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Execs discover their own path at NEW Summit
‘You don’t have to wear pinstripes,’ keynoter tells group
Northwest networking at NEW/FILC event Oct. 17 |
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| Trisha Meili |
“This was our most successful Summit ever,” according the NEW Executive Director Joan Toth. “We not only had a great program and a substantial increase in attendance, we had a very successful board session and our first-ever membership meeting.”
Network President Kimberly Betts, a manager in human capital for Deloitte LLP, said, “I continue to be energized by the momentum of this organization. Every time I attend a NEW event, I am impressed by the level of commitment among our members to advance this issue and the quality of discussion around how we are going to make that happen.”
Betts kicked off Tuesday’s main program and welcomed the crowd. She introduced the day’s emcee, former McDonalds executive Lynn Crump-Caine, president of Outsidein, Inc.
Working together
The day’s morning session was kicked off by Gail Evans, former CNN executive and author of She Wins, You Win and Play Like A Man Win Like A Woman, business bestsellers that urge women to take charge of their own success.
She scoffed at past excuses explaining why women have not been promoted to top positions. “First they said it was a lack of education,” she said. “Then they blamed the pipeline. Then they said it was lack of mentoring. Then they said it was the lack of informal networks… The newest excuse is that ‘Women just don’t want it.’” None of these adequately addresses the real reason women have not been promoted to senior positions in large numbers, according to Evans.
Men are born “on the same team and play that way,” she said. “We need to start playing like that. Our success is connected.” Her remark was interrupted by applause from the packed ballroom at Atlanta’s Renaissance Concourse Hotel.
Evans commented that women don’t “have to be junior men” to win in business. “You don’t have to play golf if you don’t want to…you don’t have to wear pinstripes.” The key to gender diversity in management is women working together, she said.
The former newswoman and White House aide said everyone had “an obligation to mentor someone younger.” Women should “like each other…and give (their) ideas away.”
Taking charge
Evans was followed by Susan Bulkeley Butler, the first woman partner of Accenture and author of Become the CEO of You, Inc. She urged executives present to follow her four-step process to success: Set a clear vision; build a team that supports you; develop a detailed plan; and navigate your journey. “Make something happen for you, don’t just let things happen to you,” she said.
A sit-down networking lunch was followed by four action learning breakout sessions. Jan Hill, founder of Hill Enterprises, Inc., led a packed workshop called “Excuse Me, My Life Is Waiting.” The session explored new ways to “evaluate your life and realize your dreams.”
Trudy Bourgeois, a member of NEW’s board and CEO and founder of the Center for Workforce Excellence, led the day’s second workshop, “Redefining Diversity for the 21st Century.” The well-attended session outlined the roles that everyone needs to play in “creating the diverse leadership teams” needed now.
Lynn Crump-Caine moderated a panel on setting boundaries titled “When and How to Say ‘No.’” The panel discussion featured Rose Kleyweg Mitchell, vice president of education and government affairs for Hy-Vee, Inc.; Julie Washington, vice president, market development, for the Gillette Company; and Bonnie Wurzbacher, senior vice president, global accounts, for the Coca-Cola Company.
A best practices discussion called “Winning Strategies: Executing with Excellence” looked at the habits and practices of successful women executives. The panel was moderated by Susan Bulkeley Butler and featured Kathleen Guion, executive vice president, store operations and development for Dollar General; Maura Havenga, senior vice president of the Restaurant Solutions Group for McDonalds Corporation; Sandi Karrmann, vice president, human resources-sales, for Frito-Lay North America; and Anne Marie Kehoe, vice president, intimate apparel and ladies legwear, Wal-Mart.
Triumph of the spirit
The day’s emotional high-point was the closing keynote address by Trisha Meili, the author of I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibility. Meili, a former Wall Street executive who was raped, bludgeoned and left for dead in a shocking act of brutality, focused on her remarkable recovery.
Meili talked about the power of prayer and intention; the resilience of the mind and body; the value of touch; the danger of resentment; the importance of action; and the indispensability of others.
Meili recounted the outpouring of support and love she received from her family, friends, healthcare workers, co-workers and strangers. As she relearned how to do simple things, such as rolling over, telling time, buttoning her blouse and identifying simple objects, Meili credited this support with helping her achieve “the miracle of her recovery.”
Trisha Meili gives her time to organizations vital to her healing: The Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program (SAVI) at Mount Sinai Hospital, Gaylord Hospital where she did much of her rehabilitation, and the Achilles Track Club. The former competitive runner received an enthusiastic ovation from the crowd when she held up the medallion she won competing in the New York City Marathon in 1995.
The Network Summit was followed by the 2005 NEW Facilitated Mentoring Orientation session, moderated by Sandra Bushby, senior managing partner of Ultimate Achievement. More than twenty mentor-protégé pairs attended the daylong event. The pairs learned more about mentoring as they kicked off a 12-month partnership facilitated by the Network.
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Northwest networking at NEW/FILC event Oct. 17
Panel, networking and Trudy Bourgeois in Portland
Food industry executives and emerging leaders will have formal and
informal networking opportunities at NEW’s Northwest Networking Event
on Monday afternoon, October 17.
The half-day event, held in conjunction with Portland State
University’s Food Industry Leadership Conference, will also feature an
informal lunch, an industry panel discussion and remarks by Trudy
Bourgeois, author of Her Corner Office: A Guide to Help Women Find a
Place and a Voice in Corporate America.
The event begins with registration at 11:30 a.m. and concludes at 4
p.m. with a reception sponsored by Willamette Valley Vineyards. The
location is the Embassy Suites Washington Square in Tigard, Ore.
The industry panel, led by Carolyn McKnight, director of PSU’s MBA
program, will explore such topics as personal branding, networking,
success strategies for women executives of color, diversity awareness,
recruitment and training, and working with men. Scheduled panelists
include Trudy Bourgeois, CEO, the Center for Workforce Excellence;
Jennifer Mehrer, senior account executive, Procter & Gamble;
Natalie Ream, vice president, Fred Meyer Stores; and Mitzi Short, vice
president, multicultural marketing, PepsiCo.
For more information on this and other Network events contact Anna N. Duran, NEW member services, (713) 888-5305.
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Betsy Hosick named NEW treasurer
Grize and McGurl joined board of directors
Elizabeth (Betsy) Hosick, global commodity manager for Chevron/Texaco,
has been named the new treasurer of the Network of Executive Women
replacing Debra Grosh, director of supply chain optimization for
Coca-Cola North America.
Grosh will now serve as an At-Large member of the Network’s board of
directors. She will be joined by new board members Bill Grize, retired
president and CEO of Ahold USA, and Maureen McGurl, executive vice
president, human resources, for Stop and Shop Supermarkets, Inc.
Departing NEW’s board are Dan Abraham, president and CEO of Garb-Ko,
Inc., Nathalie Taylor, president and CEO of CAPTURE Communications, and
Bonnie Wurzbacher, senior vice president, global accounts for the
Coca-Cola Company. Abraham and Wurzbacher have also been named NEW
Champions for the coming year.
NETWORK OF EXECUTIVE WOMEN
2006 OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kimberly Betts, Deloitte LLP, NEW President; Jennie Jones,
S&D Coffee, Vice President Marketing, NEW President-Elect; Helayne
Angelus, Procter & Gamble Company, Vice President, Customer
Business Development, NEW Vice President; Elizabethe Bogart, National
Association of Convenience Stores, Vice President, Industry Affairs,
NEW Secretary; Lucia Crater, MET Rx/US Nutrition Inc., Director,
C-Store Sales; Mike Gorshe, Accenture, Executive Director
Consumer Goods & Services; Elizabeth Hosick, Chevron/Texaco,
Global Commodity Manager; Bobbie O’Hare, Johnson, O'Hare Companies,
Vice President Business Development; Alison Kenney Paul, Deloitte &
Touche, LLC, Senior Manager; Debbie Wildrick, 7-Eleven, Director
Processed Foods.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT-LARGE
Brenda Bass, McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceutical, Vice
President of Sales; Trudy Bourgeois, The Center for Workforce
Excellence, President and CEO; Sandra Bushby, Ultimate Achievement,
Inc., President & Senior Advisor; Kathy Casey, Kellogg Company,
Vice President, Convenience and Drug Channel; Linda Dillman, Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc., Chief Information Officer; Kim Feil, Sara Lee
Corporation, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer; Jill
Galowitz, USSTC, Vice President Brand Management & Corporate
Officer; Bill Grize, Ahold USA, Retired, President & CEO; Debra
Grosh, Coca-Cola North America, Director of Supply Chain Organization;
Michele Hanson, First Data Corporation, SVP Enterprise Customer
Development Convenience/Petroleum; David Jobe, Leadership Network
Corporation, President; Andy Lapayowker, Crown Central Petroleum, NEW
General Counsel; Jeannine McCullough, Eight O’Clock Coffee Company,
Vice President, Sales; Maureen McGurl, Stop and Shop Supermarkets,
Inc., Executive Vice President, Human Resources; Joy Nicholas, Cascades
Retail Technologies, LLC, Principal Consultant; Paul Reuter, CSP
Information Group, President/Editorial Director; Luci Sheehan, Umbria,
Vice President, Sales.
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Working Mother names top family friendly companies
NEW sponsors Accenture, Deloitte, and P&G make cut
Working Mother magazine has
named its “100 Best” companies for 2005 and NEW sponsors Accenture,
Deloitte & Touche and Procter & Gamble were included.
It is the twentieth year the magazine has compiled a report “on the
family-friendliest companies in America.” The editors wrote that “we
consider all areas of work/life, including a company's culture,
family-friendly policies and compensation. Each company completes the
application, which includes questions such as how much maternity leave
new parents receive and how many women attended advancement programs."
The editors added that “this year we gave particular weight to three
issues: flexible scheduling, because it is essential for working
mothers; child-care options, because without them parents can't work;
and time off for new parents, because it is critical to be able to stay
home with newborns without suffering professionally.”
WORKING MOTHER’S 2005 ‘100 BEST’
Manufacturing and Retail Companies
Avon Products Inc.
Bayer Corporation
BP America Inc.
Cinergy Corp.
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Dow Corning Corporation
Dupont
Ford Motor Company
General Electric Company
General Mills
General Motors
Ikea
Lego Systems Inc.
Patagonia Inc.
The Procter & Gamble Company
S.C. Johnson & Son Inc.
The Timberland Company
For a complete list of companies visit the magazine’s website
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