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Strategic Power Networks:Trade Up …From Impact to Innovation!

Mary O’Hara-DevereauxRayona Sharpnack

Linkage2008 Women in Leadership Summit

November 12, 2008



Powerful Global Trend


Four Global Demographic Fault Lines

Who Will I Become?

Haves/Have-Nots

Haves/Have-Nots

Living LongerLiving Longer

Gen Y Comes of

Age

Gen Y Comes of

Age

Re-invention of Women

Re-invention of Women

• Increasing Gap

• Black Hole

• Increasing Gap

• Black Hole

• Historic Numbers of Educated Knowledge Workers

• Social Revolution

• Historic Numbers of Educated Knowledge Workers

• Social Revolution

• Over 1 Billion Strong

• Techno-savvy

• Global Identity

• Over 1 Billion Strong

• Techno-savvy

• Global Identity

• Rapid Rise of Healthy Older People

• Fastest Growth in Emerging Economies

• Rapid Rise of Healthy Older People

• Fastest Growth in Emerging Economies


Women Break Free and Cut a New Path


… Then They Went to School. More Women Graduate From College Than

Men

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

AustraliaCzech Republic

FinlandFrance

GermanyHungary

IrelandItaly

JapanRepublic of Korea

MexicoNetherlands

New ZealandPoland

SpainSwedenTurkey

United KingdomUnited States

Women

Men

Tertiary Graduation Rates, 2006% of Total by Gender


A Big U.S Trend Unfolding Since 1970 …

58% of college students are women Most Latinos and African American College

students are women About 80% of valedictorians are females Women outperform men at Ph.D. level


What’s UpWith Men??


Amy RadinChief Innovation OfficerCitibank

Amy RadinChief Innovation OfficerCitibank

Claudia KotchkaVP, Design Innovation & Strategy

Procter & Gamble

Claudia KotchkaVP, Design Innovation & Strategy

Procter & Gamble

Ivy RossEVP Product Design & DevelopmentOld Navy

Ivy RossEVP Product Design & DevelopmentOld Navy

Marissa MayerVP, Search Products & User Experience

Google

Marissa MayerVP, Search Products & User Experience

Google

Women Lead Innovation in Top Companies


Key BarriersKey Barriers


Conventional Wisdom About Women Persists

They don’t problem solve as well as men Women are not natural leaders Women can’t manage – they’re too emotional Women will not do whatever it takes to get the job

done Women’s role in society is as a temporary worker,

not an equal Women prefer not to work Women will drop off to have a family Women can’t travel because they have children Women prefer men’s companySource: Catalyst, Global Foresight, varied studies, 2006


Top Five Barriers in High Tech Companies

Stereotyping High Tech Corporate Culture is exclusionary

and does not support women’s advancement Demands of work/careers is incompatible

with having a commitment to family/personal responsibilities

Women feel isolated because they lack role models, networks and mentors

Companies don’t strategically and objectively identify and develop talent


Conventional Wisdom About Women in High Tech Companies

Women will drop off to have a family. Women will not do whatever it takes to get the

job done. Women are not good enough compared to men. Women are not natural leaders. Women can’t manage – they’re too emotional. Women can’t travel because they have children. Women’s role in society is as a temporary

worker, not an equal. Women prefer men’s company.Source: Catalyst Bit by Bit 2003


Key Findings

Lack of women in senior positions not just a pipeline issue

Lack of an explicit commitment to diversity at the top

High Tech industry values meritocracy but ‘lack of acceptance of women’ trumps that value

Narrow operating definition of what is acceptable as leadership and the style

Lackluster commitment to true work redesigns that support women’s needs for work-life balance

Not enough respect for personal lives


The Male-Female Dilemma

Men have a low comfort level with women at work.

Men often do not give women honest feedback about their performance.

Men base their expectations of women in the workplace on what they know from their own personal lives.

Women feel excluded and many withdraw.

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