With five topics specifically crafted to address issues facing women in Hawaii business, the forum aims to deliver real-world tools and advice. With networking, 2 sessions and a distinguished keynote speaker, the half day forum promises to be the start of a conversation that will carry on through online forums and an eNewsletter into the future.
| Negotiation: Seal the deal | Men are four times more likely to negotiate than women. By not negotiating a first salary, women stand to lose more than a half million dollars in compensation by the age of 60. Learning how to negotiate for yourself, your business or your position is the focus of this session.
What is not negotiable? What is? What’s just an add-on that doesn’t advance your bottom line? Don’t settle. Obtain the skills to put what you want on the table, and get it. | Moderator:
| Susan Eichor [BIO] | AIO Group | | Speakers: | Kalei Cadinha-Pua`a [BIO] | Cadinha-Pua`a & Co.
| | | Lisa Sellers [BIO] | Independent Consultant
| | | Linda Rosehill [BIO] | Rosehill & Associates
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| | Recruit Reward Retain: Addressing Gender
| Companies’ methods of dealing with the unique issues impacting women in the workplace are under scrutiny like never before. Learn how corporate programs that support and enhance women employees’ work and family balance lead to increased satisfaction, personal development, staff retention and bottom line growth over the long haul.
Popular discussion points are: mentorship, intergenerational exchange, succession planning, exit strategies and defining corporate culture. | Moderator:
| Kelli Abe Trifonovitch
| Hawaii Business magazine
| | Speakers: | Doreen Griffith [BIO] | Grant Thornton
| | | Sherri Okinaga [BIO] | Insight Consulting
& Training
| | | Debbie Padello [BIO] | ALTRES HR
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| | Community: Give Back to Pay Forward
| Helping to shape what’s happening in our community is in everyone’s best interest; it’s good business practice and it rewards one’s spirit. Learn how to take part in ways that make sense for professionals, the supporting organization and the adopted cause.
This session will give tips on creating win-win strategic alliances that build your business while supporting the community. Our speakers will share their methods of choosing an organization to support and aligning your personal values and career objectives with their missions. | Moderator:
| Collette Pritchard Fox
| Hawaii Business magazine
Contributor
| | Speakers: | Gwen Pacarro [BIO] | Morgan Stanley
| | | Colleen Wong [BIO] | Junior League of Honolulu
Kamehameha Schools
| | | Louise Ing [BIO] | Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
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| | Purposeful Leadership
| You're a leader. Or becoming one. This session is designed to look at leadership as it relates to women and their dreams and desires to strengthen their community, organizations, families, and selves.
Have you asked yourself these questions before?: What does being a leader mean to me? To what purpose is leadership important in my life? What are my strengths and how do I build my leadership style from my strong suit? How do I find others that share my passion? How do I balance being a leader for my family, team, community?
Attend this workshop to seek answers to these questions and learn about new models of leadership emerging that enable women to lead together, sustain the results, and perpetuate a new legacy for the next generation. | Speakers:
| Cheryl Ka`uhane Lupenui [BIO] | YWCA of Oahu
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| Wendy Nakamura [BIO] | FORESIGHT Leadership
Development
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| | | Entrepreneurship: Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Being “Chief Cook and Bottle Washer” has referred to the person who does just about everything—in other words, an entrepreneur. For a woman entrepreneur, you might add, “and she does windows”.
With women starting businesses at twice the rate of men, some serious need-to-know issues and survival tactics need to be a part of one’s skill set. Identifying risks and rewards, sources of funding, sustainable initiatives and honing one’s entrepreneurial skills will be some of the topics covered in this workshop, as will the impetus to apply those traits to one’s current position. | Moderator:
| Melissa Pavlicek [BIO] | Hawaii Public Policy Advocates | | Speakers: | Gina Mangieri [BIO] | The Cole Academy, KHON | | | Bev Gannon [BIO] | Bev Gannon Restaurants | | | Lynette Jee [BIO] | The Pacific Place, Inc |
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