Mentoring

Women are making strides in the workplace but the numbers are still stagnating across management and line positions. One of the keys to increased success is offering strong mentoring programs, but many women struggle to find influential supporters who can help navigate organizational power structures. Professional mentoring remains an important strategic tool for companies to attract and retain a diverse workforce and to move talent upward through the management structure. Women and men mentors and sponsors are essential for supporting women’s career advancement whether in corporations, academia, small businesses, philanthropy or the nonprofit sector.

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Deborah Hopkins is Chairman of Venture Capital Initiatives and Chief Innovation Officer at Citi. Recognized for her leadership in driving client-focused innovation, she has supported emerging technologies and championed the advancement of women by ensuring sponsorship and advocacy to senior management. She joined Citi in 2003 and became Chief Operations & Technology Officer later that year. She was named Chief Innovation Officer in 2008. Based in Palo Alto, California, her mission is client-focused innovation. Before coming to Citi, Debby’s roles included CFO for The Boeing Company and Lucent Technologies. Fortune magazine has twice named her one of the Most Powerful Women in American Business.

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New York, NY 10022

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40° 45' 33.8184" N, 73° 58' 11.208" W

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United States

40° 45' 33.8184" N, 73° 58' 11.208" W

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Anne Erni is an innovative leader who is Global Head of Leadership, Learning and Diversity at Bloomberg where she manages global initiatives and develops people to reach their potential. At Bloomberg, she manages global initiatives in leadership and diversity. Prior, she was Chief Diversity Officer at Lehman Brothers pioneering global efforts in the retention and advancement of women and under-represented groups in financial services and she created the award-winning Encore program, to re-train individuals resuming their careers. Anne has 15 years of banking and capital markets experience with private and public sector clients. She received her BA and MA from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Bologna, Italy.

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New York, NY 10022

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40° 45' 33.8184" N, 73° 58' 11.208" W

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Davia Temin Named One of "30 Outstanding Women" Advancing Women and Girls' Leadership

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National Council for Research on Women Honors Leaders at "Making a Difference for Women Awards Dinner" on March 6, 2012

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From the press release:

"Redefining the impact and perception of women leaders is something I have focused on throughout my career," says Davia Temin, CEO of reputation and crisis management consultancy Temin and Company.

"Helping girls and women realize their leadership potential is why I became so heavily involved in organizations such as Girls Scouts of the USA and the White House Project. I wanted to help develop the pipeline of female leadership in this country, from Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies all the way up to the U.S. Presidency," she says. "And, making a difference in the U.S. also has an impact globally, especially in countries where women's leadership is more challenged by societal expectations."

Ms. Temin is among the "30 Outstanding Women" being celebrated by the National Council for Research on Women for their efforts in advancing women's issues, promoting women's leadership and changing the way women and girls are viewed globally. Nominated by their peers for their achievements, the honorees will be recognized at this year's Making a Difference for Women Awards Dinner on March 6th in New York City, where the NCRW will also be commemorating its 30th anniversary.

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Marketwatch

URL:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/davia-temin-named-one-of-30-outstanding-women-advancing-women-and-girls-leadership-2012-03-06

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March 14, 2012

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7 Outstanding Female Investors

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If you want to rise to the top as a woman in finance but you're not sure how, seeking out a role model can help illuminate the path. Here are seven women who have achieved great success in this field by being willing to stand out, taking risks and refusing to accept "no" for an answer.

Editorial:

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Finance is a male-dominated profession, especially at the top. While women in the United States make up 55.4% of the total labor force in finance, they comprise only 16.6% of executive officers, 18% of board directors and 2.9% of CEOs, according to a December 2011 survey by Catalyst Research.

As outsiders, women are alternately overlooked and heavily scrutinized when it comes to positions of power in finance. They are sometimes underestimated and held to a lower standard, while at other times they are expected to work harder to prove themselves against their male counterparts or even pitted against their female coworkers.

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Source:

San Francisco Chronicle

URL:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/03/06/investopedia6668.DTL

Date:

March 7, 2012

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ACTION BRIEF: WOMEN AND MONEY

Submitted by vivhdem on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 12:58pm

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Action Brief -Women and Money_WEB.pdf

What's A Girl Gotta Do to Break The Glass Ceiling?

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Nell Merlino asks: What’s it going to take to see more women consistently occupying leadership positions in the US and around the world?

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From Forbes:

We all know that women and girls are not showing up on a leadership trajectory, a position that would otherwise seem consistent with their increased rates of higher education, business ownership, workforce participation and other factors.

It’s not like folks aren’t trying.

When she’s not doing push ups with Ellen DeGeneres, one of First Lady Michelle Obama’s top priorities is mentoring girls so ‘there isn’t any room you can’t walk into.’

The Girl Scouts of America have just launched a major public awareness campaign to highlight the urgent need to help girls become leaders,www.togetherthere.org.

Nike has a global effort, www.girleffect.org, with a similar message. Here’s the data the Girls Scouts point to.

Back in 1993, I created a high-profile initiative called Take Our Daughters To Work that bears many similarities to the new campaign from the Girl Scouts and Nike’s campaign. Carol Gilligan’s seminal book, ‘In A Different Voice,’ provided the research orientation and Take Our Daughters To Work succeeded in mobilizing more than 70 million people on behalf of girls.

Yet, the research, the campaigns, and the web sites just keep on coming.

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Source:

Forbes

URL:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nellmerlino/2012/02/07/whats-a-girl-gotta-do/

Date:

February 8, 2012

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Building a Pipeline to Women's Leadership

Submitted by vivhdem on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 12:53pm

NCRW held an expert panel on February 28, 2011 at American Express with senior leaders from business, government, and academia to explore the case for, barriers to, and action steps needed to expand the number of women in leadership positions. While many overt barriers to women’s advancement have been largely dismantled, and the pipeline to leadership is filled with highly qualified women, the embedded prejudices in our institutions and culture as well as the expectations women have for their professional and personal lives, especially younger women, still pose challenges.

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Action Brief -Building a Pipeline REV jan 2012.pdf

Millennial Women Battle With Older, Unwanted Mentors

Teaser:

Larissa Faw discusses the generational clashes between Millennials and Baby Boomers who want to mentor them in the workplace.

Editorial:

From Forbes Woman:

At one end, there are significant numbers of older mid-managerial women that have navigated the corporate ladder and want to pass along their wisdom to the young upstarts just entering the workforce. Six in 10 Boomers (60%) say they enjoy helping younger employees navigate the workplace, according to the Center for Work-Life Policy. They also want to help them as early as possible. Two in three women over age 50 prefer to mentor women in their 20s than women in their late 30s or 40s, according to Marymount Manhattan College.

On the other side, Millennial women searching for mentors find themselves being approached by women they can’t relate to. They say these older co-workers are old-fashioned, too judgmental and don’t understand their values. In fact, communication style (72%), technology use (65%), work style (53%), and priorities (52%) are the four most reported clashes between Millennial women and their older colleagues, according to the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation (BPWF).

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Source:

Forbes

URL:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larissafaw/2012/01/06/millennial-women-battle-with-older-unwanted-mentors/

Date:

January 9, 2012

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Having It All But Remaining True to Oneself

Submitted by vivhdem on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 8:01pm

By Linda Basch, PhD*

This morning, I had the opportunity to hear Véronique Morali, President of the Global Women’s Forum at Deauville, lead an inspiring conversation on leadership with Credit Suisse’s Americas Women’s Network.

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We know diversity in tech is a problem, but what’s the solution?

Teaser:

Women and minorities are fighting for a place in fast-growth science and engineering-driven industries, and the struggle is stoking a heated dialogue, especially at its epicenters in Silicon Valley and the emerging New York City tech hub.

Editorial:

From the article:

VentureBeat recently debunked the myths about women at the helm of technology companies and conducted a roundtable about the issue.

A new generation of chief executives of giant technology companies illustrates the point amply: Virginia Rometty at IBM, Meg Whitman at HP, Carol Bartz at Yahoo, Heather Bresch at Mylan and Ursula Burns at Xerox. Their successes alone should inspire the rising generation to believe the glass ceiling has been broken.

Yet at the same time, research from the Level Playing Field Institute suggests the persistence of hostile work environments in high tech companies for women and people of color.

Two weeks ago, allegations arose about the suppression of damaging corporate diversity stats by Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. And this past Sunday night a CNN Special Report focused on the efforts ofyoung black entrepreneurs to crack the venture code and the alleged color barriers of Silicon Valley, revealing some very deep chasms in perception, if not reality.

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Source:

Venture Beat

URL:

http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/22/tech-diversity-solution/

Date:

November 23, 2011

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