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: