our Diversity & Inclusion Strategy. Particularly valuable was the combination of experience and knowledge of different options and constellations. Cooperating with European Diversity Research & Consulting in the strategy development was just as inspiring as motivating. It has helped to increase the top managements' commitment once again. We won't renounce the support of European Diversity Research & Consulting along the implementation process.
KfW | Richard Kufferath-Sieberin, Director HR Policy, 11/2013
KfW goes through a holistic modernisation process targeted on strategic focus, professionalisation, efficiency and customer orientation. This also includes corporate culture and in 2012 the KfW Executive Board approved a gender balance concept as one key element of this renewal process, which was honoured with the German Human Resources Management Award in 2013. I thank Michael Stuber for his professional support in the design and the adoption of that KfW framework. Michael Stuber combines high technical and methodological expertise with authentic persuasion. With this skill-set he has consistently focused on the alignment of our gender balance concept to the sustainable cultural change process. At the same time, he also recognised requirements in other areas at KfW and hence contributed to a credible integration of gender balance in the overall modernisation.
HSBC | Virma Sokmen, Head of CMB HSBC Turkey, 12/2012
At HSBC, D&I is a business-lead initiative and as a pan-European committee of managers we were glad to have European Diversity's external perspective and input. Michael Stuber's business acumen and his striving for individual solutions helped to advance the regional D&I agenda taking into account business and country needs. We look forward to continue our collaboration in the future.
UBS | Group Diversity, Director Research, 08/2007
The expertise of European Diversity Research & Consulting led to the creation of valuable products, with which our employees can be informed about Diversity and learn of successful implementation examples.
HP | Eva Faenger, Diversity Manager HP Germany, 06/2010
Michael Stuber is often referred to as the “Diversity Guru”. I definitely agree with regard to his profound diversity expertise and knowledge, huge network and ample experiences in implementing diversity concepts in global companies. He is very pragmatic, focused and straight-forward in his consulting. His concept of the Propelling Potential Principle is very effective as it combines a clear sense of what is needed to make progress and to create change.
Evonik Corporation | Bonnie Tully, President North America Region, 10/2022
We found the Inclusive Leadership Journey a valuable experience (as) it made us recognize we all have biases, and allowed us to reflect on this truth. Then, the Leadership Journey process gave us a format to create an actionable plan (as) we accept there is no quick fix when it comes to organizational culture change. (We came) to consensus on a path forward to create a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace (and) an 'action journey' where real progress is being made.
HSBC | Nicole Sucha-Basra, Learning, Talent, Resourcing & Organisational Development Continental Europe, 2013
European Diversity has been supporting our HSBC Continental Europe D&I Committee since January 2012. Their international experience and knowledge of the external market was hugely valuable to our business and HR members of the committee. As a consultant, Michael Stuber has helped us finding effective approaches, also in the restructuring of that committee to make it more action focused as well as aligned with business and corporate frameworks. We are grateful for the support and look forward to continue working together in our efforts to increase diversity across the organisation and help drive engagement through inclusion.
Vodafone D2 | Yasmin Wateler, Diversity Manager, 2012
It was a pleasure working with Michael Stuber. Indeed a resourceful and inspiring session with insightful analysis. I would recommend European Diversity Research & Consulting to companies which are keen to capture and realise the value of female economy be it in the workplace, marketplace or consumer space and more importantly gender balanced leadership.
Bayer HealthCare | Corinna Dawkins, Vice President HR, 2011
On the search for competent partners to help with your D&I initiatives in Europe you can't overlook European Diversity - Research & Consulting.
E.ON | Sven Rudloff, Group HR Policy, 03/2007
e-Diversity is a unique and entertaining instrument which quickly trains numerous employees while dealing with issues of Diversity and Anti-Discrimination. Adaptations for specifics of our corporation were completed within a short amount of time.
E.ON | Sven Rudloff, Group HR Policy, 10/2005
E.ON emerged from different companies, so that Diversity is key to the integration of our group on the one hand, and it is part of our corporate identity OneE.ON on the other hand. In bringing together experts and concepts from the U.S. and Europe, European Diversity Research & Consulting proved their competence in intercultural presentation and in facilitating our global development process. The expertise of European Diversity Consulting provides valuable assistance in the design and implementation of Diversity events and meetings.
Volkswagen Bank | Barbara Rupprecht, Head of Diversity Management, 07/2005
Within Volkswagen Bank, the employee network of 'Queerdirect' represents an important part of Diversity. In 2003, this group conducted an interactive policy and training program that European Diversity Research & Consulting had designed and facilitated. In 2005, they initiated the first country-wide Gay and Lesbian business forum, which again European Diversity Research & Consulting professionally and successfully co-ordinated.
BayWa r.e. | Céline Tran, MD France & Global DEI Sponsor, 12/2021
Michael has been a key enabler to organise our DEI journey. His experience and expertise combined with a very clear way of expressing his thoughts and recommendations have been highly valuable to define our DEI strategy and action plans as well as to prepare for senior management meetings. His investment in getting to know our organization and our HR processes allowed him to leverage the existing processes as ground foundations for further actions and define additional tailormade DEI initiatives. His interactions with senior management, through interviews, individual coaching or management trainings, were very relevant and impactful. It has been a pleasure working alongside with Michael over several months on diversity, equity and inclusion topics.
Stryker | Alysoun Sturt-Scobie, HR-Manager EMEA, 2009
Michael Stuber is always proactive and supportive. He drives through initiatives and delivers material and ideas within agreed timelines. He also shows a careful and respectful understanding/ need to work within corporate budget constraints. He is consistent in the way that he demonstrates commitment to a project and offers sound objective advice in order for companies to understand how to win over the key stakeholders.
Airbus Group | Suzanne Lewis, Head of D&I, Engagement und I&D, 06/2014
European Diversity provided us with insightful and professional support in the consolidation of our new Diversity and inclusion strategy. Their experience and proactive, holistic approach helped us to take a different look at how we do things, and build a solid business-value driven approach to reinforce our relationships with the stakeholders and position D & I differently in the company.
Arup Ireland | D&I Team, 10/2017
Michael Stuber worked with us at Arup Ireland to review our current D&I programme. We found Michael to be insightful, organised and very knowledgeable. Michael’s great strength lies in his face-to-face communication skills and his ability to communicate complex D&I topics to any audience. Michael is able to quickly pick up on themes and underlying issues that may be more difficult for those working ‘in the business’ to see. His findings acted as a catalyst to the next step of our D&I journey.
Schweizerische Post | Thomas Meier, Head of Organisation Development, 03/2011
Swiss Post faced an organizational development process by realigning the Diversity Management approach. The main task was to evolve our hitherto pursued focuses on Gender and Communication into an integrated and holistic concept. Who could support us effectively with the necessary know-how but also with an instinct to win people? Michael Stuber makes the difference. With his background, his foresight and his empathy, we managed to position Diversity Management as a business relevant topic.
Johnson & Johnson | Mieke Smet, Director Global Talent Management, 2008
Working with European Diversity, Research&Consulting was a great experience for me. It was the first time that I felt that an external organization understands very clearly the challenges of the business, finds the right approach to introduce the topic of diversity and inclusion and makes it clear and tangible. They speak the right business language and they are flexible enough to adapt to global frameworks and make sure that all regional initiatives are aligned to that. It is also clear that this organization has the right background to support companies in their journey towards diversity and inclusion, they can relate to other companies and best practices.
Bosch Engineering | Juanita Jordan, Head of HR, 2010
Mr. Stuber supported us very well with his extensive experience in Diversity. His "Propelling Principle" helps us to move the topic of Diversity forward within our organization. We thank European Diversity Research & Consulting for the good cooperation.
RWE | Alison Chappell, Chief Diversity Officer, 2008
European Diversity brought many important strengths to our programme of Diversity focus groups and workshops. Particularly important to us were their depth of experience in the German market; their ability to offer seamless service across Germany, the UK and Central Europe; the thought leadership offered by Michael Stuber as programme leader, and the fact that all aspects of the programme were closely managed by Michael himself, ensuring quality and consistency.
METRO AG | Andrea Schmitz, Head of Employer Branding, Engagement and I&D, 08/2014
The support of European Diversity in developing our global I&D strategy was characterised by a pronounced fit for approaches and suggestions that fitted our corporation. Already the first outcomes were highly accepted by the most important stakeholders and hence created a very solid base for further implementation. Michael Stuber always finds an inclusive way both in various situations and for stakeholders from different cultures or levels.
Volkswagen AutoUni | Andrea Troxler Fueter, Module Managing Diversity, 11/2004
European Diversity Research & Consulting proves to be an exceedingly competent concept partner through the creation and execution of the blended-learning-program of ,Managing Diversity'. With their essential combination of knowledge and experience, working with them was extremely constructive, professional and enriching.
HP | Eva Faenger, Diversity Manager HP Germany, 10/2010
Last year we launched a change process in order to focus our diversity activities and release new potentials. Mr. Stuber accompanied this process with great professionalism. His extensive technical and methodological expertise, his experience with countless other global companies, his clarity and openness as well as his holistic approach has convinced us. With "head, heart and hand", he has helped us to bring the launch of this comprehensive process to success.
Jansen Supply Chain (Johnson & Johnson) | Ellen Driesen, HR Director, 03/2017
Michael Stuber is a passionate guide and role model in the space of diversity and inclusion. He supported us in tackling the challenges and opportunities that a diverse workforce offers, in our daily HR, leadership and collaborative practices. Addressing this “was and is” still key in our global but at the same time extreme multicultural local environment. We first worked under his guidance on a bottom-up approach in which we engaged our supply chain operator population in a direct dialogue on topics as generation, culture, gender etc. Based on this population’s feedback, the need was very clear to create greater awareness around the topic with our line management population. Starting from the propelling potential principle and a framework of various biases that block our perception and thinking, we trained our total supervisory population to make them aware of own bias and to give them some tools to achieve a more objective or at least different kind of point of view when acting as “servant, inspiring leaders”. Seen the size of the group that needed to be trained, he has also been very helpful in training our HR team as facilitators. In working with Michael, I appreciated very much his effort to tailoring messages towards our needs and his huge experience in what works and does not work in this space. He puts things in perspective, not only from a business point of view but also from a societal.
SBB | Judith Renevey, Head of D&I, 02/2019
In the summer of 2018, SBB successfully introduced "D&I for management teams", a new format reflecting a holistic D&I approach. The co-conception with UngleichBesser has proven very successful. Using a train-the-trainer approach with detailed qualification of the facilitators, the offer consists of a learning process, tying D&I to business priorities in each field and focusing on the specific D&I contribution to achieving their objectives.
