Post on 04-Jul-2015
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Julie Graber Managing Director
April 21, 2010
Women at the Table: Now More Than Ever
� As Layoffs Surge, Women May Pass Men in the Labor Force (The New York Times, February 2009)
� It’s Not just a Recession, It’s a Mancession (July 9, 2009 – The Atlantic)
� Women are victors in ‘mancession’ (June 7, 2009, The Times, Great Britain)
Disappearing from the Picture
49.90%
35%
20%
15%
3%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
Workforce Managers Senior Leaders Executive Officers CEOs
% Women at Each Level
% Women
Organizational Learning Curve
DEFENSIVE COMPLIANCE MANAGERIAL STRATEGIC CIVIL
Deny practices, outcomes, responsibility – usually handled by Legal Dept.
Adopt a policy-based compliance approach as a cost of doing business – PR dept.
Embed the issue in core management processes – HR dept.
Integrate societal issue in core business strategies
Moral and ethical commitment – it’s the right thing to do
� How long is overrated
� What matters is how well
In Rework (Fried & Hansson)
The Future of Management (2007) � For the first time since the dawning of the
industrial age, the only way to build a company that’s fit for the future is to build one that’s fit for human beings as well.
From Gary Hamel: