My Defrag 2011 presentation; enjoy!

1. 5 INCHES OF FABULOUS
Laura Merling | @magicmerl
SVP, Applications Enablement

2. %
46.3 women in the U.S. labor force
15.4 female Fortune 500 corporate officers
14.8 female Fortune 500 board seats
6.7 female Fortune 500 top earners
2.4 female Fortune 500 CEOs

3. Positive Strides

4. 18 women now running Fortune 500 companies...a new record.
While still too low, the number of Fortune 500 board seats held by
women has nearly doubled over the past 5 years.
Women hold 51.4% of managerial/professional jobs -- up from
26.1% in 1980.
Women dominate 13 of 15 job areas cited for growth over the next
decade.
Women-led tech startups generate higher revenues per dollar of
invested capital and have lower failure rates than men.
Over 60% of all college degrees globally now earned by women.

5. It’s time to stop
focusing on this...

6. ...and start focusing on this:
Societal trends point to a world where
more businesses are run by people with...

7. ...more
than these.

8. WHAT IF
modern, post-industrial society is
simply better suited to women?

9. Researchers at Columbia Business School and the University of
Maryland analyzed data on the top 1,500 U.S. companies from
1992 to 2006 to determine the relationship between firm
performance and female participation in senior management.
Firms that had women in top positions performed better, and
this was especially true if the firm pursued what the researchers
called an “innovation intensive strategy,” in which, they argued,
“creativity and collaboration may be especially important”—an
apt description of the future economy. The same study ranked
America’s industries by the proportion of firms that employed
female executives, and the bottom of the list reads like the
ghosts of the economy past: shipbuilding, real estate, coal,
steelworks, machinery and telecommunications.
*”The End of Men,” The Atlantic Magazine, July/August 2010
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/8135/

10. 5 INCHES OF FABULOUS
The heel raises
everything up.
The Vamp.
Inspire others to achieve Create cohesiveness;
greatness; evangelize
hold everything together.
your team.
The toe box.
Give room for
improvisation.
Without the shank, the
Be the soul (sole).
shoe has no shape.
Build a culture; create a business Provide a framework innovate
tribe.
continuously (failure is not an
option).

12. YOU CAN BE FABULOUS, TOO
The heel raises The Vamp.
everything up.
Create cohesiveness;
Inspire others to achieve hold everything together.
greatness; evangelize
your team.
The toe box.
Give room for
improvisation.
Be the soul (sole).
Build a culture, create a business
tribe.
Without the shank, the
shoe has no shape.
Provide a framework innovate
continuously (failure is not an
option).

13. OR MAYBE NOT

14. “It’s got zero to do with progressive social policies.
Ginni got it because she deserved it.”
Sam Palmisano, IBM CEO

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