Welcome to EuropeanPWN, a unique on-line networking and learning community for women and companies seeking to promote women’s professional progress.

EuropeanPWN is Europe’s dynamic fast-growing online and offline networking and leadership development platform for professional women of all sectors and industries. With 3500 members and more than 90 nationalities, EuropeanPWN organizes around 600 events a year in 17 cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, London CWN,
London EuropeanPWN, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Nice-Côte d’Azur, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. EuropeanPWN has published 8 books in the Women@Work series and has been widely quoted in the media as opinion leaders on women’s professional progress.

LATEST EUROPEANPWN NEWSLETTER

Editorial November 2008 – From crisis to career booster!

What will be the impact of the financial crisis on the position of women in companies? Budget cuts, layoffs and reorganisations are taking place as we speak. Let’s be realistic: in general women have a weaker position on the labour market, for a number of reasons: they have often less than average tenure, do more than the average share of part time work, are paid less than the average male colleague, have fewer promotion opportunities, are less part of the informal network structures which count for promotion, and are still structurally overrepresented in those departments and functions that are considered as ‘overhead’ (that is: not directly contributing to the bottom line). Research has shown that up to three times more women than men leave the company in those situations, voluntarily and involuntarily. So what can each of us do to make sure that this crisis will not impact us in a negative way but even boost our careers? Let me share my top ten tips with you. More

Neelie Kroes - EuropeanPWN Board Room Round Tables, September 2008

European leadership in globalization: “The speed of change is accelerating – Are you still at the steering wheel?”

European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes addressed 20 international board women of Europe’s largest companies on the key issues facing Europe’s competitive position in the world. This 2nd edition of the EuropeanPWN Board Room Round Tables was hosted by Egon Zehnder International.

Improve the entrepreneurial spirit

In order for the EU to remain competitive it is imperative we take measures to increase entrepreneurialism. More flexible labor markets and introducing flexible working arrangements while making use of all talent available have become a necessity in global competition. “We need more people in the labor process and we need them longer,” explained Commissioner Neelie Kroes. “We also need to choose and use the potential of women at the highest levels as this leads to better decision-making and better returns to shareholders.”

Third Bi-annual EuropeanPWN BoardWomen Monitor 2008

in partnership with Egon Zehnder International

Overall progress remains glacially slow
Norway by far Europe’s champion
Companies score better on international diversity than gender diversity

One out of ten board members is female

The top 300 European companies now have 9.7% of women on their boards, up from 8.5% in 2006 and 8% in 2004. Of a total 5,146 board seats, women occupy 501. European champion Norway jumped to having 44.2% women on boards as a result of quota legislation . Without Norway, the European growth rate falls back to 9.1% confirming the average growth rate of around 0.5 percentage points over each two year period from 2004 onwards. This development clearly demonstrates that quotas are an effective way to accelerate growth of female representation on boards. More

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NEWS THINK TANK GROUP

How Did You Manage Your First 100 Days In a New Job?

Our self coaching tool – made of 12 steps to follow and 5 issues to consider during those first 100 crucial days of your career in a company – is online now. Have fun surfing through this tool!

Network News: Annual General Meeting held in Milan

On June 27-28 the EuropeanPWN board and presidents of all networks gathered in Milan for the Annual General Meeting (AGM). In a 1 ½ day session they looked back on past achievements, exchanged best practices and developed plans for the next year. Organized this year by the team of PWA Milan’s president Monica Pesce, participants were warmly welcomed by SDA Bocconi’s Simona Cuomo of Laboratoria Armonia on Bocconi’s premises. More

THINK TANK GROUP

Recognition and reward for efforts key to women’s career satisfaction

The Think Tank Group “What is it like for working women in your country” has finalized its survey. It concludes that women, across regions and demographics, desire first and foremost work environments which are, ideally, meritocratic and reward them fairly vis-à-vis their male colleagues for their efforts. However, most women believe this type of environment does not reflect reality due to the large pay-gap that continues to exist between men and women. Achieving parity in pay is a much more important driver of career satisfaction for women than ensuring strong social benefits, such as government run programs, child care, etc… more

Introducing EuropeanPWN’s BusinessXchange

Women mean business. We are delighted to announce the launch of a new functionality on our fantastic online platform : BusinessXchange.

BusinessXchange is designed to help members network for business. Whether you are the founder of a start-up in search of investors, an international tax advisor in Madrid, a manager of an Italian shoe manufacturer looking for distributors in the UK, or a coach who wants to advertise her next workshop in Paris, BusinessXchange will allow you to introduce your business in a short and crisp way, and to specify the type of contacts you are looking for: customers, suppliers, partners, distributors or investors.

This searchable directory is a resource for all members — those offering their services and those looking for providers. Just imagine that all 3,500 EuropeanPWN members’ businesses are listed – it will be our first resource when we urgently need to find a PR agency in a foreign city!

As a directory directly linked to the members who represent the business listed, BusinessXchange is unique in a community network. It was designed according to your specifications and to meet your needs for efficient and non-intrusive business promotion and business exchange.

For great business deals, we invite you to check BusinessXchange. You will find it on the menu of the members-only platform, together with greater detail on how it works. Your comments and suggestions are very welcome. Please send these to websteering@europeanpwn.net

Think Tank Groups: participate to the survey

The survey is gathering information from members and non-members – feel free to distribute the information around you. Results will be published in EuropeanPWN newsletter.

How do women network?

Networking is key to a successful and balanced career. Some of us do it instinctively, others are trying to master it and the rest are still questioning. Measuring is key for understanding the state of the art, this is why we are running this survey ’How do women network?’: anyone can answer. Feel free to pass it to your own contact list! Click here for the survey (approx. 10 minutes)

EuropeanPWN publishes its 8th book in the Women@Work series, ‘Women on Boards – Moving Mountains’

EuropeanPWN provides compelling evidence for the need to promote more women board members to European companies. The EuropeanPWN BoardWomen monitor conducted by Egon Zehnder in 2006 showed that only 8.5% of corporate boardroom seats in the top 300 European companies are held by women. In “Women on Boards – Moving Mountains”, EuropeanPWN in association with Mercer, analysed the profiles of the 100 top women compared to their male counterparts and provides advice for both companies and women on board diversity. More…

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