Cultural Lunches & Informal Exchange with Senior Management

Regularly organising themed lunches where employees cook and share meals from their cultural backgrounds, creating opportunities for cross-cultural discovery. Senior management joins these events to engage in open and informal discussions with employees from all departments.

In a multicultural organisation such as Deutsche Bank Luxembourg, diversity is a strength. However, genuineinclusion requires creating informal, friendly spaces for people to connect beyond work-related interactions. This initiative fosters cultural understanding and creates direct, human contact between senior leadership and staff.

• Strengthen intercultural awareness and appreciation.
• Encourage informal dialogue between employees and senior management.
• Build a sense of belonging and pride in sharing one’s culture.
• Promoteinclusion by valuing personal backgrounds.

• Employees volunteer to prepare a meal representative of their cultural heritage.
• Events are scheduled regularly (e.g., quarterly or other).
• A communal space is arranged for lunch, with all staff invited.
• Senior management attends to share the meal and discuss informally with participants.
• Optional short presentations on diversity topic, accompany the lunch

• Increased employee engagement and morale.
• Better mutual understanding across cultural backgrounds.
• Strengthened trust and approachability of senior management.
• Positive feedback from staff on company culture.