Creating & Maintaining a Successful Women’s Initiative
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Creating & Maintaining a Successful Women’s Initiative
American Bar AssociationYoung Lawyers Division
Women in the Profession CommitteeJuly 18, 2013, 1PM to 2PM CST
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Moderator & Speakers
Moderator: Laura Lattman – The Lattman Law Firm,
LLC
Speakers: Nicole Auerbach – Valorem Law Group Ida Abbott – Ida Abbott Consulting, LLC Kit Chaskin – Reed Smith LLP
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What is a Women’s Initiative?
Help women develop to their fullest potential
Build a platform for women to succeed
Enhance the workplace to develop, reward, engage and attract women
RESULT = gender diversity (in turn, closer to gender equality)
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Why are they necessary?
GENDER INEQUALITY STILL
EXISTS
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LAW SCHOOLS/LAW
FIRMSAPPROXIMATELY 50% WOMEN
SINCE THE EARLY 1990s
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A female lawyer earns 77 cents for every 1 dollar a male lawyer earns.
(Polifact)
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Today, there are only 15% female equity partners in the nation’s 200 largest firms.*
*Unchanged since 2006
Women of color = 2%
(NAWL Study 2012)
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Female equity partners earn 89% of the money earned by their male peers.
(NAWL Study 2012)
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Women comprise nearly half of the workforce, and many women are the primary breadwinners for their families.
(2013 National Equal Pay Task Force Report)
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Elements of an Effective Women’s Initiative
A clear purpose Why are we starting a women’s initiative? What are
our expected outcomes?
A clear strategy What will we do? How will we achieve our purpose?
Purpose is directly tied to the firm’s business objectives What’s the business case? How will advancing women
advance the firm’s – and all partners’ - interests?
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Elements Accountability
Stated, specific, and (ideally) measurable goals Designated responsibilities Monitor activities, evaluate results Internal and external reporting
Leadership How will initiative team be structured? Who will participate? Who will lead? How will this initiative be coordinated with others?
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Elements Strong, ongoing (and real) support
Motivated women Powerful men, in firm and business Budgetary Administrative Marketing
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Activities Activities should flow from and support
purpose and strategy
To extent possible: Meet different needs of women at different career stages
Will men be included in activities? In which? In what ways?
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What are your goals?
Support/Connection/Relationships? Affinity group
Connect women for business development? Women’s Network
Change the demographics of the institution? Change Initiative
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Where are you now?
The critical and delicate data dance
Deep data analysis requires senior management buy-in and perhaps a consultant
It is important to get this right
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DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO GET YOU FROM WHERE YOU ARE
NOW TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF YOUR GOAL
Change agents, leaders, influencers and foot soldiers
Read Leading Change by John Kotter. Twice. Per year.
Strategy vs. vision vs. implementation
Matching structure to strategy
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THE CRITICAL ROLES OF SUPPORT FROM THE TOP AND
MOMENTUM ON THE GROUND
Ask your managing partner to lunch
Identify and nurture allies – ask them for help
Identify and neutralize enemies
Inspire the faithful on a daily basis, and support them in their personal professional goals
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QUESTIONS?
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Contact Speakers Nicole Auerbach
[email protected]; 312-676-5469
Ida Abbott [email protected]; 510-339-6883
Kit Chaskin [email protected]; 312-207-6478