women´s career: powered by innovation

Women´s Career: Powered By Innovation

Duisburg – Munich – Frankfurt – Zurich – Basel – London – Washington – Toronto

Barbara Lix,

Executive Board Member cundus AG

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• Introduction: cundus AG, Barbara Lix

• Why was innovation critical for my career and

would be a career accelerator for other women?

• Why are we women made to be innovators?

• Is there a systematic approach to train /enable and encourage women to be innovative?• Steps for successful innovation

• Critical success factors for being a successful innovator

• Women Leadership @ cundus

• Summary:

Agenda

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cundus AG

Founded: 2000

Headquarters: Duisburg

Subsidiaries: 8 subsidiaries worldwide

Executive Peter Neisius (Chairman)Board: Gotthard Tischner, Barbara Lix

Customer Solutions• Business Intelligence: Reporting,

Analytics, Dashboards, Data Warehouse

• Enterprise Performance Management: Planning, Consolidation

• Regulatory Reporting, XBRL and Business Intelligence for Regulators

Subsidiaries• Germany (Duisburg, Frankfurt a.M.,

Munich)

• Switzerland (Basel, Zurich)

• Great Britain (London)

• USA (Washington D.C.)

• Canada (Toronto)

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2008 – today: cundus AG, Duisburg, GermanyMember of the Executive Board, specialized on Regulatory Reporting and Regulatory Business Intelligence

2005 – 2007: imibp – International Management Institute for Business Performance Ltd., London, UK - Beijing, PRCCo-founder and Corporate Managing Director

2000 – 2005: Siebel Systems GmbH, Ismaning, Germany Managing Partner – Sales Management Consulting

2000 Acquisition of OnTarget by Siebel Systems

1998 – 1999: OnTarget Central Europe, Geneva, SwitzerlandManaging Partner / Owner of Barbara Lix – Management Consulting

1996 – 1998: Siemens Nixdorf - Headquarters, Munich, GermanySenior Vice President, International Account Management

1985 – 1996: Software AG - Headquarters, Darmstadt, Germany

Senior Vice President and Head of International Account-Management

and Global Business Services

Consultant / Product Management / Director / Vice President

1983 – 1985: Bildungswerk der Essener Wirtschaft e.V. / Management Akademie, Essen, Germany

Head of Advanced Education for Electronic Data Processing and Modern Office Technology

1979 – 1983: University Essen, Essen, Germany - Lecturer

1977 – 1979: Berufsförderungszentrum, Essen Germany - Lecturer

1972 – 1977: University of Essen, Germany - Economic Science, Business Degree, Diplom-Kaufmann

Barbara Lix60 years, married, 1 daughter

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• Why was Innovation critical for my career and would be a career accelerator for other women?

• Innovation drives success and added value

• Success and added value drives careers

• Why are we women made to be innovators?Women

• are active listeners

• joined-up thinkers

• are added value oriented

• Open minded

• Suffer seldom “not invented here” syndrom

• ….


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Steps to an innovative solution:1. Understand the goal

2. Identify the challenges / opportunities and their impact

3. Listen to customers, their needs and ideas, listen to colleagues and partners

4. Create a solution idea

5. Create awareness at and support from upper management

6. Provide solution for a test case and prove success

7. Create the final scalable solution

8. Identify internal supporters, external multipliers and alliances

9. Roll out

Can we teach women to show their innovative power?Systematic approach to a successful innovation


Success depends on the quality of the (virtual) team being involved

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Individual SWOTs

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Company´s SWOTs

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1. Provide added value by using your strengths

What is critical for being a successful innovator?

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2. Network with men and women• Learn and improve!

• Gather people around you being better than yourself!

• Listen to them!

• Create supporters for innovative ideas!

3. Understand the rules of the game!

4. Be positive and constructive!

5. Organize work live balance!

What is critical for being a successful innovator?


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Encouragement

• get female applicants/ employees:

• Cooperation with universities

• Information vents for women at universities

• Dinner with cundus Executive Board member for female students

• Awarding annually the cundus BI Dissertation /PHD Award for an extraordinary dissertation by a female doctorate

• inspiring qualified women to enter the consultants career path

• Interesting developmental opportunities combining professional and private goals

• motivate and support women to enter and follow the career path:

• Regular meetings to learn from each other, discuss current challenges and network

• Regularly feed back, coaching, career planning sessions

Enablement:

• Set up program or cundus starters:• 6-months trainee-program for new comers

• 3 weeks for advanced consultants

• Tailored development and training program (subject matter expert / management career)

• Mentoring and Coaching program

Women Leadership@cundusNext level of your career


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• Innovation creates added value and success. • Successful innovations accelerate women´s career.

My appeal to: • Managers (female or male):

• Encourage and enable female team members / employees to create innovations and innovative solutions

• Female team members being on the career parth:• Don´t be shy! Use your strenghts!

• Identity challenges/gaps in your organisation and create innovative solutions

• Find sponsors and mentors

Summary


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