The company’s diversity goals have both a short-term perspective and a long-term perspective, which looks as far ahead as 2020. As a general guideline, all senior management teams at Ericsson should include a mix of men and women of different nationalities.

The diversity strategy on a global level puts special focus on two areas:

• Achieving a representative proportion in terms of gender at all levels of the organization
  In a male-dominated industry, our challenge is to encourage greater female representation at all levels of the organization. Currently, 22 percent of the group’s 74.000 employees are female and hold 18 percent of all managerial positions and 12 percent of top 200 executive positions. (2007)
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
• Increasing proportion of people from different backgrounds (nationalities*) in senior management roles
  Ericsson has a tradition of providing opportunities for employees to work in other countries. This practice increases individuals’ understanding of how to conduct business in cultures different from their own. 73 percent of Ericsson’s organization is outside of Sweden and 73 percent of employees have a background other than Swedish. Currently, 36 percent of top 200 executives have a background other than Swedish. (2007)