UPCOMING PWA EVENTS
14 May, coaching program - The Manager-Coach: A lever for Performance and Leading change
The purpose of this workshop is to provide professional women with a systematic approach in order to inspire talent and motivate team members, peers or friends to achieve new challenging targets. The method works through the setting of concrete targets and follow-up of coherent actions. As a coach you should not be a specialist in a particular professional field, but help the other person to find areas of improvement consistently with their talent, values and personal resources. Becoming a Coach enables you to practice concretely the leadership, and will decidedly add value to their life also.
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21 May, speaker meeting - Women on boards – Moving mountains
Join us for the official launch (in Italy) of the EuropeanPWN book “Women on Boards – Moving Mountains”. The authors of the book, Mirella Visser, president of EuropeanPWN and Annalisa Gigante, VP Women on Boards, will be presenting the results of ground-breaking research, conducted in cooperation with Mercer, on Europe’s top 100 Board women and Board men. The second portion of the evening will feature a panel of top-level Italian women managers discussing the specific realities of the situation here in Italy, led by Rosanna D’Antona, CEO of D’Antona & Partners.
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EPWN
How women network
Try the EuropeanPWN survey to find out - it takes less than 10 minutes.
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Think tank groups
Learn more about the EPWN Think Tank Groups and how you can participate.
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FOCUS
Women in technology
In 2003, Catalyst released Bit by Bit: Catalyst's Guide to Advancing Women in High Tech Companies, which revealed a number of barriers facing women in the high-tech industry. This subsequent study tries to understand women's talent management and examines drivers of satisfaction, retention and advancement.
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PROFESSIONAL
Laboratorio Armonia initiatives
Laboratorio Armonia is an SDA Bocconi initiative with the aim of demonstrating that diversity, especially in regards to women in the workplace, is a positive influence that produces economic benefits to the companies that welcome and foster it, while those that resist or ignore it pay the price.
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Why women should be taxed less than men
The case for Differentiated Taxation per Gender (DTG) in favour of women was presented at the Sole 24 Ore Forum on Leadership al Femminile on 10 March, 2008. The logic behind this proposal is that often, more so in Italy, the tendency, after maternity leave, is for women to remain at home to look after the children. Moreover, any unforeseen circumstances like illnesses including those of family members is perceived to be the woman’s responsibility and it is assumed that she will give up her career to bear the burden. After all it is taken for granted that any chances of a career will naturally be hindered due to pregnancy or if it would take off at all. Her pay is usually lower than that of her partner and therefore logically it makes sense to support the breadwinner from a cost benefit point of view.
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What industry is doing for women
There is still a long way to go but the presentation at the Sole 24 Ore forum of three well renowned companies in Italy shed hope on the battle of the sexes. Here is a little summary of what these companies are doing to ensure equal opportunities.
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Women in the media
It’s a well-known fact that the position of women in the workforce and on career paths is slowly but continually rising all over the world. In this context, the media plays a vital role. Specifically, those in media that deal with the economic and business community can significantly influence the evolution of the human resources field.
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IN MILAN
American Business Group luncheon
The American Business Group lunch on Friday, April 18 will feature a short presentation by film director Alina Marazzi, whose award-winning film “Vogliamo anche le rose” was recently released. The film explores the change brought on by the sexual revolution and the feminist movement in Italy during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Read more or sign up for the lunch at www.AmericanBusinessGroup.org.
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