The Future Workforce:Why Should We Include Everyone?

Ron HansonVice-President, Human ResourcesSauer-Danfoss

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Sauer-Danfoss

Sauer-Danfoss is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of engineered hydraulic, electric and electronic systems and components, for use primarily in mobile equipment.

• One of the two largest suppliers of mobile hydraulics, electro-hydraulics and full-electric solutions in the world.

• 10,000 employees.

• Revenue approximately $2.2 billion USD.

• 26 manufacturing / engineering sites in 12 countries in the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.

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Sauer-Danfoss – Global Presence

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Products

World-class technologies that serve a range of different market segments:

Agriculture Construction Material handling

Road building Turf care Specialty

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Products

AC motors

Hydrostatic transmissions

Open circuit units

Orbital motors

Valves

Steering solutions

Mobile electronic controls

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Hydrostatics

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Open circuit axial piston pumps and gear units

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Products

Orbital motors

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Valves

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Steering components and systems

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Mobile electronic components and systems

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Electric drives

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Sauer-Danfoss – Global Presence

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Why should we include everyone?

• We are highly dependent on a continuing supply of highly educated and skilled engineers.

• A rapidly changing global business environment is fueling the demand for highly skilled employees.

• The US labor pool today is too small to provide the level of skill we need. The US education system is simply not keeping up.

• We must not only increase the quality of those in the pool, we must make the pool larger.

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Why should we focus on women in STEM?

• Because we want to hire them!

• Because women are a severely under-developed portion of the potential labor pool.

• Because we know all kinds of diversity drives diversity of thought – leading to more ideas and better solutions.

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Attracting and retaining women in STEM:

• Decision-makers / Influencerso Put the right people in some of the right positions (recruiting, hiring,

placement and promotion)o Mentors – Stay close to the members of minorities in your midst

• Cultureo Define your desired culture, build a guiding coalition, and communicateo Create a place where everyone is invited, welcome, and motivated to

stay (or come back)

• Policieso Eliminate “time-in-position” from the equationo Define “capability” as kingo Recognize other experiences – work and lifeo Provide flexibility – time, location, tools, etc.

• Remove barriers

• Partner with business and industry

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