Finding common ground and a mutual understanding in a multicultural and diverse team comes with its own challenges and struggles. For our BSH campaign “Nominate Your Diversity Champion”, we highlight those who actively try to overcome boundaries and foster Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace. This particular nomination included not only one role model and colleague, but a whole team. The Global Product Development Laundry Care Technology-Team consists of sixteen employees working at the BSH factory in Nanjing, China: They are between twenty-one to forty-nine years old, with five different nationalities and practice five different religions. Today some of them share their thoughts on different working dynamics, varied cultural norms and how they overcome challenges that come with being in a diverse team.

Traveling the world sounds already exciting as it is. But, Luca Holzhauser, Project Lead (Product Family Refrigeration, Development) in Giengen an der Brenz, Germany, took it one step further. He took the opportunity of a sabbatical at BSH and traveled through the beautiful Middle East by bicycle. Today he wants to share his motivations for taking the sabbatical and how he experienced the process from planning the journey to coming back home.

To create and ensure a safe and healthy work environment for everyone, it is crucial to strive for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (short: DEI). The BSH campaign “Nominate Your Diversity Champion” was launched to highlight the people and colleagues that actively foster these values and who put in the work to make change happen. One of these people is Violeta Kameri, who is Coach for NEW WORK & WOMEN and leading the culture development at BSH Region Europe. Today, we want to share her thoughts on her perceptions of DEI, on questioning and overcoming boundaries and the importance of challenging one’s own mindset.

The BSH campaign “Nominate Your Diversity Champion” was launched to raise the awareness for all of the different initiatives that foster Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (short: DEI) in different departments and countries – and the people behind these activities. Today, we present you a conversation with one of the nominees David Dysinger, Head of US Development, about the value of true allyship and sustainable change towards thriving diverse teams.

BSH recently launched a campaign to find colleagues that actively push and foster Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (short: DEI) at their workplace. They have been elected by their colleagues for their outstanding contributions to DEI at BSH to make these values a lived reality.