The LL network: a laboratory for equality and social innovation
More than 500 Group employees from all Lagardère group business lines have joined the LL Network since 2019 and contributed to its three main objectives.
Promoting diversity and gender balance through conferences, such as on International Women’s Day (on the place of men in equality) or during the LL Network annual day (on fighting sexism), and personal development workshops (voice coaching, self-marketing and even learning computer coding). The cross-mentoring programme enabled 18 new managers to benefit from the expertise of more experienced managers in 2019. In 2020, a third mentoring session was opened up to 21 new pairs, with men making up one third of the mentees.
Enhancing networking between business lines. “Find out about the business lines” breakfasts have enabled a number of personalities – chosen for curiosity about their job and the passion with which they do it – to talk to members of the network. In 2019, these included Sophie de Closets (Chief Executive Officer, Éditions Fayard), Mélanie Guilldou (Executive Vice-President Foodservice Global, Lagardère Travel Retail), Thierry Auger (Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Lagardère group) and Constance Benqué (Chief Executive Officer, Lagardère News).
Developing its role as an ideas laboratory. Discussions about new working methods favoured by millennials or growing expectations in terms of environmental responsibility provided the opportunity to share employees’ best practices during a green afterwork event and a zero-waste breakfast.
Lastly, the LL Network chose in 2019 to invest more significantly in two areas: promoting women in the field of digital technology, in particular with the creation of a coding academy, and commitment, with an initial meeting organised in partnership with the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation on the awarding of its Commitment grants.
Social media workshop during the LL Network annual day, June 2019 (Paris, France).