Women In Leadership - Conference 2001: Panels

Panel Session I: 10:15 - 11:15		Executive Presence: They'll Know It When They See It Women Financing Technology Management Techniques to Inspire and Motivate Building a Social Enterprise Power Suits: Women on Corporate Boards

Panel Session II: 11:30 - 12:30		Female Entrepreneurs Mentoring in the Workplace — Making It Personal Modern Alchemists: Achieving A Work-Life Balance in Today's World "W2W" Women Marketing to Women Blazing New Trails: Career Changes

Panel Session III: 3:00 - 4:00		Wild Women Women in the New Economy: Creating the Wave or Riding the Wave? VCs and Entrepreneurs: Creating New Businesses Together The Art of Negotiating Managing Across Borders


Panel Session I: 10:15 - 11:15am
Executive Presence: They'll Know It When They See It		top
Panel Chair: Abby Veeser, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session I Location: Andersen Auditorium Why is it that we have as much difficulty defining "executive presence" as the Supreme Court had in defining pornography? The justices finally settled on, "I don't know how to describe it, but I know it when I see it." We shouldn't settle for anything less than showing our executive presence at all times. By recognizing that it's essential to come across as both warm and strong, experts can stop checking their personalities at the door. Learn how to bring a more authentic communication style to all your business interactions.
Women Financing Technology		top
Panel Chair: Karen Martell, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session I Location: C210 These panelists represent three distinct areas of the financial community: Corporate Venture Capital, Private Venture Capital and Investment Banking. Learn about the inner workings of these three financial organizations and learn what makes them distinct. Listen to the perspectives of these women as they describe the challenges of financing the new technologies and companies that will drive the discoveries of our future world.
Management Techniques to Inspire and Motivate		top
Panel Chair: Cindy Best, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session I Location: C220 Finding the balance between maintaining authority and promoting communication and teamwork is challenging. Just as difficult is inspiring and motivating your workers, while enforcing discipline without destroying the delicate employee-manager relationship. These difficulties are often exacerbated when for women managing men, and even, other women. This impressive group of successful female managers and CEO's will discuss different management techniques to help female managers in their business careers, and be management role models in their own right.
Building a Social Enterprise		top
Panel Chairs: Gwyneth Galbraith, MBA 2002, and Krisila Benson, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session I Location: C125 Ranging from traditional non-profit to entrepreneurial start-up, social enterprises take many forms. The impact of this evolving sector can be seen through its growing social and economic importance, as well as its increasing interrelationship with traditional business. Our panelists have dedicated their careers to making a difference in the world. They will share their experiences working at social enterprises and discuss the particular leadership and management challenges associated with organizations pursuing a social mission.
Power Suits: Women on Corporate Boards		top
Panel Chairs: Alex Galovich, MBA 2002, and Zhanara Orazbayeva, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session I Location: C135 More and more corporations are including women on their Executive Boards and more and more women are finding that power suits them. This panel, composed of prominent Bay Area women on corporate boards, will explore the impact serving on a Board can have on a woman's career, discuss the gender and power dynamics of Board meetings, and examine the different ways in which corporations utilize their Boards.
Panel Session II: 11:30 - 12:30pm
Female Entrepreneurs		top
Panel Chair: Sharon Yang, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session II Location: C230 Please join us to meet successful female entrepreneurs, many of whom are on the "Year 2000 List of the 100 Largest Women-Owned Companies in the Bay Area". We'll learn how these women started their own businesses, as they tell their stories and insights on being a woman entrepreneur. Each entrepreneur has a different background and education and comes from a different industry including: hi-tech, consulting, marketing and finance — come learn what has made their businesses successful!
Mentoring in the Workplace — Making It Personal		top
Panel Chair: Gwyneth Galbraith, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session II Location: C125 Mentorship can play an invaluable role in career and life management. The art of mentoring helps to create networks that connect seasoned leaders with greener recruits. Hard-learned lessons are passed on, and new opportunities are created to grow and advance. Our panelists will share their thoughts on the "real" way to manage careers and opportunities, from the care and nurturing of personal networks to getting the most out of a mentoring relationship.
Modern Alchemists: Achieving A Work-Life Balance in Today's World		top
Panel Chair: Debra Underwood, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session II Location: C135 Changing demographics in the work place are driving employers and employees to embrace nontraditional attitudes about work. While 'balance' is viewed as mutually beneficial, it is often elusive. This panel will discuss emerging trends and offer business leaders tools and strategies to incorporate balance into their lives and organizations. The panel will broadly define balance to reflect the diverse values and interests people hold outside of their livelihood and to apply this definition to all individuals, regardless of gender, family situation or age.
"W2W" Women Marketing to Women		top
Panel Chair: Robyne Shirley Eldridge, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session II Location: C210 How are companies changing their marketing tactics in a world where women are becoming increasingly powerful decision makers? Building on the success of last year's popular panel, this year's W2W features a whole new line up of successful marketers sharing their experiences how to customize marketing messages for today's female consumer. From fashion to cosmetics, these panelists will share their insights into what really works for today's female consumers.
Blazing New Trails: Career Changes		top
Panel Chair: Neva Dogan, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session II Location: C220 Are you facing that career change plunge? Do you wish you were? Switching careers can be a very rewarding but also a very complex undertaking. This panel will focus on strategies for a successful career change. We will hear how our panelists decided to cut new paths into new territory and how they managed the process once they made such a major life decision. Hear the answers from a group of successful women from various industries and with diverse backgrounds.
Panel Session III: 3:00 - 4:00pm
Wild Women		top
Panel Chair: Mo Brown, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session III Location: C230 I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say. — Ingrid Bergman They rarely do what they're told. They're unabashed and unconventional. They blaze their own paths and enable others follow. They show tremendous energy and passion for their work. They succeed through their own creativity, courage, and charisma. Prepare to yourself to meet some Wild Women�.
Women in the New Economy: Creating the Wave or Riding the Wave?		top
Panel Chairs: Sarita Jain, MBA 2002, and Irena Zakrajsek, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session III Location: C125 Top women business leaders will share their management experiences and insights in the biotech/healthcare and high-tech industries. They will address a range of issues including idea generation, innovative strategies, challenges of shifting business models, and management of culture and structure in a dynamic market environment. They will also discuss the qualifications that are required to enter and excel in these industries and how women can best take advantage of these changes now.
VCs and Entrepreneurs: Creating New Businesses Together		top
Panel Chair: Jihong Sanderson, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session III Location: C220 Today only 8% of venture capital financed startups have women founders and 6% have women CEOs. Gain the knowledge you need to be a part of changing those statistics. Successful entrepreneurs will discuss how their ideas were evaluated, funded and nurtured by angel investors and VCs. Our VC panelists will discuss the factors and steps required to obtain funding and grow a start up company into an industry powerhouse.
The Art of Negotiating		top
Panel Chair: Abby Veeser, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session III Location: C210 Is everything really negotiable? It can be if you are comfortable with the art of negotiating. This workshop is designed to teach you what to do and not to do during a negotiation. Learn tips for creating win-win situations, how to identify and avoid common pitfalls, how to recognize the difference between a true bottom line and a mere scare tactic and why the key to being a strong negotiator lies in building good relationships.
Managing Across Borders		top
Panel Chair: Winnie Cheng, MBA 2002 Time: Panel Session III Location: C135 Leadership is all about strategy execution - through people. While globalization is a norm and overseas missions are common, how much do you understand the people with whom you are working? The session draws on our panelists' rich international experiences to discuss how best to lead multi-cultural projects and how to acquire global management skills to build a successful career.