We are really pleased to announce that, thanks to Bocconi Alumni Association contribution, SDA Bocconi School of Management is making available 2 partial tuition waivers to 2011-2012 Global EMBA international candidates  and 2 partial tuition waivers to 2011-2012  EMBA candidates with outstanding profiles.

The tuition waiver application deadline is 31st January, 2011 and program deadline has been moved accordingly: an opportunity not to be missed if you are considering applying for SDA Bocconi Global Executive MBA or Executive MBA.
Please, remember that you need to have regularly completed the Online Application Form and been admitted to the program to be eligible for tuition waivers.
For any questions about the application process, please get in touch with the MBA Recruiting & Admissions Service: admissions@sdabocconi.it or laura.russo@sdabocconi.it

PWA presents PWA member and SDA Bocconi professor Simona Cuomo: “ Perché le donne non chiedono”

Come emerge dalle ricerche sul tema, una delle possibili interpretazioni del pay gap esistente tra gli uomini e le donne nelle stesse posizioni, è legata alla difficoltà femminile di negoziare.

 Esprimere le proprie esigenze ed i propri bisogni in modo chiaro viene spesso visto dalle donne come una invasione degli spazi e bisogni dell’altro.

 Occorre allora imparare a progettare in modo consapevole i momenti negoziali cercando di valutare in modo corretto l’impatto di eventuali richieste. Un approccio razionale aiuta a contenere gli inevitabili momenti di emotività, sia nel senso di una auto riduzione delle richieste, sia della delusione connessa ad eventuali aspettative deluse.

Tra i contenuti:

• le donne negoziano per gli altri ma non per sé pay gap e soffitto di vetro
• le difficoltà femminili nella negoziazione: il deficit aggressivo
• l’aggressività femminile: origini della rimozione e suo possibile recupero
• valorizzare le specifiche potenzialità femminili nella negoziazione professionale

 About Simona Cuomo

Dopo un’esperienza aziendale nel campo del marketing e della comunicazione, Simona dal 1998 è docente di leadership in SDA Bocconi. Esperta e studiosa dei temi legati al comportamento organizzativo e allo sviluppo e gestione delle risorse umane, è autrice di numerose pubblicazioni in questo campo.

E’ coordinatrice dell’ Osservatorio sul Diversity Management , dove ha sviluppato progetti di ricerca e di intervento in partnership con aziende multinazionali.

Appassionata dei temi  legati all’individuo diventa psicologa e  counselor  professionale, dopo un percorso di specializzazione conseguito presso il Centro Berne di Milano. E’ iscritta alla S.I.C.O  dal 2005. 

Fondatrice e parte attiva del Network di professionisti BeYOUGroup che unisce specifiche competenze, esperienze ed attività di studio, nel campo del career coaching e dello sviluppo professionale ed organizzativo (www.beyougroup.com).

Cocktails 7-8 p.m. / Presentation 8-9.30 p.m.
NH President Largo Augusto 10, (MM San Babila, Duomo)  

Free for members, €20 for guests, payable by cash at the event

Members please register your attendance in the calendar section of www.EuropeanPWN.net

For guest reservations please register here, or for additional information, please contact speakers@pwa-milan.org

Effective Negotiation Skills

presented by PWA Member and SDA Bocconi Professor Simona Cuomo

Event will be held in Italian

More details to follow

Cocktails 7-8 p.m. / Presentation 8-9.30 p.m.

Free for members, €20 for guests, payable by cash at the event

For additional information, please contact speakers@pwa-milan.org

Join us  Monday, April 26 for PWA’s first “Ready-for-board Women” event of 2010, hosted and co-sponsored by Università Bocconi.

At our November event, we presented the result of our project: our list of 72 women with the profiles and competencies necessary to contribute effectively as board members. Our guest panel of male decision-makers then shared their views on why so few women sit on Italian boards of directors.

This time we’re turning the floor over to the women: come hear from several of these 72 women who are joining us to discuss their experiences and what strategies are required to effect change

Participation is free, registration is required (register here). Men are welcome at this event.

Monday 26 April 5.30-7.30 p.m.

Location: Aula Magna, Università Bocconi Via Gobbi 5, Milan

The event will be held in Italian.

To download the program, please go to www.sdabocconi.it/ready_for_board_women; to register, click here

As a means of ensuring diversity within all their MBA programs, SDA Bocconi is pleased to reiterate its dedication
to the recruitment of female MBA candidates through their current scholarship scheme for female candidates.

They are offering three tuition waivers for female candidates entering the 2010-2011 Full-Time MBA. The Full-Time MBA is a
12-month program running from October 2010 to October 2011 and includes more than 110 students from more than 30
countries. The program includes a period of practical placement (June – August) and the option to take a term of
study on exchange at one of 30 partner business schools in 12 countries. A total of 20 merit-based tuition waivers will
be made available for this year’s program and full information can be found here. The deadline for these tuition waivers is April 30, 2010.

In addition, they are offering one partial scholarship to a female candidate applying for entry to the Evening Executive
MBA Program commencing in October 2010. The Evening EMBA is a two-year program that includes class activities three
evenings per week (Monday-Wednesday from 19:00 to 21:00) as well as 10 full class days each year. The program, taught in
Italian, is designed to provide experienced managers with multi-dimensional skills and strategic thinking that
will be applicable to their current positions as well as helping managers hone their analytical and problem solving
skills. The deadline for this scholarship is April 20, 2010 and more information can be found here:

Osservatorio Diversity Management – Diversity Forum

SAVE THE DATE – 28 Ottobre 2009

Aula N01- Velodromo, Università Bocconi, Piazza Sraffa, 11 – Milano

MATERNITA’, MA QUANTO CI COSTI?

 Un’analisi estensiva sul costo di gestione della maternità nelle imprese italiane

Il lavoro di ricerca che viene presentato vuole fornire a tutti gli interlocutori interessati, donne, imprese ed istituzioni, argomentazioni razionali per affrontare un problema organizzativo e sociale ancora oggi percepito come ingombrante. Solo percepito, appunto. Dopo aver definito sia le dimensioni oggettive sia quelle percettive del costo della maternità, si individueranno le modalità di gestione e le principali problematiche affrontate dalle aziende durante il periodo di astensione della lavoratrice per poter proporre un cambiamento che tenga conto delle esigenze e degli interessi sia della madre sia dell’impresa.

PROGRAMMA

9:00 Registrazione dei partecipanti
9:30 Apertura dei lavori, Gian Francesco Imperiali, Vicepresidente Assolombarda per le Relazioni Industriali e Affari Sociali
9:40 Introduzione alla ricerca, Simona Cuomo, coordinatrice dell’Osservatorio sul Diversity Management
10:00-10:45 Il quadro macroeconomico e il fattore D. Alessandra Casarico, Paola Profeta, Università Bocconi
10:45-11:30 Il quadro aziendale, presentazione dei risultati della ricerca, Barbara Imperatori, Chiara Paolino, SDA Bocconi
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
12.00-13:00 Tavola rotonda coordinata da Cinzia Sasso, La Repubblica.

Presentano i loro piani sulla maternità: Nestlè Italia, Shell Italia e Regione Veneto.  

In collaborazione con  Assolombarda 

La partecipazione al convegno è gratuita fino ad esaurimento posti, previa registrazione su:
www.sdabocconi.it/eventomaternita

Ulteriori informazioni sull’Osservatorio su: www.sdabocconi/diversity_forum

SDA Bocconi School of Management offers a partial scholarship to female candidates applying to the Executive MBA, intake May 2010 This Executive MBA (http://md.sdabocconi.it/home/partime_ita.php) is structured around 10 week-long on-campus modules combined with distance-learning activities, making it possible to gain an MBA while working.

The program equips experienced managers with multi-dimensional skills and strategic thinking relevant on an immediate basis, and help them hone their analysis and problem solving skills.

 SDA Bocconi is dedicated to the recruitment of female participants as strategy towards ensuring diversity within MBA programs.  

For more information about this merit-based Scholarship: http://md.sdabocconi.it/home/Borse+di+studio+e+esoneri_112020030032008.html

Application deadline: November 30, 2009.

Is female leadership attainable?

Women leaders today face undeniable barriers that impede their career development. The oft-cited “glass ceiling” is a major obstacle preventing the majority from obtaining positions of powers. Those few that manage to break through often seem to have lost their feminine identities; while they are successful leaders, they are frequently perceived as being harsh or aggressive.

While these women with expertise and competencies invest their passion and energy into their professional roles, a common complaint is an absence of recognition. Even having followed the establishment rules, they find that the rewards are not equal for all players of the game.

In response to these phenomena, l’Osservatorio sul Diversity Management has conducted research to define and clarify the abilities and skills that can provide women with an advantage for career advancement. The Female Leadership programs offer training in personal development, techniques for accurately evaluating personal limits and instruments for developing leadership skills.

The first three workshops are:

• Autostima: un problema femminile. Come supportare e sviluppare la coscienza di sé in relazione agli altri (May 7-8)
• Le donne e la gestione dei collaboratori: alla ricerca della corretta distanza relazionale (May 29)
• La comunicazione assertiva al femminile: come esprimere le proprie esigenze senza rompere il legame con gli altri (June 25-26) 

PWA members enjoy a 10% discount on regular fees; if you wish to join the seminars, please write to president@pwa-milan.org

For full details, read here

SDA Bocconi is dedicated to the recruitment of female participants as strategy towards having class diversity. The School has led a number of initiatives to foster a steady quota of women in the Programs we deliver.For instance, SDA Bocconi has merit-based scholarships exclusively granted to female applicants with outstanding profiles.
In addition to several scholarships available for the full time MBA, the School offers a partial scholarship to female participants applying to the Executive Evening MBA starting October 2009.

More information

Tuesday, 18 October 2005 started out like any other day for me in my new hometown of Milan. I moved here in December 2004 from Minneapolis, USA, with my husband, whose career path brought us both here. I came knowing full well that it would not be easy to find a job. But we had made our decision and I was optimistic about finding opportunities that would take advantage of my experience in marketing. By now the excitement of moving to a new country and having my days free to explore my surroundings were giving way to a realization that this was indeed my new life and I didn’t know what to do with it! I had been out of work for longer than I had ever been since I was 15 years old; I knew I needed a fresh challenge, but didn’t know how to go about finding one.That Tuesday morning, I went to a Benvenuto Club coffee meeting, where my friend Andrea Wiarda – whom I had met through PWA – told me about a job opportunity that might be of interest. She called fellow PWA member Carolyn Wade, who had told her about it, and passed me the phone. Carolyn explained that SDA Bocconi University’s Alumni Association (AMSDA) was seeking someone to help grow the Alumni Network, including building the website and developing other tools. Since I love to network and was familiar with the reputation of Bocconi, I was happy to comply immediately with her request to forward her my CV. That same afternoon, I received a telephone call from a staff member of SDA Alumni Relations to schedule an interview for the following day.

When I met with the AMSDA board member and hiring manager the following afternoon, he had already received a reference from Carolyn. The interview went well, and he told me the next step would be to meet the President of AMSDA. Forty-eight hours later, the appointment was set up.

On Monday, 24 October at 4 p.m., I arrived for my second interview. An hour later, I was being welcomed to the team and asked to start the next morning at nine! Tuesday, 25 October seemed a world away from the Tuesday only one week prior, which had seemed like any other day, but in fact was the beginning of a bright new phase in my Italian life.

On Wednesday 26th, I attended a PWA Networking aperitivo where I looked forward to meeting and thanking Carolyn for her helpful role in my story. She in turn introduced me to fellow PWA member Pilar Chaparro and SDA Bocconi employee, who had told Carolyn about the opening. Without the networking that brought me to Andrea, Carolyn and Pilar, I wouldn’t have now my wonderful new job, which I truly love.

Monica Prom
PWA Member