2. BUSINESS CASE:
MORE WOMEN = HIGHER PROFITS
Companies with 30% female leadership had profit margins that were
up to 6% higher
Data shows an increase of women in top management from 0 to 30%
increases profitability by 15%
Companies in the top quartile for gender diversity are 15% more likely
to have financial returns above national industry median
Fortune 500 companies with at least 3 female directors have 42%
higher return on sales and 53% higher return on equity
Companies with the highest percentage of women on boards had a
66% greater return on invested capital
More women on boards is associated with having more women in
leadership, otherwise known as the “pipeline effect.”
Sources: Peterson Institute, EY, McKinsey & Company and Catalyst
3. WARREN BUFFET – FEMINIST CAPITALIST
“there is no telling how far we can go when
we tap into the collective potential of the
entire population.”
4. HBR: THE MORE WOMEN ON A TEAM THE
HIGHER THE TEAM INTELLIGENCE
Subjects age 18 to 60 given intelligence tests
Randomly assigned to teams
Each team to complete several tasks—including brainstorming,
decision making, and visual puzzles—and solve one complex problem
Teams were given intelligence scores based on performance
Teams that had members with higher IQs didn’t earn much higher
scores
Those that had more women did
Professors Woolley and Malone, along with Christopher Chabris, Sandy Pentland, and Nada
Hashmi
5. WOMEN IN S&P 500 COMPANIES
Women control 85% of overall consumer spending; 50% of all stock
ownership, 60% of all US personal wealth and comprise 45% of the labor
force
Source: Catalyst
6. PERCENTAGE OF FORTUNE 500 FEMALE CEO’S
0.4%
0.8%
1.2% 1.4% 1.6% 1.8% 2.0%
2.4% 2.4%
3.0% 3.0%
2.4%
3.6%
4.0%
4.8% 4.6%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Percentage of Women
Women Men
4.6%
Source: McKinsey & Company
7. PEW RESEARCH CENTER: MEN AND WOMEN SEEN AS EQUALLY QUALIFIED
TO LEAD IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
11%
7%
80%
Men Women Equally Good Leaders
8. INDUSTRY DIFFERENCES
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Major Hospital
Major Retail Chain
Large Bank or Financial Institution
Computer Software Company
Large Oil or Gas Company
Professional Sports Team
Woman Would Do a Better Job Man Would Do a Better Job
Source: McKinsey & Company
9. WHAT IS GOING ON?
Women fall behind early add continue to lose
ground
Women are promoted and hired at lower rates
Women remain underrepresented at every level
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Men Women % Women in Pipeline
Source: McKinsey & Company
10. WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE PROMOTED
INTO A FIRST SUPERVISORY POSITION
100
130
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Women Promoted Men Promoted
Twice as many men are hired from the outside as
directors and more than three times as many are hired
as SVPs
Gap in Rate of First Supervisor Promotions – For Every 100 Women, 130 Men
Source: McKinsey & Company
11. MEN AND WOMEN IN LINE ROLES: CEO PATH
63% 68% 63% 65% 62% 67%
56%
61%
54% 51% 50% 48%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Men Women 80%
20% Men
Wome
n
Sources: McKinsey & Company and Spencer Stuart
13. TALENT PIPELINES AT EACH LEVEL
36%
59%
31%
47%
28%
41%
24%
34%
17%
30%
19%
22%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Technology Professional and Information Services
Entry Level Manager Senior Mgr/Dir VP SVP C-Suite
Source: Breaking Down the Gender Challenge – McKinsey and Company
14. THE PROBLEM IN TECHNOLOGY
32%
66%
4%
Source: Girls Who Code
15. GENDER GAP IN COMPUTING
37%
18%
Source: Girls Who Code
16. YIKES!
By 2020, there will be 1.4 millions jobs available in computing-related
fields. US graduates will fill ~ 29%, women are on track to fill just 3% of
them
Source: Girls Who Code
17. WHAT WORKS?
Make a compelling case for gender diversity
Measure and share performance
Ensure hiring, promotions and reviews are fair
Invest in employee training
Focus on accountability and results
18. INNOVATIVE EMPLOYERS
Remove gender identifying information off of resumes
Managers are provided, and consider, a diverse lineup of candidates for open
positions
Managers evaluate performance using standardized, clear and objective
metrics
Leaders are held accountable for improving gender diversity
The company embraces diverse leadership styles
Managers create a supportive work environment and mentor high-potential
women
Women are provided job experiences that are critical for advancement and
success
Managers leverage the diverse strength of all employees
Companies provide flexibility to fit work into lives
There is a smooth transition process to and from extended leaves
19. WIIFM?
Fully utilize all of the talent you have
Drive better business performance
Win the war for talent
Broaden the diversity of thought in order to enhance innovation and
creativity
Build a stronger team
20. 2020 WOMEN ON BOARDS EVENT 11/17/16
National Conversation on Board Diversity
Goal to have women as 20% of public boards by the year 2020
Devon is a major sponsor of the event
Meinders School of Business
3rd Floor Gardner Conference Room
11/17/16 from 7:30 AM to 12:00 Noon
Reception the night before at Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant
Register at 2020wob.com
Flyers at the back of the room
21. DEVON ENERGY IT ORGANIZATION
Today’s business demands in the Oil and Gas industry require true
technology innovation
o High performing, agile teams
o Committed multi-departmental partnerships to innovate business leveraging
technology
o Transparent communication
o Diversity of thought and openness
o Organizational learning and adaptation
Strongly believe the business case that Donna just articulated applies
directly to helping Devon IT deliver more value, more quickly to our
business
22. CHALLENGES FOR DEVON IT
Oil companies not usually considered “progressive”
Industry not perceived from the outside as a technology leader
Diversity in IT is mostly international, not gender
Pipeline of technology candidates that we see resembles the statistics just
reviewed, women are by far in the minority
We have a lot of perception AND reality to overcome
23. DEVON IT – OUR JOURNEY AHEAD
Commitment from the CEO down to increase “Diversity of Thought”
Lean in Circle founded to raise awareness and open communication
between women and men
OKWIT sponsorships and participation
Looking at two specific phases for addressing our gender diversity
o Recruiting – Looking at ways to encourage more female candidate applications,
and for identifying the “real” skills we are hiring for
• learning, communication & teamwork as much as technical experience
o Professional development – Identifying differences in styles that can be
leveraged to rebalance the curve
Establishing clear leadership expectations for encouraging diversity of
thought
25. CONTACT INFORMATION
Brandy Semore, PMP
Director of Operations
Pinnacle Business Systems
President/Executive Director
Oklahoma Women in Tech
info@okwomenintech.org
Donna Miller, PCC, MBA
President
Executive Resource Center
Oklahoma Chapter Chair
Women Presidents’
Organization
dmiller@executiveresource.co
m
Ben Williams
Chief Information Officer
Devon Energy
Ben.Williams@dvn.com
Notes de l'éditeur
The Peterson Institute analyzed the data and human resources practices of 22,000 firms in 91 countries, half had no female executives, 60% had no women on their boards
Return on Sales provides insight into how much profit is being produced per dollar of salesReturn on Equity how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested
Return on Invested Capital gives a sense of how well a company is using its money to generate returns.
Wellesley Centers for Women:
Broaden discussions
Doggedly pursue answers to difficult questions – willing to admit don’t know
Bring a more collaborative approach and open communication
Presence of women increases functional and skill diversity, therefore more effectively monitor staff
Firms that don’t discriminate outperform those that do
Policies on education, non-discrimination and childcare has more of an influence than the number of women on the board
Company commitment to gender diversity is at an all time high
Companies are struggling to put their commitment into practice
Many employees are not on board
To level the playing field, companies need to treat gender diversity like the business priority it is – better communication, more training and a clearer focus on results
Study done by professors art Carnegie Mellon and MIT published in the Harvard Business Review
Things you would think would be predictive of group performance were not
Group satisfaction, group cohesion, group motivation were NOT correlated with collective intelligence
Individual intelligence wasn’t either
May be about social sensitivity
Listen to each other
Share criticism constructively
Have open minds
Are o autocratic
Groups with had smart people dominating the conversation were not very intelligent groups
Groups with a moderate level of cognitive diversity were most effective; those with a moderate level of cognitive diversity were most effective.
Women need to take Visible, Important and Complex roles (Korn Ferry)
Increased skill diversity within top management to increase effectiveness of monitoring staff performance
Less gender discrimination in management ranks helps to recruit, promote and retain talent
When don’t reward commensurate with talent, lose out to rivals that do
High math scores
High rates of concentration in degree programs associated with management
Liberal parenting leave
Relative absence of discriminatory attitudes toward female executives
80% of people believe men and women are equally qualified to lead
Women are rated higher on their ability to work out compromises and be honest and ethical
Men are seen as being more willing to take risks
65% of women believe they face discrimination, 48% of men believe they do
There are some biases by industry
People believe men are better at leading professional sports teams, large oil and gas companies and computer software companies
Women are seen as better leaders of major retail chains and hospitals
After studying 132 companies, 4.6 million people and 34,000 completed surveys, the research found the following:
At the entry level point, men and women are similar 54% male, 46% female. Things start to diverge at the very first supervisory or management level position. At every step, the representation declines.
Women have less access to the people, input and opportunities that accelerate careers
Women are less likely to think they have equal opportunities for growth and development and are more likely to think their gender will play a role in missing out on a raise, promotion or chance to get ahead – they don’t see people like them
Women get 60% of all masters degrees
50% of all medical and law degrees
44% of all business degrees
This is not based on attrition, both leave at the same rate
Women’s promotion rates lag men
Disparity is greatest at first step
External hiring doesn’t help; fewer women are hired at every level
The percentage of women being promoted into middle and senior management is higher than the percentage currently at those levels; if this holds, the representation of mid and senior-level women will slowly increase
As women get more senior, they shift from line to staff roles
Line roles are positions with profit and loss responsibility and focus on core operations; staff roles are positions in functions that support the organization like legal, he and IT
This provides them with less access to people and opportunities that advance careers
At the SVP level, senior executives are 80% in line roles and 20% in staff roles
In 2015, according to Spencer Stuart, 90% of new CEOs were promoted from line roles and 100% were men.
Keep women in line roles.
Women negotiate promotions as often as men
They are more likely than males to get the feedback that they are “bossy”, “too aggressive” or “intimidating”
Those women who do negotiate for a promotion are 54% more likely to get one
Pay attention to everyday interactions
Men can sponsor women – put them forward for important assignments
Offer “air cover” protection and support
Colleagues can have the courage to defend and support female colleagues to have their ideas heard and considered to ensure they feel valued
2015 with Leanin.org from 30,000 employees at 118 north American companies across 9 industries:
Women are unable to enter
Stuck at the middle or
Locked out of the top
Interactions with key leaders and sponsorship is essential for success; women’s Less substantive interactions with senior leaders impacts them
Women are 3X as likely to rely on a network that is primarily female
Women get less access to senior leaders; Women ask for feedback as often as men but are less likely to receive it
Women are more than 20% less likely than men to say their manager often gives them difficult feedback that improves their performance (both men and women)
Concerned about seeming mean or hurtful
Don’t want then to dislike me
Concerned about an outburst
Concerned will seem biased or prejudiced
Concerned about an emotional breakdown
Only 40% of women want to be an executive compared to 56% of men. The more work either a man or woman does at home, the less interested they are in being senior executives
Make an up-front investment in the ecosystem of qualified female candidates
Ask, what would it take to improve pre-pipeline gender diversity and how might we play a constructive role in that effort?
Leading companies are partnering with universities and organizations such as Girls who Code or initiatives such as TechPrep (launched by Facebook) to nurture talent in early education.
Have a candid, open dialogue – beneficial to everyone
Clear, consistent performance expectations
Be aware of unconscious bias in performance reviews
Hold senior leaders accountable for results
Gender representation by level
Attrition by gender
Gender representation at promotion rounds
Salary difference s in comparable positions by gender
Bonuses in comparable positions by gender
Assignment of high-visibility project by gender
Make a compelling case on why diversity matters 62% of senior leaders say it is important, only 28% of employees say senior leaders encourage a candid, open dialogue
Be aware of your motivations, step outside your comfort zone and advocate for yourself
Know the experiences that are required and make career choices based on that information
Work with a mentor to identify visible, important and complex assignments that provide experience in business growth, financial, strategy and operations
Take risks and build your confidence
Get real feedback – surround yourself with people who tell you the truth
Let go of perfectionism
Negotiate wisely