Helen Oumer March 21, 2012

Professor of Business Administration - Harvard Business School Investigation – effectively management of race and gender relations Research – organizational change, group dynamics, conflict, power, and social identity. Teaching – Harvard's Executive Education programs, the IWF Leadership Foundation Fellow Program, and the Women's Leadership Forum. Publications – numerous articles in books and journals Consultant Recent work –  Men and masculinity on offshore oil platforms  The effects of racial diversity on performance in retail banking  Senior women's experiences of power and authority in professional service firms Ph.D. – Organizational Behavior from Yale University Doctoral coursework – Social Psychology: University of Texas at Austin Bachelors degree – Smith College Member of the Academy of Management and an Associate Editor of Administrative Science Dr. Robin J. Ely

Director – Stanford Center on the Legal Profession Founding President – International Association of Legal Ethics Focus - Legal Ethics and Gender, Law, and Public Policy Publications - Over 20 books: The Beauty Bias, Women and Leadership, & Moral Leadership; columnist for The National Law Journal; and published editorials in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Slate Newspapers. Former president of the Association of American Law Schools, Former Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession, Founder and Former Director of Stanford’s Center on Ethics, and Former Director of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford Awards - American Bar Association’s Michael Franck award, the American Bar Foundation’s W. M. Keck Foundation Award, the American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Publico Award, and the White House’s Champion of Change award BA, Yale University, 1974 JD, Yale Law School, 1977 Dr. Deborah L. Rhode

 Breaking into the Male-Supremacy Cage 33% MBA vs. 2 % Fortune 500 CEO 40% Law School vs. < 20% Higher Positions > 50% Voters vs. 16% Congressional Seats Leaders.htm Leaders.htm

 She Can’t – wo/men co-workers  You Can’t – males in charge 39% White & 44% colored vs. 2% WM passed over  I Can’t – Cultural/Societal/Religious  Directly She is a B ch  Indirectly Lack of Flexibility/Accommodation Benevolent Sexism Hostile Sexism

 Access to Information  Professional Networking  Mentoring  The “Boys Clubs”  The Glass Ceiling

 Time and Space  Office in Laptop/Smart-phone Voluntary Professional Sacrifice  4 in 10 women  1 in 10 men

 Assertive vs. Abrasive  Charismatic vs. Seductive  Self-Confident vs. Pushy  Firm vs. Stubborn  Aggressive vs. Shrew  Leadership Qualities:  Cooperation, Collaboration, & Interpersonal Skills “Damned If YOU Do, Doomed If You Don’t”

 Challenges of Nature Identity  Performance vs. Learning Goals Demonstrate vs. Develop  She prefers to learn  Prevention vs. Promotion Strgy. She is prevention  Motivation Egosystem vs. ecosystem  Me vs. We

 Individual Problems Frustration Withdrawal  Economic Problems Waste of Human Resource Loss of Investment on Education  Organizational Problems Direct and Indirect Effects on Performance Loss of Opportunity of Great Leaders  Social Problems Defeat of Equal Opportunity Discrimination and Injustice