Gender Leadership Disparity

Michael Kauffman, Cardinal Health, CFOPanel Discussion

J. Regan Thomas, MDMarion Couch, MD

Carol Bradford, MD

The difference between female representation overall and the percentage of women in leadership roles◦ Healthcare, retail, and financial services

industries are doing the worst job of promoting women to top positions

Pipeline or “leaky pipeline”◦ Choosing to go elsewhere

Gender Leadership Gap

Faculty attrition: In Surgery, women at the assistant

professor level were almost 6 times more likely than their male colleagues to intend to leave academia within 2 years.

Schroen AT, Brownstein MR, Sheldon GF. Women in academic generalsurgery. Acad Med 2004;79:310–8.

Colletti L, Mulholland M, Sonnad S. Perceived obstacles to career successfor women in academic surgery. Arch Surg 2000;135:972–7.

Schwartz et al, OtoHNS 149(1):71-76, 2013

AAMC

3.3% (4/121)

The Gender Gap in Venture Capital-Funded Businesses

5 best ways for men can #LeanInTogether to Help Women Get Ahead* Be a Mentor

◦ Women who have male mentors get more promotions and have higher salaries than those with female mentors Male mentors were higher on the corporate

ladder Be an advocate

◦ Call on women in meetings◦ Give them chances to lead◦ Acknowledge achievements

Hire women Promote women Share the office housework

* *Money March 2015

Michael Kauffman, CFOCardinal Health Executive sponsor of the Cardinal Health

Women’s Initiative Network, an employee resource group whose goal is to foster a culture of partnerships that makes Cardinal Health a great place for women to work and grow their careers

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association “Honorable Mentor”

Institute for Women’s Leadership 2014 “Guys Who Get it Award.”

When did you “raise your hand” Strategically?

Did you have a male mentor?

Do you have a “pearl” for women?

Questions to the Panel

Leaky pipeline or…..