Breaking Through E-Book

Martine Liautaud

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 325

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

When women succeed, we all win. Breaking Through explores the mentoring relationship, and unravels its effects on women, businesses, society, and the economy. In 2010, author Martine Liautaud founded the Women Business Mentoring Initiative (WBMI) to support women entrepreneurs with the targeted advice and personalized guidance that can only come from a mentor. In late 2015, she set up the Women Initiative Foundation to broaden her action in favor of women in the business world. This book encapsulates the WBMI mission and other similar experiences inside international and US corporations, showing how mentoring and sponsorship can take many forms--and how each form benefits women in business. Through evidence-based narratives, you'll learn what real women have gained from both sides of the dynamic, and why they credit mentoring with the strength of their business success. These stories show how mentoring yields increased efficiency, improved financials, more effective management, increased innovation, a broader talent pool, and increased revenues, and how helping women succeed in business leads to increased philanthropy and improves community sustainability. Gender equality has made huge strides in the US and Western Europe, but this progress is only apparent in the junior levels of the workplace. This book shows how mentoring women entrepreneurs and women managers provides the key that opens the door to the new economy. * Understand why mentoring is key to women's economic advancement * Learn how mentoring yields tangible benefits beyond the workplace * Delve into the experiences of real mentor/mentee pairs * Consider the effectiveness of various types of mentoring Despite the increasing opportunities for women in business, statistics and pervading stereotypes suggest that true gender equality is still far on the horizon. Mentoring and sponsorship can be tremendously helpful to women looking to achieve great things--the wisdom of experience is a powerful asset in business strategy and decision-making, and the mentor/mentee relationship benefits everyone. Breaking Through makes a compelling case for the effectiveness of mentoring, with real women's stories of success.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part I: Overview

Chapter 1: Women and the New Economy

The New Economy: Opportunities for Women

Women in Corporates and Finance

Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Women Entrepreneurs

Chapter 2: Mentoring and Sponsoring: The Keys to Success

Mentoring and Sponsoring Women Employees

Mentoring and Sponsoring Women Entrepreneurs

Part II: Voices of Women Business Leaders

Chapter 3: Obstacles to Success and Solutions for Overcoming Them

The Obstacles

The Solutions

Chapter 4: Role of Women in the Global Economy

Interview with Irene Natividad, Founder and President of Global Summit of Women

Chapter 5: Career Strategies for Women

Interview with Professor Margaret Neale, Adams Distinguished Professor of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business

References

Chapter 6: Inclusive Leadership

Interview with Deborah Gillis, President and CEO of Catalyst

Chapter 7: Improving the Place of Women in the Economy

Interview with Audra Bohannon, Senior Partner at Korn Ferry's Leadership and Talent Consulting

Chapter 8: Overcoming Women's Obstacles

Interview with Christiane Bergevin, Executive Vice President at Desjardins Group

Chapter 9: Women's Spirit of Enterprise

Interview with Valérie Bernis, Executive Vice President at ENGIE, in Charge of Communications, Marketing, and Environmental and Societal Responsibility

Part III: Designing Mentoring and Sponsoring Programs

Chapter 10: “Mentoring by ENGIE”

Interview with Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman of ENGIE

“Mentoring by ENGIE,” A Structured Program to Train Women as Leaders

Chapter 11: Oracle Women Leadership (OWL) Mentoring Program

Interview with Leopoldo Boado, Chairman of Oracle Spain

Oracle's Mentoring Program and Intercompany Experience

Chapter 12: VivaWomen! Program

Interview with Maurice Levy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Publicis Groupe

At Publicis Groupe, the Main Aim of Mentoring Is to Retain Talented Staff

Chapter 13: MixCity and Women's Leadership Initiative

Interview with Marie-Claire Capobianco, Head of BNP Paribas French Retail Banking

BNP Paribas as a Proactive Supporter of Women in Business: A Mentoring Program

Chapter 14: Women's Initiative Network and Reverse Mentoring Program

Interview with Karen Peetz, President of BNY Mellon

Interview with Jean Wynn, Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of BNY Mellon's Office of the President

Part IV: Mentoring Program Success Stories

Chapter 15: BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB)

Interview with Tabitha Coombe (Mentee)

Interview with François Freyeisen (Mentor)

Interview with Marguerite Burghardt (Mentee)

Interview with Constance Chalchat (Mentor)

Chapter 16: ENGIE

Interview with Mathias Curnier (Mentor)

Interview with Paola Vezzaro (Mentee)

Chapter 17: Oracle

Interview with Nicoleta Apostol (Mentee)

Interview with Giovanna Sangiorgi (Mentor)

Interview with Paula Craythorne (Mentee)

Chapter 18: Publicis Groupe

Interview with Michele Gilbert (Mentor)

Interview with Charlotte Guillabert (Mentee)

Chapter 19: BNY Mellon

Interview with Regina Meredith-Carpeni

Interview with Yoon Park (Reverse Mentor)

Interview with Jeff Kuhn (Reverse Mentee)

Part V: Ways to Help Entrepreneurs to Succeed

Chapter 20: Mentoring and Sponsoring Programs

Mentoring Women Entrepreneurs

Interview with Emilie Creuzieux, Founder of Monbento (Mentee)

Interview with Jean-Jacques Berard, Co-Founder of Executive Interim Management (Mentor)

Interview with Muriele Roos, Founder of Femme Majuscule (Mentee)

Interview with Eve Magnant, VP at Publicis (Mentor)

Interview with Jane Chen, Co-Founder of Embrace

Interview with Abigail Holsborough, Founder of RouteMap

Interview with Clara Shih, Founder of Hearsay Social

Chapter 21: Networking

Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network

Interview with Stéphanie Cardot, Founder and CEO of TO DO TODAY

ASTIA: A Different Kind of Network Performing in a Different Kind of Way

The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative

Chapter 22: Training

Women Entrepreneur Program at Stanford

Index

End User License Agreement

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Guide

Cover

Table of Contents

Begin Reading

List of Illustrations

Chapter 22: Training

Figure 22.1 Stanford's Women Entrepreneur Program, Class of 2015.

List of Tables

Chapter 21: Networking

Table 21.1 Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative

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Names: Liautaud, Martine, 1950– author.

Title: Breaking through / Martine Liautaud.

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Foreword

Women are increasingly seen, by men as well as women, as active agents of change: the dynamic promoters of social transformations that can alter the lives of both women and men.

Amartya Sen, 1999

Despite Amartya Sen's astute pronouncement, women still lack opportunities to succeed—and become “dynamic promoters of social transformations.” This is especially so for women in less developed countries who suffer daily injustices. But even in places where women fare relatively well, subtle—but inhibitive—forces hold us back: “traditional” gender roles; the specter of discrimination; and an ever-present glass ceiling.

As a result, women face a double disadvantage at work. Women are less likely than men to have a paid job: the difference between employed men and women—the gender gap—ranges from 12 percent in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries to 50 percent in the Middle East and North Africa. To compound this, women who have jobs earn just three-quarters as much as men—even with the same level of education, and in the same occupation.

So, empowering women is certainly about fairness, but it is also about economic growth: 865 million women could contribute more to the global economy. If women were employed at the same rate as men, GDP would increase by 5 percent in the United States, by 9 percent in Japan, and by 27 percent in India. Closing these gaps would be transformative—and it can be achieved through what I have called the Three Ls:

Learning: Investing in schools and making sure girls have a good education, especially in poorer countries.

Labor: Supporting working women through parental leave, affordable and high-quality childcare, and taxes that do not discourage mothers from having a job.

Leadership: Letting women show their true potential by rising to the top, based on their abilities and talents.

This third “L”—which rests not on policies but on women themselves—makes me especially honored to present this encyclopedia of insights into driving women's success. I know from personal experience that mentoring can help women find inspiration in one another, and draw confidence not only to break through the glass ceiling but also to make the most of the opportunity once they have it.

I want to see more women challenging themselves and testing their mettle. When they do, companies prosper: Fortune 500 firms with the best track records in raising women to prominent positions are significantly more profitable than average.

Perceptive and powerful, this book is essential reading for any woman who seeks to fulfill her true potential—and become, as Amartya Sen envisaged, an active agent of change.

Christine LagardeManaging DirectorInternational Monetary Fund

Acknowledgments

I AM GRATEFUL TO MY EDITOR RICHARD NARRAMORE for daring to think that a French businesswoman like me has something to say to America.

I would also like to thank the Women Business Mentoring Initiative team for their precious help, particularly my daughter Virginie Liautaud for her pivotal role in the interviews and Jean-Louis Duquesnoy, a true point man for this project as well as a long-time partner in my business and associative life.

My gratitude also goes to my sponsors and their representatives: Elisabeth Richard of ENGIE, Sofia Merlo of BNP Paribas, Eve Magnant of Publicis. They believed in this book from the beginning and gave me their friendly support throughout the process of writing and editing.

I must thank my husband Claude Liautaud for his backing on this project as for everything else. He knows how essential his love and support are in my life and my son Didier Liautaud whose contacts with the Stanford community were invaluable.

I extend special thanks to Elizabeth Carlassare, Pierre Khawand, and Dan Rudolf for their commitment and precious advice in finding the best way to publish this book.

And finally, I am deeply indebted to my good friend Dominique de La Garanderie, who is a staunch advocate for the empowerment of women.

Preface

MY FATHER WAS A BRILLIANT MAN who saw no difference in the intellectual potential of his children—boys or girls. Despite this, however, he was reluctant to see me choose a career, and my choice to become an entrepreneur would have been unimaginable to him.