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| 3. Company culture is a terrain—be prepared to navigate it: For progress to occur, company culture has to change, said Julie Gebauer, Global Head of Human Capital and Benefits at Willis Towers Watson. “If you’re walking down the path and there’s a rock face in front of you, you need a strategy that involves ropes.”
4. Celebrate the game-changers of the past: Stacey Cunningham, first woman president of the New York Stock Exchange, talked about the inspiration she gets thinking about Muriel Siebert, who was the first woman to own a seat on the NYSE. 5. Remember the men: If women are to succeed, men need to be able to mentor them, said Rick Goings, former chairman and CEO of Tupperware. “You can’t do this if you are not engaged in their life or engaged in their career.” 6. Use advertising to shift the narrative: Allison Tummon Kamphuis, P&G’s Global Gender Equality Leader, observed that advertising plays a huge role. When viewers see different groups represented in un-stereotyped ways, she said in a panel led by Seneca’s Sharon Bowen, “it creates a new normal of what equality looks like.” 7. Look at your supply chain: Visibility is also an issue in American manufacturing said Elizabeth Vazquez, CEO of WEConnect International, which supports women-owned businesses. “Women make almost all the purchasing decisions,” she said, yet they are “literally invisible in corporate supplier chains.” 8. Leverage women’s unique leadership qualities: “Communication is leadership,” said Melissa Reiff, CEO of The Container Store Group, who added another of her rules: “A work environment has to be motivating, fun, positive…and it works! People don’t leave.” 9. Encourage personal growth: “You have to have a place where people can develop to their full potential,” said Susan Story, CEO of American Water, in an onstage conversation with Betty Liu, Executive Vice Chairman of the NYSE. Ask: “Is this what they need? What do they need?” |