Gudrun Sander

Eva Gudrun Sander-Mühlbachler (born April 18, 1964 in Linz , Austria) is an adjunct professor for business administration with a special focus on diversity management at the University of St. Gallen and an expert in the field of diversity & inclusion.

Life

Gudrun Sander grew up in Austria and studied business administration at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. In 1989 she moved to Switzerland and worked in various functions at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). In 1997 she did her doctorate at the University of St. Gallen on the subject of “From dominance to partnership. New understandings of equality and management ”, for which she received the recognition award of the Swiss Society for Organization and Management (SGO) .

Her commitment to women in business is not only evident in the choice of her dissertation topic . She initiated the day nursery at the University of St. Gallen with a unique financing model. Later she was the managing director of the women's advancement initiative “Deeds instead of words” and was committed to the implementation of gender equality controlling in companies, public administrations and non-profit organizations. Today she is the manager of the Equal Opportunities Controlling Association.

She also works for women as director for diversity and management programs at the Executive School of the University of St. Gallen (ES-HSG) , where she a. is responsible for the conception and implementation of the “Women Back to Business” program, a management diploma program for women returning to work with an academic degree. She is also the director of the Competence Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI-FIM) at the Research Center for International Management at the University of St. Gallen (FIM-HSG) and, since 2014, has been an adjunct professor for business administration with a special focus on diversity management at the University of St. Gallen .

Gudrun Sander is an independent organizational consultant and has been the owner and CEO of Sander & Sander GmbH since 2011. She works as a lecturer at universities. Since 2011 she has been both an academic expert in the Women's Empowerment Principles Leadership Group (WEPs LG) of UN Women and UN Global Compact and a member of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Working Group on Gender Equality. She has published books and articles and is a speaker in business, public administration and non-profit organizations.

Gudrun Sander is married to Stefan Sander and has two daughters and a son. She lives in St. Gallen .

Main topics

• Diversity & Inclusion, Gender and Diversity Management
• Strategic management for non-profit organizations
• Diversity controlling
• Equality and diversity management as a management task
• Support and implementation of change processes in organizations with a focus on inclusion

Publications (selection)

Books

• Catherine Müller, Gudrun Sander: Equal Opportunities Controlling. The manual for the world of work. vdf-Verlag, Zurich 2005.
• Elisabeth Bauer, Gudrun Sander, Sabina von Arx: Implementing strategies effectively. The handbook for non-profit organizations. Haupt-Verlag, Bern 2010.
• Catherine Müller, Gudrun Sander: Innovative leadership with diversity competence. 2nd edition, Haupt-Verlag, Bern 2011.
• Elisabeth Bauer, Gudrun Sander: Strategy development short and clear. The handbook for non-profit organizations. 2nd edition, Haupt-Verlag, Bern 2011.
• Sander, Gudrun: From dominance to partnership. New understandings of equality and management. Haupt-Verlag, Bern 1998.

Book chapter

• Annette Risberg, Alexandra Beauregard, Gudrun Sander: Organizational Implementation: Diversity Practices and Tools. In: Mary Ann Danowitz (Ed.), Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger (Ed.), Heike Mensi-Klarbach (Ed.): Diversity in Organizations: Concepts and Practices. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke 2012, pp. 185-237.
• Gudrun Sander: Yes, career breaks - but no break in equality. In: Ilse Oehler (Ed.): Pause please - And then a new beginning. Somedia Buchverlag Edition Rüegger, Zurich 2014, pp. 145–153.
• Julia C. Nentwich, Gudrun Sander: Integrating Gender and Diversity in Management Education: Playing the paradox between 'mainstreaming' and 'context only'. The University of St. Gallen's Gender and Diversity Teaching Program. In: Patricia M. Flynn, Kathryn Haynes, Maureen Kilgour: Integrating Gender Equality into Management Education. Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield 2015.
• Ines Hartmann, Gudrun Sander: Introduction of a diversity-and-inclusion culture . In: Petia Genkova (Ed.), Tobias Ringsisen (Ed.): Handbook Diversity Competence: Perspectives and Fields of Application . Springer, Wiesbaden 2016, pp. 633–647.
• Talina Peyer, Gudrun Sander: Topsharing - shared leadership as a solution for the future? In: Irenka Krone-Germann (ed.), Alain Max Guénette (ed.): Le partage d'emploi: Opportunités et défis sur le marché du travail . L'Harmattan, Paris 2017, pp. 237–250.
• Ines Hartmann, Gudrun Sander: Diversity as Strategy . In: Heike Mensi-Klarbach (Hrsg.), Annette Risberg (Hrsg.): Diversity in Organizations: Concepts and Practices. 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke 2018. (forthcoming)

Literature about Gudrun Sander

• Barbara Lukesch: Stefan Sander - Heaven and Hell. In: Barbara Lukesch: And it works! When fathers pull along. Wörterseh Verlag, Gockhausen 2013, pp. 146–159.
• Barbara Lukesch: Gudrun Sander. In: Barbara Lukesch: How does a career go? Smart Women's Strategies. Wörterseh Verlag, Gockhausen 2015, pp. 132–143.

Web links

• CV of Gudrun Sander on the website of the University of St. Gallen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Elisabeth Michel-Alder: A Swiss initiative: "Actions instead of words". In: Christine Demmer (Ed.): Women in Management. From the reserve army to the talent reserve. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden 1988, pp. 279-296
2. ^ Online news from the University of St. Gallen from December 11, 2014 , accessed on March 12, 2015.
3. ↑ Main topics of Gudrun Sander on the research platform Alexandria ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and on the website of Sander & Sander GmbH , accessed on March 12, 2015. 
4. ↑ List of publications on the Alexandria research platform ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the University of St. Gallen