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APM WiPM Conference September 2015

Achieving Your Potential

Women in Project Management at BAE Systems

Jeanette Pope

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Introduction

Where do I work?

Where do I fit in?

What am I going to talk to you about today?

- The journey within my part of the company

- What successes we’ve had to date

- What are our plans for the future?

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• My personal journey on this topic started

about 2 years ago

• Very positive statistics for women in PM in the

early years of their career

• However it was less so for women in

executive and senior executive roles

The journey within my part of the company

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DEMAND

The journey within my part of the company

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Employees are empowered to perform

and trusted to comply

Assume any role can be done flexibly

Flexible working offerings will be fit for

purpose

Two way street

A fair and consistent approach will be

applied

Sm

art

Work

ing P

rincip

les

• SMART working in Naval ships

• It was these initiatives which contributed to our positioning in the Times top

50 companies for women.

What successes we’ve had to date

“Smart Working allows me to take my children to school, and arrive at work relaxed

and ready to start my working day”

‘There’s less pressure to be

seen in the office’

‘It enables me to care for my

elderly relatives’

‘It helped my transition back

into work after maternity

leave’

‘It enables me to take a long

weekend every now and

then’

“As a single mum with a son who has a rare chromosome disorder, getting a work-

life balance can often be hard. Smart Working has allowed me to work my diary

around my commitments at home… I was concerned I would seem less committed,

but I’ve just been promoted to Manager”

1 year on….employee feedback

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Feasibility study of

Workplace Nursery

Shared Parental

Leave

Home

Working

Feasibility of

workplace Gym

And we’re not stopping there

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• One of the key’s to success

• Unconscious bias training programmes globally

• Raising awareness of your own biases

What are our plans for the future?

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An inclusive culture to secure our future

5 pillars…..5 years

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• Talent management through a D&I lens

• Focussed Training Needs Analysis on high potential

females

• Challenging Succession planning

• Enhancing Sponsorship of Women into more senior roles

• And so to summarise today’s presentation…..

What are our plans for the future?

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• It’s very much a journey

• The Project Management community and the company

have put the building blocks in place.

• A number of initiatives are implemented

• However there is still a mountain to climb

• To do that we need –

• Embrace the D&I agenda

• Continue raising our awareness of our biases

• We’ve a five year plan to achieve.

Conclusion

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Any Questions?

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Gender balance in Project

Management is not a women’s

issue it’s the next big

leadership challenge

Final Thought

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