WIT Network 5 Steps to Empower Your Diverse Leadership Skills
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The WIT Network aims to increase the percentage of women working in technology through supporting women entering, working in, or advancing their careers in the tech industry. The meeting agenda includes an announcement session and a presentation from Karuana Gatimu on empowering diverse leadership skills. Gatimu discusses how diversity, inclusion and belonging are about access to opportunities, resources, knowledge, relationships and inspiration. She provides strategies for developing self-awareness, crafting a personal brand, and taking action to promote diversity and inclusion.
WIT Network 5 Steps to Empower Your Diverse Leadership Skills
- 2. Our Mission The WIT Network endeavors to encourage and support women from all backgrounds who are: Working in technology Starting their careers in technology Considering a career in technology In order to increase the percentage of women working in technology and help women move to higher levels in the industry.
- 3. Meeting Agenda • Welcome • Announcements • Meet Tonight’s Speaker > Karuana Gatimu
- 4. Announcements • Our New Brand • The WIT Network Membership Drive • Call for 2019 Speakers • Sponsorship Opportunities • November - December Break • Next meeting January 30, 2019
- 5. Karuana Gatimu Empowering Diverse Leadership Series 5 Steps to Empowering Your Diverse Leadership Skills @Karuana Chair, Women of Color Leadership Community Principle Program Manager, Microsoft Teams Engineering
- 8. Tech industry struggles to create & retain diversity of women of color say an unfair environment was an influencing reason for leaving their job 36% women experience unwanted sexual attention at work is the cost of technology industry investment to attract and retain diverse talent of women experience others taking credit for their work $16B 27%1 in 10
- 9. What can we do about this?
- 10. Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging is about Access To Opportunities To Resources To Knowledge To Relationships To Inspiration
- 11. Diverse organizations are more profitable more likely to have returns above industry norm 35% For every 10% increase in racial & ethnic diversity on SLT, EBIT rises .08% in the US, 3.5% in UK Is the percent of a diverse workforce where increases in employee satisfaction can be measured represents the percentage of purchasing decisions women are involved in outside the home. 15% 80%+10%
- 12. We can Empower Diverse Leadership: YOU!
- 13. What arethecharacteristics of your best self that you just observed? What if anything was different from your work self? Visualization: Your Best Self Clear your mindandvisualize yourself in a recent work meeting. Observe yourself in that situation – your body language, toneof voice andoverall state. Clear your mindagain andimagine yourself in thesituation where you aremost comfortable andat ease.
- 14. Choice is your most powerful tool to craft meaning from your life and your work.
- 15. Passion Confidence Community Determination Advisors Authenticity Develop Your Self Awareness What makes leadership meaningful to you? Build over time. Small acts equal large gains. Where is your community? Who sees you as a leader already? How do you recover from perceived setbacks? Who do you go to for guidance? Do you have trusted advisors? Be yourself! Finding your voice is essential to your journey! Experience Personal MeaningDevelop your Public Brand
- 16. Flash Exercise: Self Assessment
- 17. Words matter.
- 19. Flash Exercise: Your Word Cloud
- 21. Your brand will be built with or without you.
- 22. Elements of a Personal Brand Experience Personal MeaningDevelop your Public Brand What are you known for? Who knows it? What do you know about yourself? What you know yourself for
- 23. Elements of a Personal Brand Experience Personal MeaningDevelop your Public Brand SharePoint, Teams, business solutions & passion Leadership Community; Microsoft Teams; SharePoint; speaking, positive energy Survivor; Positive architect of change; leadership skills; proud ‘Softie; life in the cloud; technology Empowering others; Spreading enthusiasm; overcoming difficulty; living my spirituality What you know yourself for Karuana’s Example Answers:
- 24. Flash Exercise: Brand Identification
- 25. Own Your Story Decisive Enthusiastic Funny Social Unique SmartDedicated
- 26. Flash Exercise: Draft Mission Statement
- 27. When divided, we are already conquered.
- 28. Flash Exercise: Identify your Allies
- 29. Stand Together
- 30. Find the bright spots and make them brighter.
- 32. Yes, it is about the money.
- 33. Diversity & Inclusion is about Access To Opportunities To Resources To Knowledge To Relationships To Inspiration Create a local job board Clarify your collaboration Define your knowledge base Create connections Share your experience
- 34. Speak up
- 35. Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging is about Access To Opportunities To Resources To Knowledge To Relationships Create a local job board Clarify your collaboration Define your knowledge base Create connections
- 40. Join us – we want you as part of our network! How? Join here: //thewitnetwork.com/membership/ Everyone is welcome – women, men, MSFT Partners, MSFT Customers, Non-MSFT Partners and Non-MSFT Customers. • Access to a global network of amazing professionals for you and your business. • Attend inspiring webinars with thought leaders who speak on a variety of topics including career development, diversity and other women in technology hot issues. • Attend local meetings, online meetings and incredible conferences (like our annual Women’s Leadership Conference held on International Women’s day in March. • Access to career development and educational assets and events. • Participate in local and virtual global Mentoring Circles programs – learn from the best and share what you know. • Connect to other WIT in-person and virtual events through our WIT alignment programs. Why Now? • Membership Fees increase November 1, 2018 • Individual $79 annual fee • Corporate Group rates available Free through October 31, 2018 Benefits
- 41. Call to Action 1. Register for Free membership by October 31 2. Connect with one of our board member’s if you • Have a speaker nomination for 2019 • Are interested in sponsoring / hosting an event 3. Save the Date’ – January 30th, 2019 ! http://thewitnetwork.com/membership/ Everyone is welcome – women, men, MSFT Partners, MSFT Customers, Non-MSFT Partners and Non-MSFT Customers.
- 42. Thank you!
- 43. Resources
- 44. Flash Exercise: Identify your Allies
Editor's Notes
- #8: About Karuana Find me on Linked In or Twitter (@Karuana)
- #9: Citations: 2017 Tech Leavers Study http://www.kaporcenter.org/tech-leavers/ Kapor Center for Social Impact and Harris Poll by Allison Scott (study author and Chief Research Officer at Kapor Center Update more numbers
- #12: Citations: Why Diversity Matters http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/why-diversity-matters McKinsey & Company, Vivian Hung, Dennis Layton & Sara Prince, January 2015 Full Report Download: http://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/organization/our%20insights/why%20diversity%20matters/diversity%20matters.ashx “Analysis of the data from the group of 366 companies revealed a statistically significant connection between diversity and financial performance. The companies in the top quartile for gender diversity were 15 percent more likely to have financial returns that were above their national industry median, and the companies in the top quartile for racial/ethnic diversity were 35 percent more likely to have financial returns above their national industry median.”
- #16: Evaluate your leadership journey
- #19: These words have been a part of my identity for as long as I can remember. Who would I be if I had never heard any of them? Who would any of us be? We can stop allowing these words to be used to describe us and our female colleagues but it won’t help unless we stop using them to describe ourselves. Our own internal biases must be identified and removed for us to truly rise up to the leadership challenge.
- #22: Male dominated environments have a way of reducing every initiative to a unfamiliar analogies or impersonal metrics. People need meaning in their work.
- #26: Your unique story is what makes you a powerful leader. Define your own word cloud. Ask other trusted advisors for input on what word’s they’d include. Then use your personal and professional story to inspire others. Own your brand and decide what you’d like to be remembered for. You can craft this vision by investing time in those activities and sharing them with others.
- #28: Many of the women who want to leave tech are middle managers like me. They are exhausted with trying to be heard and all that goes with working in a male dominated environment. We must reach out to each other to provide a support network that can inspire these women to stay, lead and share their innumerable talents with the rest of us!
- #30: Reject the judgement that what you are doing is “not enough”. Pick one monthly or quarterly activity to consistently give your time to. Select people around you who are your peers or leaders to support. They are the ones most at risk to leave our industry. Yes, we should also mentor the next generation of leaders, but if we aren’t here what will that say about their chances?
- #31: Many of the women who want to leave tech are middle managers like me. They are exhausted with trying to be heard and all that goes with working in a male dominated environment
- #32: Most people are trying to do something about this situation every day in their own ways. Often they do not know they are engaging in positive behavior. When you see something, say something! Those who are our allies in creating a diverse workplace often are not rewarded. Call out this positive behavior to change the narrative and allow that to be an attracting force to your organization. Engage men in the dialog as allies. Many men are interested in the topic but don’t know who to engage and are fearful of offending anyone with their questions. Open the dialog and your events (at least part of the time) to this co-ed dialog. We will not solve this issue alone.
- #33: Many of the women who want to leave tech are middle managers like me. They are exhausted with trying to be heard and all that goes with working in a male dominated environment. It is important to feel valued for what you do however that won’t happen unless you take a proactive stance and remove your own inhibitions about financial and promotion conversations. https://salary.aauw.org/
- #34: https://salary.aauw.org/
- #35: How is it we earn less than our male counterparts? Because we still don’t talk about money with each other. Silence with each other kills our ability to negotiate appropriately for our role. Do not tolerate ambiguous answers about your career future. Most men do not do this.
- #37: Many of the women who want to leave tech are middle managers like me. They are exhausted with trying to be heard and all that goes with working in a male dominated environment
- #39: Many of the women who want to leave tech are middle managers like me. They are exhausted with trying to be heard and all that goes with working in a male dominated environment. It is important to feel valued for what you do however that won’t happen unless you take a proactive stance and remove your own inhibitions about financial and promotion conversations.
- #47: Your unique story is what makes you a powerful leader. Define your own word cloud. Ask other trusted advisors for input on what word’s they’d include. Then use your personal and professional story to inspire others. Own your brand and decide what you’d like to be remembered for. You can craft this vision by investing time in those activities and sharing them with others.