Organizer: Anna Farrenkopf

14 April 2010 – 18:00 – 6 pm.

Welcome MBA011

Anna together with the RSM and OneMBA programs will host the borrel beginning 18:00 in Rotterdam. All interested parties are welcome to join in us at Coopvaert.  The restaurant is located at Blaak 776 and can be easily reached by Tram 21, metro Beurs,  bus 32 & 48, Water taxi (Leuvehaven) and foot from central station if you’re feeling atheletic or missed your work out at lunch.

The federation board has met in Paris over the weekend and I’m sure everyone wants to hear about the opportunities and looking forward to staffing up the new initiatives.  We’ll be on hand to tell you more about it. Late arrivals always welcomed just jot me an email or an sms so I know to find you.

Cheers,

Anna

Breaking news: finally there seems be an increase in the number of female partners at the large law firms in the Netherlands. The total number of female partners has increased at the top 10 law firms from 57 last years to 61 this year, whereas the total number of partners decreased in that top 10 from 450 to 430. These data are published in De Stand van de Advocatuur 2010. On 26 March the first copy of this document will be handed over to Saskia Stuiveling, president of the general Court of Auditors and member of the Council of recommendation of the Dutch order of lawyers.

There is also less good news for the champions of diversity: at the top 10 last year  a total of 865 female lawyers worked, this year that number has decreased to 808. Also the number of male lawyers decreased, from 1,211 to 1,168. In terms of percentage the proportion male and female lawyers now amounts to at the top 10 of offices 59.4% for 40.6%, in contrast to last year 58.9% and 41.1%.

This text has been translated from: http://www.advocatie.nl

Speaker: Fons Trompenaars

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A recent survey of global CEO’s found that leaders in every industry and in every part of the world are emerging from a period of retrenchment and moving towards a vision of sustained growth, and that innovation is the preferred path to achieving that growth. Innovation has regained its central place in corporate life.

Dr. Fons Trompenaars will show how a winning team is made up of individuals who can demonstrate different strengths and, in fact, if a team does not embrace these different strengths, then it will not have the important dynamic to move forward and to innovate. For twenty years Fons Trompenaars has been interviewing leaders around the world, conducting seminars and advising their companies. His conclusions demonstrate how successful leaders have developed cross-cultural competences, the ability to ride what he calls “the waves of culture” and to reconcile the dilemmas involved.

Fons Trompenaars will show how to make culture work for your business. Listed regularly as one of the world’s most influential management thinkers, Trompenaars is recognized internationally for his work as consultant, trainer, motivational speaker and author of bestsellers on culture and business. Captivating and thought-provoking in his presentation style and backed by rigorous research, Trompenaars has contributed many breakthrough ideas on the deeper understanding and reconciliation of inter and intra-cultural diversity, creativity and innovation. Participants will learn how to deal with cross-cultural challenges and dilemmas as well as how to embrace an evolving innovation culture. Leaders must adopt new approaches to make them, their teams and their business more sustainable in these ‘whirlwind’ times.

Fons Trompenaars is author of the seminal book ‘Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business’. His latest bestseller ‘Riding the Whirlwind’, is a blueprint for developing a supportive culture that reinforces creativity and innovation for long term sustainability.

Participants are welcome to network from 19:00 to 20:00. The program begins at 20:00.

Registration and Guest Policy: Registration is required for members (no charge) and guests (guests are welcome at a cost of 45 Euro or ladies can become a member for a little extra). Snacks and drinks included. Guests are allowed to attend two EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam functions per year.

Speaker: Paula O’Connell

Location:

Renaissance Hotel

Kattengat 1
Amsterdam, NL

Electronics & Automation 2009

High Tech Heels, from design to manufacturing

Buzzing with anticipation and energy! You know that type of event, nothing has happened yet – and the room is electric. That was the sort of environment pre-existing in the Croesezaal at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht on the 29^th of May. While I do experience that feeling on a regular basis at EuropeanPWN events, I don’t often come across it in my work conferences.

I arrived a bit early, wasn’t sure what to expect – had pre-registered half a year ago half expecting to get an email from FHI to tell me it was under-enrolled. I wasn’t sure at all what the program would be like. The seminar said it was relevant for “hardware and software engineers, production workers, purchasing & sales, and managers”. I thought, “impossible”! I was absolutely wrong – it was all that and more. The brochure said, “These women speakers will give insight to all the different phases from development to production and show the important role women fill in the electronics industry”. Ambitious goals they delivered in effortless fashion.

Each and every presentation was uniformly high quality and representative of each and everyone they said they were targeting. The presentations were theatrical, entertaining, and informative. Even graphical representations of how business was done 20 years ago (hand-written faxes) were up-to-date and freshly presented in a relevant format to show how women in the industry 25 years have stayed current, adopted new technologies, and excelled in their implementation (Hanneke van Wageningen).

The seminar participants were all “on time” and the session chair Bertha Verhoeven – van Lierop had enough space in the program to also provide brief biographies of several of the female colleagues of the plenary speakers. These women walked up and down the aisles left and right as their CV/bio was read to the tune of “I’m every woman”. One even waltzed up and down her “cat-walk” with an ESD kit strapped to her wrist and managed to make it look like she does that every day. The ESD kit I believe she uses – the parading in front of a crowd not.

Very little jargon was tossed our way, and that which was “right first time” would be clear across many industries (Tanja van Truijen). This was an exceptionally articulate group of speakers clearly demonstrating unparalleled excellence in the electronics industry.

I was totally enthralled and super-charged by the entire session High Tech Heels.

No detail was missing from the session. Even the multi-media elements were thoroughly tested and on key with just the right volume. As we also see at our EuropeanPWN events there is a special thrill in seeing other women excel in dynamic and glamorous ways. And I must say, Electronics & Automation was never quite so appealing as it was with all the High Tech Heels. I hope FHI invites more women to present at future conferences. The gentlemen in the audience accounted for nearly 40% of the attendees.

For more information on the electronics industry in the Netherlands you are advised to contact the sponsoring federation: FHI (www.fhi.nl). For specific information on the seminar (www.eabeurs.nl/hightechheels). FHI conducts its conferences in the Dutch language. For more information on the speakers and the companies they represent I have provided English language links when available (see below):

Session Chair: Bertha Verhoeven – van Lierop

http://www.div-management.nl/ambassadeursnetwerk-diversiteit/leden/bertha-verhoeven-van-lierop/

Research and Development: Mariejose de Ruyter – TEST OK (http://www.test-ok.nl/index.php/en/home)

Design and Architecture: Petra Eussen – CHESS (http://www.chess.nl)

From Design / PBOM to Delivery by way of 3C:  Kathy van Droogenbroek – Analog Devices & Hanneke van Wageningen – tbp electronics (http://www.tbp.nl)

Blijf “Right First Time” een utopie: Tanja van Truijen – Protonic Holland (http://www.protonic.nl/index4.html)

Equipment Support and Qualification:  Simone Tobar – ASML (www.asml.com)

Vrouwen & technologie:  Sabine Uitslag – CDA (www.uitslag.cda.nl)

International Women’s Day Webcast

16 March 2009

The March 6, 2009 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International Women’s Day (IWD) Webcast was a great success, and the recording of the event is now available at
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,sid=108843&cid=250949,00.html?wt.mc_id=IWD.
More than 630 callers from 23 countries attended the Webcast, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

Jim Wall opened the program. Ellen Galinsky, co-founder and president, Families and Work Institute, moderated, and the virtual panel included some very notable global business leaders:

• Sharon Allen, chairman of the board, Deloitte LLP, and member of the board of directors of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
• Hutham S. Olayan, president and CEO, Olayan America Corporation, and director, The Olayan Group
• Mirella Visser, president of the European Professional Women’s Network, and CEO, Center for Inclusive Leadership
• Kaori Sasaki, president and CEO, eWoman Inc. and president, UNICUL International Inc.

Deloitte’s goal was to host an event that spoke to the business case for supporting the advancement and retention of women—even in a down economy. The 60-minute market-driven panel discussion explored:

• How current economics are both a challenge and opportunity for women and organizations
• How the workplace has changed and is changing for women around the world
• Best practices around gender diversity programs

The recording of the DTT IWD Webcast is now available online, free to the public. More information is available at http://www.deloitte.com/iwd. You can log on, register, and listen, or you can share the link with your colleagues and networks. There’s an invitation to access the recording attached to this email.

If you attended the DTT IWD Webcast, thank you for being part of the program. If you were unable to attend, I’m sorry we missed you. I hope you enjoy and make good use of the recorded Webcast. It offers a great opportunity to build awareness of women’s workplace issues and build Deloitte’s eminence as a thought and market-leader on Diversity.

Sincerely,

James H. Wall
Global Managing Director, Talent
Chief Diversity Officer
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

The amazing thing is how Julie seemingly effortless blends the two, driven by her firm belief that there’s a leader in all of us. The leitmotif that seems to run through her life is “Don’t underestimate the leadership potential of any given person”.

Painful but eye-opening experiences throughout her career have proven that women are often being ignored or patronised – be that as a senior executive of a company or as a potential customer in a store. But Julie wouldn’t be Julie if she simply lamented this fact. True to her credo that leaders identify opportunities, develop creative solutions and build support networks in order to succeed, she founded WOLF: A movement that empowers women, gives them a voice and, most importantly, an inspiring environment to share best practice approaches WolfInspires

report by Bettina Duske, Member of EuropeanPWN Amsterdam

Speaker: Vanessa Borchers

The long-predicted talent gap is upon us and the leaders of today and tomorrow are in the midst of dealing with the talent challenges. Knowledge professionals, who are in ever-decreasing supply and ever-increasing demand, will drive business growth in the early twenty-first century. And these are the same workers who are irreversibly blurring the relationship between work and life and redefining what it means to build a career. Mass Career Customization (MCC) is a wake-up call and a guide for all business leaders. It provides a refreshing approach to attracting talent and strengthening leadership pipelines while providing varied and well-balanced career journeys. The approach identified four core dimensions of a career: Pace, Workload, Location, and Role.


Please join us for an evening with Vanessa Borchers, Talent Partner at Deloitte, presenting the Mass Career Customization framework and explaining how this approach can benefit you and your organization.

Vanessa has 18 years of experience with Deloitte, serving a variety of clients and industries. During this time she has also successfully focused on a number of strategic talent initiatives. Vanessa is currently an Enterprise Risk Services partner in the Dutch practice and was appointed Talent Partner in 2008. Prior to the Netherlands, Vanessa spent 6 years in the Chicago office where she served a major audit client and subsequently worked as a Strategic Relationship Manager for two large non-attest clients. Prior to 2002, she was an audit partner in the Netherlands and in her home country South Africa from which she headed up the national Diversity Initiative, which included the responsibility for the Woman’s Initiative.

Participants are welcome to come network from 19:00 to 20:00.
The program begins at 20:00.

Please join us for an enlightening evening with Vanessa Borchers!