The Women’s Executive Forum, organized through HDMA, is a network of female professionals brought together to discuss issues of common interest in the workplace. This new forum is intended to be an opportunity to share HDMA member company best practices related to leadership development, provide awareness of existing leadership development resources within the industry and explore greater diversity in HDMA programming. By engaging and developing women we will increase their contribution to the industry and to individual businesses.
The Women’s Executive Forum is open to any female executive whose company is a member of HDMA. To be added to the Women’s Executive Forum roster and receive ad hoc communications on upcoming events or resources, please send a request to ExecWomen@hdmanet.org.
HDMA Member Survey Results
In March of 2011, HDMA surveyed its members about leadership training, mentoring and development opportunities within their companies and asked what HDMA can do to support their existing efforts. The survey results showed a desire for additional resources for leadership development or training for female executives. Click here to view select results from the member survey.
HDMA Member Company Spotlights (coming soon)
 HDMA Women’s Executive Forum Roster
Articles
“Unlocking the full potential of women in the US economy,” Joanna Barsh and Lareina Yee, McKinsey report – April 2011
Excerpt: “As the US struggles to sustain historic GDP growth rates, it is critically important to bring more women into the workforce and fully deploy high-skill women to drive productivity improvement.”
“What makes global leaders successful,” James S. Turley, CEO, Ernst & Young, from Fortune’s blog and the Davos Journal 2011
Excerpt: “Many corporate leaders believe diversity helps their global organizations, but too few of them actually put those beliefs into action by including foreign executives in their management teams.”
“Exploring Unconscious Bias,” by Howard Ross, Founder & Chief Learning Officer, Cook Ross, Inc. as published in CDO Insights, Diversity Best Practices, August 2008.
“Why we need to stop focusing on gender inequity”
Women need to spend less time worrying about fixing the broken system and tracking their place in it, and more time and energy maximizing their individual potential, writes Dana Theus. "Judging success according to someone else's scorecard is an abdication of our power to define what success really looks like to us," Theus wrote. Reclaiming Leadership blog (5/26/11)
Leadership and Influence: Effective Communication Practices, by Kim Zilliox, MA, MBA, CPCC, Women's Leadership Coaching, June 6, 2011
TED Talks (“Ideas worth sharing”), shared under a Creative Commons (CC) license
Industry Resources
Join the conversation!
 We will use a LinkedIn group to support more active discussions and information sharing. The group will be open to anyone on our Women’s Executive Forum roster. Login now and join the conversation!
HDMA Contacts
Ann Bittman
Marjorie DePuy
Perry Fri
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