This presentation was delivered by Sally Thornton, President and Co-Founder of Flexperience, to introduce Watermark's "Career Mosaic" event on November 10th, 2010. The last in our series of "Re-Inventing Your Career," this event focused on looking at the experiences and skills that make you most valuable in your career. Our panel discussion highlighted how we can remove obstacles to women's advancement, with candid conversations about how this has been done in the past and can continue to be done in the future. We stepped away from the traditional linear path where the focus is on "positions and titles" and climbing the corporate ladder. Instead, we focused on a lattice approach that allows you to successfully manage the multiple tiles of your life.

1. Women: The Business Case
November 2010
Sally Thornton
President & Co-Founder

2. First, a little background...

4. Ideal Staffing
Talent on-demand
opportunity
Actual Staffing
Staffing Drivers:
Talent On-Demand
Employees
Time

5. Talent on Demand
Flexible Work
Experienced Professionals
Low Overhead

6. Next, the data...

7. % of Management & Professional
Jobs Female?

8. Women
Management/Professionals
source: Catalyst Research & Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010
51%

9. % of Fortune 500 Executive
Officers?

10. Fortune 500
Women Executive Officers
source: Catalyst Research & Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010
13%

11. % of Fortune 500 CEOs?

12. Fortune 500
Women CEOs
source: Catalyst Research & Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010
2.4%

13. It’s not a pipeline problem.

14. Women began outpacing men in
college graduation rates
source: the Washington Post
1982

15. The pace of “meritocracy” isn’t
fast enough.

16. At current rate of progress, year the
FTSE will have equal number of
female directors
2081
source: according to the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission's annual report

17. profit
$ £
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18. Higher rate of shareholder return
with female officers
source: Catalyst’s Bottom Line Study (2007)
34%

19. Operating Profit when at least 3
women on executive committees in
“largest European companies”
source: McKinsey (2007)
2x

20. Higher rate of shareholder return
with female directors
source: Catalyst’s Bottom Line Study (2007)
42%

21. Norway’s Minimum % of Board of
Directors be Women
sources: NYTimes, UK Guardian
40%

22. people profit
$ £
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planet

23. people

24. people
Want to increase engagement and productivity
Seek to improve work-life integration: optimal
care of self, family and community
Look for diversity in executive positions
Engage with all talent pools – Gen Y, Gen X,
Baby Boomers and phased retirees

25. profit
$ £
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26. profit
Value the role of women: per Catalyst, more
women in executive roles equals higher profits
Expect productivity and loyalty from coworkers
Understand the price of turnover costs
 Seek out employers of choice
$ £
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27. planet

28. planet
 Maximize use of community talent pool
 Create healthier families
 Promote volunteerism
 Reduce highway congestion

29. profit
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30. Leading thinkers are leading the
way....

31. Failure is an option.

32. “Job Hopping to the Top and
Other Career Fallacies”
July/August 2010

33. Two Key Issues to Address Tonight:
1) Narrow definition of leadership
styles & paths (we’ll show role
models with very different
perspectives)
2) Lack of work/life solutions to
allow for the pace changes...

34. Finally, our esteemed panel...

35. Jennifer Buechel
Director of Business Operations, Genentech
Leader in Genentech's Research and Early Development (gRED) group,
with many responsibilities including creating websites and employee
forums to interacting with Roche Corporation functions such as finance,
HR, and IT.
Prior to Genentech, Ms. Buechel held positions at Procter & Gamble,
Kraft Foods, and McKinsey Consulting.
Honors degree and B.Sc in Chemical Engineering and B.A. in English
Literature from Queen's University in Canada. She also earned an MBA
and a Master's in Engineering from Stanford University.

36. Anne Abreu
Director of Reimbursement & Business
Development, Ventus Medical
Ventus is a venture-backed start up that makes a therapeutic device to
treat sleep apnea. Anne’s responsible for the reimbursement strategy for
all types of managed care organizations.
Prior to Ventus Medical, spent 8 years at Guidant Corporation and Abbott
Vascular (via Guidant acquisition). Prior to working with Medical
Technology, she spent five years working in Investment Banking.
Holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of
California, Berkeley, and a BA from the University of Colorado, at Boulder.

37. Rajani Ramanathan
Senior Vice President, Software Engineering,
Salesforce.com
Leads the world class Quality Engineering, Performance Engineering,
User Assistance, and Documentation teams for all product and business
lines including chatter, platform, application, and core. As a member of
Salesforce.com for the last ten years, she was part of the core team that
helped deliver the pioneer SAAS and PAAS attacks.
Prior to moving to the United States and turning her focus toward
technology, Ms. Ramanathan, founded several companies that
specialized in corporate space planning, interior design, and marketing
feasibility.

38. Tricia Smith
Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Apple, Inc.
Leads a software engineering organization that includes Quality
Assurance, Tools, and Program Management. She began her career at
Apple in 1994 as a Project Manager.
Combines her background in architecture, project management, and
construction to support projects that benefit the community and the local
schools.
Degree in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley.