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GENDER DIVERSITY PAYS
OFFGrow Your Business with Female Leadership
Speakers• Nicole Hayward• SVP, Marketing & Product Management, OnSIP Business VoIP
• Michael Oeth• CEO, OnSIP Business VoIP
• Nancy Ridge• Vice President, Telecom Brokers and • President & Co-Founder, Women in the Channel
• Moderator: Peter Radizeski, RAD-INFO INC.
More than “the right thing to do”…Big Financial Payoff’s• DDI Global Study: “Companies in the bottom 20 percent of financial
performance had only 19 percent women in leadership positions; companies in the top 20 percent have 37 percent female leadership.” [1]• McKinsey&Company: “Between 2008 and 2010, companies with more
diverse top teams were also top financial performers. That’s probably no coincidence.” [2]• Leaders like Richard Branson of Virgin, John Veihmeyer of KPMG and
our own Mike Oeth agree…diversity creates a strategic advantage.
Why does gender diversity pay off? • “Men and women share the same four most frequently named top five strengths:
Responsibility, Learner, Achiever, and Relator.
• Strength: Relationship-building: “On an aggregate basis, men more often have Strategic and women are more likely to have Empathy in their top five.”
• Strength: Team-Playing: “Another intriguing strength statistic is that men tend to lead with Achiever while women tend to lead with Responsibility.
• Strength: Healthy Outlook: “…we find that women are four percentage points more likely than men to be thriving in well-being, and that's significantly higher.”
Gallup Data [3]
How can businesses leverage women’s strengths to accelerate collaboration and relationship-building?
When asked what training and development skills were needed to help women move into leadership roles the responses were:
• 57% - Leadership Training• 56% - Confidence Building• 48% - Decision Making• 47% - Networking• 46% - Critical Thinking
How do you create a culture where women can thrive?
Confidence Building“Hard” and “soft” incentivesFlexibilityRole modelsLeadership Training with a Female FocusSupport Professional Womens’ Groups
How Does WiC Facilitate Business-Growth Through Support of Female Leadership?
• Meet role models• Learn to identify areas to grow• Practice skills in a “safe” place• Lead a Conference Call• Blog• Give Live Presentations• Expand Marketing Skills
• Mentor• Lead a Committee• Become a Board Member• Be Recognized (LIPSTICK Award)• Join WiC Today• www.womeninthechannel.com
Sources• [1] http://www.ddiworld.com/resources/library/trend-research/global-leadership-forecast-2014
• [2] http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/is_there_a_payoff_from_top-team_diversity
• [3] http://www.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/178574/women-workplace-life-lived.aspx