Summary of CLC Conference Calls and Briefings Made Available
to Corporate Leadership Circle sponsors (2000 onwards)

If you are interested in participating in the CLC calls and Briefings, please contact Carol Bryce-Buchanan at 212.465.2044 or cbryce-buchanan@familiesandwork.org for more information on becoming a Corporate Leadership Circle member.

Upcoming Conference Calls and Events for 2011 and 2012

A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her best-selling book, The Feminine Mystique. In A Strange Stirring, acclaimed historian Stephanie Coontz takes us back to the early 1960s—when women who wanted more out of life than housekeeping were labeled deviant, and economic discrimination was rampant. From the 1960’s, she will move us forward, examining the history of women, work and family life in the U.S. and globally and set the stage for a lively examination by Corporate Leadership Circle members of how workplaces can address the changes among women and men, across the generations.
(Spring 2012)
To purchase “A Strange Stirring:” http://www.amazon.com/ or http://www.barnesandnoble.com/

Other plans for the Corporate Leadership Circle for 2012 include:

• A call to continue the important conversation begun on the December 7, 2011 Hiring and Supporting Our Veterans CLC Conference Call between businesses and the military regarding Best Practices for Supporting our Military Veterans, National Guard and Reserve Members and Their Families. At the end of that call, there was a strong desire to continue the conversation, particularly to discuss:
  1) potential improvements in how the services prepare the military men and women for the transition to the civilian workforce; and
  2) potential improvements in how employers recruit and transition employees into their organizations. Representatives from Recruiting and Military Employee Resource Groups as well as those in Work Life, Diversity and Inclusion, Talent Management, Leadership Training and other areas of Human Resources will be invited to participate on this call.

Learn What Organizations Are Doing to Help Members of the American Military Community and Businesses Hoping to Hire and Support Them and tell us what your company or organization is doing to assist in this effort.


• In the spring, we will share the much anticipated findings from our 2011 National Study of Employers with all of our Circle companies so you can track the trends and benchmark yourselves against nationally representative data.
  
  
• A Corporate Leadership Circle Conference Call on Wellness, Work Life and Diversity.


• As we approach the Federal Election, we will repeat the briefing we conducted in 2008 providing an in depth look at the Work Life platforms of the Democratic and Republican Parties.

Past Conference Calls and Events

2011

Hiring and Supporting Our Veterans
Released for Veteran’s Day, Families and Work Institute’s report “Employer Support for the Military Community” examines what companies are doing to support our Military Veterans, National Guard and Reserve members and their families. Co-authors FWI President Ellen Galinsky and Senior Research Associate Kenneth Matos discussed the report’s findings on recruitment and retention programs for the military. Model corporate programs instituted by our Alfred P. Sloan Award applicant companies were showcased as were programs designed by the Navy to support “separating” members. Corporate Leadership Circle company representatives from Verizon, Deutsche Bank, Deloitte and Prudential spoke about transitioning from the military and supportive work cultures. (December 7, 2011)
Employer Support for the Military Community / Flyer / PowerPoint / Replay Part 1 and Part 2

Future Work Networking Breakfast, Corporate Discussion and Book Signing with author Alison Maitland on the publication of her groundbreaking new book co-authored with Peter Thomson. Moderated by FWI President Ellen Galinsky with Ernst & Young’s Flexibility Strategy Leader Maryella Gockel and E&Y’s flexibility champion and Assurance Partner Joy Fernandez as respondents. Future Work: How Businesses Can Adapt and Thrive in the New World of Work (Palgrave Macmillan) sets out the compelling business case for a change in organizational cultures and working practices, with dozens of examples of companies making the transition, including Gap, Vodafone and Unilever. Learn how organizations that measure and reward people by results, rather than hours, benefit from higher productivity, more motivated workers, better customer service and lower costs. To learn more, visit http://www.futureworkbook.com/ or www.alisonmaitland.com/author.asp.
(November 3, 2011 Breakfast at Families and Work Institute)

“Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader”
Authors Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback discussed their new book with Families and Work Institute’s President Ellen Galinsky. Harvard Business School’s Linda Hill and manager and executive Kent Lineback combine six decades of research, teaching, practice, and observation. Becoming a great boss is a journey of years, not weeks or months. The authors’ discussion of Being the Boss is helpful no matter where you are on your journey. They explain the importance of the three imperatives—managing yourself, managing your network, and managing your team; give valuable pointers on how to assess and measure yourself in order to keep moving forward; discuss how best to take responsibility for the two-way relationship with your boss—or bosses; evaluate the limitations of formal authority; and review how to build trust virtually and manage remotely. (September 21, 2011)
Flyer / Replay Part 1 and Part 2 / PowerPoint
To purchase “Being the Boss:” http://www.amazon.com or http://www.barnesandnoble.com

“The New Male Mystique”
The surprising and actionable findings from FWI’s latest study, The New Male Mystique, received widespread media coverage upon its release, including Time magazine’s cover story, Chore Wars. The FWI authors of the report—Ellen Galinsky, Kerstin Aumann and Ken Matos—were joined by Dan Mulhern, Distinguished Practitioner of Business and Law at the University of California, Berkley, and President of Granholm Mulhern Associates. This call is of special interest to all those who want to understand how men are responding to the changes at work and at home and what companies can do in response. On the call, we also had representatives from Merck and Citi—including members of Merck’s Global Male Constituency Group. Share this replay with men’s, parenting, veterans’ and employee fathers’ networks. Learn more about men’s rising work family conflict and how access to specific types of flexibility can help reduce these levels. (September 8, 2011)
The New Male Mystique / Flyer / Press Release / Replay Part 1 and Part 2 / PowerPoint

“The Female Leadership Paradox”
Author Mirella Visser, Managing Director of the Centre for Inclusive Leadership in The Netherlands, discussed her just-published book The Female Leadership Paradox: Power, Performance and Promotion with Ellen Galinsky, Families and Work Institute President. Despite massive attention to the issue, the number of women in top corporate, political and organizational positions remains alarmingly low. And many of us, male or female, personally feel that we might not be making the career headway we would like to. What can we do to optimize our own careers? And if we are in the “people professions,” what can we do to advance employees in today’s workplace? Mirella took a global perspective in addressing questions about personal leadership development at the company and societal level. She also discussed the benefits and risks associated with mentoring programs for women and the role of women’s networks in companies: from safe havens to strategic tools. (June 3, 2011)
Flyer / Presentation Slides / Replay
Order the book at Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
Click here for a summary write-up of the call by Families and Work Institute Intern Maple Topol Kirby.

2010

“A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's and The Elder Care Study: Everyday Realities and Wishes for Change”
Olivia Morgan, Senior Advisor to Maria Shriver’s A Woman’s Nation and Managing Editor of the Shriver Report; Ann O’Leary, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security at the School of Law, UC Berkley and Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress and Ellen Galinsky, FWI’s President, discussed the findings from these two new reports that are serving as a call to action. The focus of the call was on elder care and the support programs and policies needed in response to the profound cultural and economic shifts that are affecting our work and family lives as America ages. Ron Glover, Vice President, Diversity & Workforce Program, HR at IBM Corporation framed the issues and discussed IBM’s long-standing recognition of the impact of a multigenerational workforce and his associate, Patricia Lewis, Vice President, Diversity and Employee Experience, HR reviewed IBM’s programs and what companies must do to address the aging workforce and elder care. Families and Work Institute is most grateful to IBM Corporation for raising the visibility of these issues and supporting The Elder Care Study. (December 7, 2010)
The Elder Care Study: Everyday Realities and Wishes for Change / Flyer / Replay

For resources from the Alzheimer’s Association, MetLife and AARP, please click here.

“Working in Retirement: A 21st Century Phenomenon”
Featured the release of the new “Working in Retirement” report by Families and Work Institute and The Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College. Presenters included Ellen Galinsky, FWI’s President, and The Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College’s Melissa Brown, Research Assistant, and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Director. Respondents included: Charlotte Lazar-Morrison, HR General Manager, The Aerospace Corporation – Retiree Casual Program and Vicki Dye, Culture and Work Life Manager, Corporate Communications, First Horizon National Corporation – Prime-Time. (November 2, 2010)
Working in Retirement: A 21st Century Phenomenon / Flyer / PowerPoint / Replay

“Improving Your Bottom Line While You Improve Pay, Benefits and Access To Flexibility for All” with Jody Heymann of McGill and Harvard University and Ellen Galinsky and Kerstin Aumann of Families and Work Institute. Dr. Heymann featured her just-released Harvard Business Press book—Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder—which describes the findings from her six-year  international study.  The research shows that companies can boost their bottom line because they decide to improve pay, benefit packages and other offerings and working conditions for  ALL employees—including low-wage and entry level workers. Dr. Heymann discussed case studies and particular approaches that have the greatest impact. Ellen Galinsky and Kerstin Aumann previewed their soon-to-be-released report that reveals how access to flexibility affects all employees’ engagement, job satisfaction and retention, and how it has a greater effect on low-income employees’ health and well being than it does on that of middle and higher income employees.  This report will be released this summer at a high profile event. (June 23, 2010)
Flyer / Replay / Dr. Heymann’s Presentation Slides

"Why Value Based Employees Make Great Employees and the Talent Wheel" with Tim Sanders
Tim Sanders, author of "Saving the World at Work," and the blog "Sanders Says" discussed recruiting and developing “value-based talent” in 2010 and Cindy Martinangelo, Director, Global Work Environment, Merck & Co., Inc.; Pamela Shaw, Work/Life Leader, Eileen Fisher and Shari Aaron, Co-Author and Co-Founder, Climb the Green Ladder, Director, New York Women Social Entrepreneurs and the Emerging Sustainability Leaders Program, responded to Tim’s remarks from a corporate perspective. Families and Work Institute President Ellen Galinsky reported on the components of and impact of effective workplaces on employee outcomes from the Institute’s recent report on the health of the American workforce: The State of Health in the American Workforce: Does Having an Effective Workplace Matter? (February 9, 2010)
Replay / Presentation Slides / Flyer

2009

“ Second Act” of 2009 Working Mother WorkLife Congress Research Panel and Q&A
Companies foster and rely on cutting-edge research to give them information, insight and direction. In response to the enthusiastic reception given to the Research Panel and Q & A “ New Results/Next Steps” at the 2009 Working Mother WorkLife Congress and the many requests for continued dialogue, we reviewed the most salient findings presented at the October 29th session. We also learned about their impact on company decision-making directly from the top researchers involved. The Panel included Sandy Burud, Chief Strategy Officer, FlexPaths LLC; Brad Harrington, Executive Director and Professor, Boston College Center for Work & Family; and Ellen Galinsky, President, Families and Work Institute. The call was moderated by Carol Evans, President, Working Mother Media; and facilitated by Carol Bryce-Buchanan, Director of Development, Families and Work Institute. (December 15, 2009)
Replay Part 1 and Part 2 / PowerPoint

Additional links of interest:
From Brad Harrington: The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything
From Carol Evans: the Working Mother Web site
From Ellen Galinsky and Families and Work Institute, two reports which were discussed: The State of Health in the American Workforce: Does Having an Effective Workplace Matter?
Times Are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and at Home

Women Lead the Way: Your Guide to Stepping Up to Leadership and Changing the World
Members of Families and Work Institute's Corporate Leadership Circle were fortunate to hear author Linda Tarr-Whelan speak about her just-published book Women Lead the Way. The book focuses on the need for the U.S. to step up its efforts regarding women's leadership in government, on corporate boards and in middle and upper management in order to stay competitive globally. Maria Ferris (IBM’s Director of Diversity, Compliance and Employee Experience), Nancy Brown (President of WAVE, Women’s Association of Verizon Employees) and Michele Twyman (Head of Chubb’s Women’s Development Council and Senior Vice President) responded to the research from a corporate perspective, discussing what has worked to advance women in their organizations and what hasn't. The Honorable Tarr-Whelan is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the progressive think-tank Demos, the former Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in the Clinton Administration and Deputy Assistant to President Jimmy Carter for Women’s Concerns. Families and Work Institute President Ellen Galinsky moderated the session. (October 21, 2009)
Presentation slides / Replay / Order a copy of the book

The Latest Workplace Trends from Families and Work Institute – Meeting and Web-Conference
Families and Work Institute President Ellen Galinsky and FWI Senior Researcher Kerstin Aumann discussed the implication of newly-released findings from the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce on gender and generational issues in the workplace and the health of the American worker for Corporate Leadership Circle sponsors in an in depth meeting at FWI and Web-conference. (September 29, 2009)
Presentation Slides / Replay Part 1 and Part

Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success
Claire Shipman (Senior National Correspondent, Good Morning America) and Katty Kay (Anchor, BBC World News) discussed their just released book, Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success. (June 11, 2009)
Flyer / Replay Part 1 and Part 2.

Behavioral Economics and Financial Preparedness in the Workplace
Professor Eldar Shafir of Princeton University discussed research on human decision making, including the psychology of financial behavior—both his and that of his colleagues in the field of behavioral economics. This research helps us think about how we are managing our own finances during the recession. It is also highly relevant for those who have or are developing initiatives for employees on financial literacy and preparedness. (March 25, 2009)
Replay / Presentation Slides / Flyer
Please visit: http://weblamp.princeton.edu/~psych/psychology/research/shafir/index.php to learn more about Professor Shafir’s groundbreaking work.

Empower. Invest. Accelerate.
The Retention and Advancement of Women in the New Global Economy
In honor of International Women's Day Families and Work Institute’s President, Ellen Galinsky, moderated a Webcast hosted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. With numerous studies showing that companies with greater gender diversity often achieve higher returns, the continued investment in women’s advancement and retention programs is important to long-term sustainability in today’s challenged global marketplace. (March 6, 2009)
To view the recording of the Deloitte Webcast, please click here to register.

2008 and Prior Years

Top Leadership from the Obama (September 16, 2008) and McCain (September 24, 2008) teams
presented their approach to work life and answered employee and employer questions submitted to FWI on work place and force issues. To read about the two candidates’ platforms, please visit our Web site. This is the first election where both parties put forward a work life platform.

Fuel Relief and Flex and the City: The Business Response to Rising Fuel Prices
Corporations, organizations, and city and state governments discussed ways to deal with the rising cost of fuel in the summer of 2008 and its effects on their workforce with Shirley Crews Taylor [City of Houston], Betty Purkey [Texas Instruments] and Dawn Malone [Bon Secours Richmond Health System], hosted by Ellen Galinsky. These best practices continue to be germane is assisting companies and employees in conserving energy. (July 15, 2008)

New Research You Can Use
The latest research with practical implications for work life, diversity, talent management and HR professionals with Dr. Bob Drago of Penn State University, Dr. Shelley MacDermid of Purdue University, and Ana Duarte McCarthy, Citigroup’s Chief Diversity Officer. Hosted by FWI President Ellen Galinsky (January 22, 2008)

Investing in Work Life Flexibility
A CEO’s perspective on the strategic and competitive advantages of being a preferred employer, with Murray D. Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pitney Bowes, hosted by Ellen Galinsky (October 24, 2007)
Replay

Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital
Dr. John W. Boudreau of the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, author and business strategy advisor speaks about his new book, moderated by Ellen Galinsky (September 26, 2007)
Replay

Generation Next: Speak Up Be Heard
Acclaimed broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff discussed her national tour and interviews of young adults (ages 16-25) documented on PBS, with respondents Dr. Berry Brazelton and Deloitte & Touche’s Stanton Smith(February 15, 2007)

Failure to Succeed: Using Mistakes as a Talent Development Tool and an Innovation Engine
With Patia McGrath of General Electric Company; Jana Eggers, formerly of QuickBase and Innovation Lab, Intuit Inc.; Ralph Keyes and Richard Farson, authors of The Innovation Paradox: The Success of Failure, the Failure of Success; and Amy Edmondson of the Harvard Business School (November 6, 2006)

As the First Wave of Boomers Come of Retirement Age: How to Promote the Full Engagement of Older Workers
With Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes and Michael Smyer of the Center on Aging and Work at Boston College, and Ellen Galinsky
(March 30, 2006)

The Real Deal: Work Life in 2005 and Beyond
Featuring lessons from the Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP) and FWI’s 2005 National Study of Employers with Kathie Lingle of AWLP and Ellen Galinsky (November 10, 2005)

Corporate Relief Efforts in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
With representatives from Chevron Corporation, Fannie Mae, Johns Hopkins University, JPMorgan Chase, KPMG, Motorola and Texas Instruments (September 30, 2005)

More Work Time and Leave Innovations from Around the Nation and the World
With Nora Spinks of Work-Life Harmony Enterprises and Ellen Galinsky (June 22, 2005)

Women in Mid-Life: New Books by Sue Shellenbarger and Suzanne Braun Levine
With Sue Shellenbarger of The Wall Street Journal and Suzanne Braun Levine, former Editor of Ms. Magazine (May 10, 2005)

Overwork in America: When the Way We Work Becomes Too Much
With Ellen Galinsky and Terry Bond of FWI and a panel of business respondents (March 31, 2005)

The Business Impact of the Multigenerational Workforce
Webinar hosted by the American Business Collaboration with Debbie Phillips of the ABC, Stan Smith of Deloitte & Touche and Ellen Galinsky (December 17, 2004)

If You’ve Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything: Leadership Begins at Home
With Journalist and Author Ann Crittenden (November 17, 2004)

Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs
With Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers of Brandeis University, Mary Tatarian of IBM and Barbara Adachi of Deloitte & Touche (September 30, 2004)

The Changing Face of Labor: Findings from Families and Work Institute’s When Work Works
project on workplace flexibility and workplace effectiveness
With Cathy Healy, Center for Workforce Preparation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Ellen Galinsky with a panel of business respondents (August 23, 2004)

Working Time and Leaves: Innovations from Around the Nation and the World
With Nora Spinks of Work-Life Harmony Enterprises and a panel of business respondents (July 29, 2004)

Framing Work Life Issues: Beyond Making the Business Case
With Phil Sparks of the Communications Consortium Media Center, Celinda Lake of Lake Snell Perry & Associates, Guy Molyneux of Peter D. Hart Research Associates and Vince Breglio of WirthlinWorldwide (March 3, 2004)

Highlights of the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce
With Ellen Galinsky and Terry Bond of Families and Work Institute (November 18, 2003)

Leaders in a Global Economy
With Ellen Galinsky, Brad Harrington of Boston College Center for Work & Family; Marcia Brumit Kropf and Meredith Moore of Catalyst and a panel of business respondents (June 30, 2003 General Study Findings; November 12, 2003 Regional Asia Pacific Findings; November 19, 2003 Regional European Findings)

The Power of Full Engagement
With Tony Schwartz of LGE Performance Systems (April 8, 2003)

Women of Color in Corporate Management
With Dr. Katherine Giscombe of Catalyst (December 17, 2002)

Navigating Work and Life: A New Approach
With Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Economist and Author (September 17, 2002)

Aging Boomers and Others: How to Create an Effective Multi-Generational
Workforce and a Competitive Business Plan Based on Demographics
With Dr. Ken Dychtwald, Author of AgeWave and Public Speaker on Aging (May 30, 2002)

Beyond Gender: The Next Step in Diversity
With Ann Crittenden, Journalist and Author (February 27, 2002)

Women Leaders
With Laura Liswood of Goldman Sachs (December 13, 2001)

Achieving Optimal Performance
With Dr. Fikry Isaac of Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Dan Conti of Bank One, Fred Jenkins of Verizon Communications and Joy Bunson of JPMorgan Chase (June 26, 2001)

The Time Crunch: How Are Work Redesign Efforts Helping
With Donna Klein of Marriott International, Betty Purkey of Texas Instruments, Sharon Wilkie of SmithKline Beecham and Ellen Galinsky (December 13, 2000)

The Aging Workforce, Elder Transitions in the Workplace and Elder Care
With FWI’s Ellen Galinsky and Terry Bond, Diane Piktialis of Ceridian, retirement specialist Helen Dennis, Joyce Cohen of Unconventional Wisdom, and James Weil of VitalAging (June 19, 2000)

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