REPORT OF THE JUMP FORUM 2011

From gender diversity to female leadership

What is JUMP Forum?

The JUMP Forum is the biggest single day event dedicated to the professional lives of women and their career planning. Each year it inspires hundreds of professional women and men across Europe, featuring the most successful women and the most brilliant experts in gender diversity.

Five year of JUMP Forum

On Thursday 05 May 2011 the JUMP Forum celebrated its 5th anniversary at The Automotiv House in Brussels! Five years of growing from strength to strength, dedicating ourselves to advancing the professional lives of women and working with companies to promote gender balance.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE WOMEN-FRIENDLY COMPANIES

From gender diversity to leadership varietyMore women in management creates a space for men and women to expand the way they lead. Beyond a gender diversity programme, companies should seek to diversify the range of leadership behaviours and spread good practices within the organisation.

New leadership models and corporate structures need to be developed that are more in tune with the competencies and leadership approaches of the women executives whom companies need to attract and keep if they are to remain competitive. Women were being urged to conform to a mainstream leadership style that was considered a fundamental requirement for anyone who hoped to exert authority in public life. Henceforth female leaders and diversity in leadership create competitive advantage by changing the company culture.

Getting new skills for a changing workplace is a strategic decision!

Isabella LenarduzziFounder & Managing Director JUMP

The fifth JUMP Forum prompts us to

question the real meaning behind it.

Thank you for attending this year’s

Forum. Thank you for your loyalty.

Thank you for supporting JUMP’s

mission through your presence.

But what exactly is JUMP’s mission?

Haven’t we already achieved gender

equality? On the occasion of the

Forum’s fifth birthday, I wanted to

expand on this year’s theme, “From

gender diversity to leadership

variety”. Why? Isn’t gender diversity

the ultimate goal?

More women in management

produces a space for men and women

to expand the way they lead. Beyond

a gender diversity programme

companies should seek to diversify

the range of leadership behaviors

and spread good practices within

the organisation. New leadership

models and corporate structures

need to be developed that are

more in tune with the competencies

and leadership approaches of the

women executives whom companies

need to attract and keep if they

are to remain competitive. Women

were being urged to conform to a

mainstream leadership style that

was considered a fundamental

requirement for anyone who hoped

to exert authority in public life.

Henceforth the mass arrival of

women on the labour market is

bringing more diversity in leadership

and creating competitive advantage

by changing business culture making

it more respectful of everyone, both

men and women.

JUMP is therefore not only a tool

for helping more women reach

the top, but above all it is an

avenue for change, leading society

towards greater responsibility and

sustainability. The success of women

is fundamental to this transformation.

Becoming aware of this ultimate aim

of JUMP, I met Marc Luyckx Ghisi at

TED X Brussels. I heard him voice

my thoughts exactly: “Women are

the leading vectors of change”. It

was therefore obvious to me that

he was the right person to lead the

2011 Forum. Here is what he wrote

about JUMP: “In pushing for more

women in leadership positions in

Business and administrations, JUMP

is pushing towards Humanity’s

Let’s give birth to a radically different future

survival, because those women could

propose a shift in the enterprises’

agendas towards more CSR and

sustainability.”

We live in a marvellous era when for

the first time in humanity, we can at

last choose our own path. What we

do with it is our responsibility. We

can imprison ourselves just as we

were imprisoned before, but with

different roles. We should make the

most we can of our lives, because

now we have access to everything.

Furthermore, if we want to become

a force and a voice in this world, we

have to support each other as women

and not let ourselves be distracted

by rivalry. This type of archaic

jealousy is still encountered far too

often. It is mainly the consequence

of thousands of years of domination.

A new culture, a new identity for

men and women is possible. The

world needs truly liberated women

working alongside men so that the

world can take the essential steps

towards greater responsibility.

I can’t resist finishing with a quote

from the philosopher Alain Touraine,

who explains that the reason why

women want power is to share it:

“The world of women, whose goal is

not the destruction of domination but

the construction of self, is driven by

the desire to experience an existence

which they themselves have

transformed, and the re-ordering of

society. Men, in contrast, conquered

the world by concentrating power

within the hands of just a few.”

WelcomeIsabella LenarduzziFounder & Managing Director JUMP

For the first time in humanity, we can at last choose our own path. What we do with it is our responsibility

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JUMP is an enabler of a new and more

sustainable society. But it is also in

the same time helping business

leaders to generate more intangible

assets, which are counting for more

than 50% of its value on the stock

market. It is thus pushing enterprises

towards a win-win scenario for

society and for business.

We will not be able to solve our

problems with the old patriarchal

values of «CCC" (command control

and conquer). Those values which

have dominated our societies for

5000 years at least, are not going

to make it. We will have to introduce

a new cocktail of values of respect

and care for nature, for society and

for ourselves. Now usually women

are more able than men to introduce

those new life-oriented values in

society and business. In pushing for

more women in leadership positions

in Business and administrations,

JUMP is pushing towards Humanity’

survival, because those women could

propose a shift in the enterprises

agenda’s towards more CSR and

Sustainability. We see indeed some

important groups of enterprises

which begin to claim that for them

profit is only a consequence of their

action towards Humanity’s Common

Good. JUMP could be seen as

pushing enterprises in the direction

of becoming «part of the solution"

instead of «part of the problem"

increasing at the same time their

intangible value".

ForewordMarc Luyckx GhisiChairman of the JUMP Forum 2011

JUMP is an enabler of a new and more sustainable society

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Plenary conferences

Flexible working modelsHow to bring sustainability

KeynotesRuss HageyPartner at Bain & Company

Evy HellinckxManager at Bain & Company

Peninah ThomsonCo-founder and Manager of The FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring Programme and author of A Woman’s Place in the Boardroom and Women and the New Business Leadership

PanelHebe BoonzaaijerSenior Manager Human Capital, Deloitte Netherlands

Elke JorensHR Director, Microsoft Belgium & Luxembourg

Pierre HenryGroup Chief Operating Officer Sodexo

Dominique LeroyCEO of Unilever

Anne CambierChief Procurement and Process Office Mobistar P

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Female leadershipChanging business for the better

KeynotesSusan VinnicombeProfessor at Cranfield University-School Management and author of Women with Attitude and Women on Corporate Boards of Directors

Michele Mees

Author of The Balanced Leader and partner at FEMCO

Éléna FourèsAuthor of Leadership au feminin and founder

of IDEM PER IDEM

PanelPetra WilsonSenior director of the European Health and Care at Cisco ISGB

Marie HelsmoortelHead of Private Banking Zone Centre ING

Albert RagonManaging director of Danone Belgium

Béa ErcoliniPublishing Director ELLE Belgique-België

Idoia RodésRegional Managing Director at the MCI Benelux

Workshops

Success sabotageDyahanne WareInternational Business Consultant

Féminité et puissanceChantal Vander VorstManaging Director of the Institute of NeuroCognitivism

Political skills and networking in organisationsDorothy Dalton Talent Management Strategy and Career Transition

How to read situations and how to behavePeninah ThomsonCo-founder and Manager of The FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring Programme and author of A Woman’s Place in the Boardroom; Women and the New Business Leadership

Smart women make smart financial choices

Marie HelsmoortelHead of Private Banking Zone Centre ING

Image as a business toolClaire Soper Professional image consultant

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HR Seminar

How to implement a Mentoring programme that is really effective in helping women to climb up the corporate ladder?

KeynotePeninah ThomsonCo-founder and Manager of The FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring Programme and author of A Woman’s Place in the Boardroom; Women and the New Business Leadership

PanelMarc Timmerman Partner Axiom Consulting Partners

Monique ChaludeSociologist & expert in gender diversity

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Hebe BoonzaaijerSenior Manager Human Capital at Deloitte Netherlands

Anne CambierChief Procurement and Process Office Mobistar

Benoît CerexheBrussels Region Minister for Employment and Research

Monique ChaludeSociologist & expert in gender diversity

Béa ErcoliniPublishing Director ELLE Belgique–België

Eléna FourèsAuthor of Leadership au féminin

and founder of IDEM PER IDEM

Russ HageySenior Partner at Bain & Company

Evy HellinckxManager at Bain & Company

Dorothy DaltonTalent Management Strategy and Career Transition

Pierre HenryGroup Chief Operating Officer Sodexo Europe

Elke JorensHR Director at Microsoft Belgium & Luxembourg

Isabella LenarduzziFounder & Managing Director of JUMP

Dominique LeroyCEO of Unilever

Marc Luyckx GhisiAuthor of Surgissement d’un nouveau monde

Michele MeesAuthor of The Balanced Leaderand partner at FEMCO

Marie HelsmoortelHead of Private Banking Zone Centre ING

Joëlle MilquetDeputy Prime Minister, Minis-ter for Employment and Equal Opportunities

Adriana PaunManaging Partner and Founder at Paun HR Consult

Peninah ThomsonAuthor of A Woman’s Place in the Boardroom

Marc TimmermanPartner Axiom Consulting Partners

Susan VinnicombeAuthor of Women with Attitude and Professor at Cranfield University-School

Petra WilsonSenior Director of the European Health and Care at Cisco

Dyahanne WareInternational Business Consultant

Chantal Vander VorstManaging Director of the Insti-tute of Neurocognitivism

Claire Soper Professional image consultant

Idoia RodésRegional Managing Director MCI Group

Albert RagonManaging Director of Danone Belgium

Praises

Thanks again for the great event, it motivated me again. It is always nice to feel and hear I am not alone with my troubles, thoughts and motivation!

Bieke Van Gool

J’ai trouvé cela extraordinaire et très inspirant ! Prometteur pour nous toutes !

Chantal Vander Vorst

Les jours passent et je ressens encore les bienfaits des rencontres et échanges de cette riche journée. Et félicitations pour la délicieuse atmosphère.

Bénédicte Duhaut

It was great to be in the company of so many inspiring women.

Dorothy Dalton

Congrats with the vision, content and organization of the event!

Michèle Mees

Thank you for inviting me to participate in the 5th anniversary JUMP event. I thought it was a very successful, and a very thought-provoking, event – and it was a pleasure to meet (some!) of the 550 delegates.

Peninah Thomson

Thank you for having me at the JUMP forum. I much appreciated to be there, meet with you and many other interesting women and attend the workshops.

Hebe Boonzaaijer

Je pense sincèrement que le combat n’est pas simplement pour les femmes, mais pour une humanité plus éveillée! Et si cela doit se faire par nous «les femmes» et bien, il me semble que nous sommes plus courageuses et plus audacieuses que les hommes pour les choses qui concerne l’avenir.

Xanthippe Laziradis

Thanks for the great seminar. I had nothing but good feedback from participants, they all said it was very interesting to them and set them to think.

Evy Hellinckx

What a wonderful time and brilliant speakers.

Dyahanne Ware

There was such a great atmosphere and a real sense of hope of change which is of course what you are all about. You should be immensely proud. Not an easy task but it really feels like you are making an impact.

Claire Soper

Evaluation

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Participant’s profile

89%  

11%  

Gender  

Female  

Male  

17%  

44%  

38%  

Language  

English  

Dutch  

French  

-­‐25   25-­‐34   35-­‐44   45-­‐54   55+  

4%  

28%  

40%  

24%  

5%  

Age  

Educa&on  

No  higher  

Higher  

University  

Employee   Middle  management  

Top  management   Business  owner  

21%  

35%  

16%  

29%  

Func%on  

77%  

22%  1%  

Country  of  residence  

Belgium  

Europe  

Outside  Europe  

Participant’s profile

Good   Moderate   Bad  

58%  

39%  

3%  

Tools  for  your  career  

Good   Moderate   Bad  

82%  

15%  3%  

General  atmosphere  

Good   Moderate   Bad  

83%  

17%  

0%  

Networking  

Evaluation

Participant’s feedback

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Participant’s feedback

Good   Moderate   Bad  

72%  

25%  

3%  

Conferences  

Good   Moderate   Bad  

62%  

35%  

3%  

Workshops  

91%  

9%  

Do  you  think  an  event  for  advancing  professional  women  is  useful?    

Yes  

Moderate  

Participant’s feedback

65%  

33%  

3%  

Do  you  think  the  concept  of  JUMP  answers  your  needs?    

Yes  

Moderate  

No  

Good   Moderate   Bad  

80%  

20%  

0%  

General  organisa,on    

Good   Moderate   Bad  

71%  

24%  

5%  

Inspira(on  and  personal  development  tools  

55

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