Completion of the RISCversity project
Diversity as a success factor: RISC Software GmbH’s RISCversity project comes to a successful end! With a comprehensive gender diversity plan, awareness-raising workshops and the establishment of gender officers, the company is sending out a strong signal for equal opportunities and diversity in the workplace.
Photos: Workshop Gender and Diversity in Research Projects
Hagenberg, October 2024 – RISC Software GmbH celebrates the successful completion of the RISCversity project. The project aimed to further increase the proportion of women in the company and promote a diverse and inclusive corporate culture.
The long-term goal of the project was to create a positive and productive atmosphere and to establish aspects of equal opportunities and diversity in the corporate culture. Under the leadership of project manager Elisa Neuhauser, the RISCversity project was successfully completed and has reached important milestones.
Project manager Elisa Neuhauser commented on the success of the project“The completion of the RISCversity project marks a significant step for RISC Software GmbH on the way to an even more diverse and inclusive working environment. We have taken important measures to promote equality and diversity within the company and I am proud that we have successfully achieved these goals.”
Successes and progress: a look at the goals achieved
Several strategic measures were taken as part of the project. This included workshops and training for all employees, carried out in collaboration with external experts such as the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson and diversity experts Ümit Mares-Altinok and Heidrun Schulze. These training courses aimed to raise awareness of gender and diversity issues and create the basis for an inclusive corporate culture.
“When everyone – managers and employees – is involved in the diversity change process, things can get moving very quickly. The commitment of the RISC Software teams to an appreciative working atmosphere and fair, inclusive cooperation was clearly noticeable in the project and quickly led to new, diversity-sensitive solutions,” said workshop leaders Ümit Mares-Altinok and Heidrun Schulze, who accompanied RISC Software GmbH during several workshops in the area of generational competence.
The interests and needs of all generations in the company were recorded and appropriate measures were developed to create a sense of togetherness. In addition, rounds were organized to exchange experiences on diversity and gender-equitable values in the corporate culture.
Anchored in the corporate culture: gender officers
“The RISCversity project has shown us how important it is to actively work on promoting gender and diversity issues. We have learned a lot and are proud that together we have made an important contribution to an inclusive corporate culture.” says Gender Officer Christina Hochleitner. Her colleague Yvonne Marneth is also convinced that she is making an important contribution in her role as Gender Officer: “The goals achieved by the project are a success for all of us and a sign that awareness and understanding of diversity and inclusion are growing in our company. This experience will also help us in the future to create an environment in which every employee feels valued and can develop their full potential.”
The Gender Diversity Plan and further information on the measures within the RISCversity project are available on the RISC Software GmbH website at https://www.risc-software.at/diversity/.
Der Abschluss des Projekts RISCversity markiert einen bedeutenden Schritt für die RISC Software GmbH auf dem Weg zu einer noch vielfältigeren und inklusiveren Arbeitsumgebung. Wir haben wichtige Maßnahmen ergriffen, um die Gleichstellung und Vielfalt im Unternehmen zu fördern, und ich bin stolz darauf, dass wir diese Ziele erfolgreich umgesetzt haben.
Wenn alle – Führungskräfte und Mitarbeiter*innen– am Diversity Change Prozess beteiligt sind, kann vieles sehr schnell in Bewegung kommen. Das Engagement der Teams von RISC Software für eine wertschätzende Arbeitsatmosphäre und ein faires, inklusives Miteinander war im Projekt deutlich spürbar und hat rasch zu neuen, diversitätssensiblen Lösungsansätzen geführt.
Das Projekt RISCversity hat uns gezeigt, wie wichtig es ist, aktiv an der Förderung von Gender- und Diversity-Themen zu arbeiten. Wir haben viel gelernt und sind stolz darauf, dass wir gemeinsam einen wichtigen Beitrag zu einer inklusiven Unternehmenskultur geleistet haben
Die erreichten Ziele des Projekts sind ein Erfolg für uns alle und ein Zeichen dafür, dass die Awareness und das Verständnis für Vielfalt und Inklusion in unserem Unternehmen wachsen. Diese Erfahrungen werden uns auch in Zukunft dabei helfen, eine Umgebung zu schaffen, in der jede Mitarbeiterin und jeder Mitarbeiter sich wertgeschätzt fühlt und ihr oder sein volles Potenzial entfalten kann.
About RISC Software GmbH
RISC Software GmbH is a research and development company that has been working for industry since it was founded in 1992 by Prof. Bruno Buchberger. The company uses its core competencies in the areas of symbolic computing, mathematics and computer science to develop practical software solutions in the business areas of logistics informatics, industrial software applications, medical informatics and domain-specific applications. RISC Software GmbH is 80% owned by Johannes Kepler University Linz and 20% by Upper Austrian Research GmbH.
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Picture 1 & 2 above: Workshop Gender and Diversity in Research Projects 04/2024
Picture 3: Posting for International Women’s Day 03/2024
Picture 4: ERFA at Softwarepark Hagenberg 06/2023
Picture 5: ERFA Diversity 03/2024
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