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Alabama Alum, Marillyn Hewson, named President/COO of Lockheed Martin:
http://blog.al.com/huntsville-times-business/2012/04/alabama_grad_marillyn_hewson_n.html
BETHESDA, Md., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin today announced that Chairman and CEO Bob Stevens, 60, informed the board of directors of his plans to retire as CEO after 25 years of service with the company. President and COO Chris Kubasik, 51, will succeed Stevens as CEO effective January 1, 2013. Subject to election by shareholders and approval by the board, Stevens will remain chairman through January 2014.
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(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120426/PH95408-c )The board also elected Marillyn A. Hewson, 58, to succeed Kubasik as president and COO, effectiveJanuary 1, 2013. Hewson's successor as executive vice president of Lockheed Martin's Electronic Systems business area will be announced later this year.
"Continuous global economic and security challenges have created a new reality in which leadership with a long-term view can provide a sustained competitive advantage," Stevens said. "Chris and Marillyn are superbly well prepared to guide the continuous evolution of Lockheed Martin's strategies and operating concepts in ways that will allow us to simultaneously address the evolving needs of customers and the expectations of shareholders."
"Bob Stevens has had an extraordinarily distinguished career, working tirelessly on behalf of Lockheed Martin's customers, shareholders and employees by applying his full spectrum leadership to build a strategically focused company with a portfolio shaped to meet the challenges of today's global security environment," said Douglas H. McCorkindale, Lockheed Martin's lead director. "Throughout his tenure, Bob and the board have focused on developing talent and assuring a high-quality succession plan as a cornerstone of good corporate governance. As a result, incredibly talented leaders like Chris and Marillyn are ready to assume greater responsibilities."
Kubasik has served as president and COO since January 2010, and he has served with Stevens in the executive office of the chairman since October 2011. He previously was executive vice president of the Electronic Systems business area and, earlier, the corporation's chief financial officer.
Kubasik received an executive engineering certificate from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008 and completed the Systems Acquisition Management Course for Flag Officers at the Defense Acquisition University in 2004. He received his bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Maryland in 1983. Kubasik serves on the USO Board of Governors and the University of Maryland College ParkFoundation's Board of Trustees.
Hewson was named executive vice president of the Electronic Systems business area in January 2010. In serving the company for 29 years, she has held leadership positions on the corporate staff and in three of the corporation's four businesses.
Hewson earned her bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in economics from The University of Alabama. She also attended the Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School executive development programs. She chairs the Sandia Corporation board of directors and she serves on the board of DuPont. Hewson is a member of the Association of the United States Army Council of Trustees and the University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration Board of Visitors.
After serving as chief financial officer, Stevens was named president in 2000, and became CEO in 2004. He serves on the international advisory boards of the Atlantic Council and the British-American Business Council and he is on the executive committee of the Aerospace Industries Association board of governors. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, lead director of the Monsanto Company, and a member of the board of directors of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Stevens has been honored by numerous military, professional, business and industry groups.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 123,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's net sales for 2011 were $46.5 billion.
Critical Interview Questions
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Centered Leadership: How Talented Women Thrive
This new approcah to leadership can help women become more self-confident and effective business leaders. Authors: Joanna Barsh, Suzie Cranston, and Rebecca A. Craske.
http://www.cba.ua.edu/assets/images/wip/talented_women_thrive.pdf
50 Most Powerful Women in Business
Fortune 500 magazine has released the names of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. The link below directs to the list of women as well as their profiles and stories.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostpowerfulwomen/2008/full_list/index.html
Center for Women's Business Research
The Center for Women's Business Research turns research into knowledge— the most up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge about one of the most dynamic and fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy: the 10.1 million businesses owned by women.
http://www.nfwbo.org/index.php
Business and Dining Etiquette Guide
Social skills are needed along with academic knowledge and skills in order to be successful in the workplace. Good professional etiquette indicates to potential employers that you are a mature, responsible adult who can aptly represent their company. Not knowing good etiquette could prevent you from getting a job and cause problems in business relationships. Get helpful hints to etiquette here.
http://www.career.ua.edu/documents/handouts/Business%20Etiquette.pdf
Interviewing Steps
Many basics for interviewing can be found here. These tips can help you throughout the interviewing process.
http://www.career.ua.edu/documents/handouts/Basic%20Information.pdf
Interview Tips
Here are the 8 lessons I learned interviewing with a hidden camera (and 4 video clips of what not to do)...
http://buystock.net/hired/
Interview Etiquette Survey
See survey results concerning expected etiquette before, during and after interviews. Some of the results may shock you and help you during the interview process.
http://www.vault.com/surveys/manners/index.jsp
The Power of Talk
The Power of Talk PDF
Better Education Shields Women From Cuts
Steady increases among women with college degrees apparently paid off during the recession, with government statistics showing they fared better than men over the past year, and for the first time surpassed the number of men holding payroll jobs.
Women M.B.A.s Continue to Lag in Pay, Promotions
Despite having similar educational backgrounds and experience, female M.B.A.-holders are still not getting the same pay, positions, or promotions as their male colleagues, according to a new study by Catalyst.
"Women M.B.A.s Continue to Lag in Pay, Promotions"
What's Holding Back Women Entrepreneurs?
Women-owned businesses are a lot smaller than men-owned companies. Blame it partly on the women themselves—and partly on the people and institutions they deal with.
What's Holding Back Women Entrepreneurs?
The biggest emerging market: Women
"Most Big-Company Women CEOs Are Also Moms"
All but two members of the female CEO elite at big U.S. businesses have motherhood in common, a new book finds.
Wall Street Journal (@WSJ)
4 women leading their fields -- from investing to Google -- talk about how they did it
http://on.wsj.com/gVEUL3
Where Are All the Senior-Level Women?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704013604576246774042116558.html
Headhunters Seek Larger Pool of Women Candidates
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704569404576298520898443798.html
The Birmingham News
Alabama is Number 7 in growth of women-owned businesses
http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2011/05/alabama_is_number_7_in_growth.html
Suggested Reading for Women in the Workplace
Hot Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman
The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
The Post American World by Fareed Zakaria
Links to previous Women’s Initiative speakers:
Heidi Nel, Heidi’s Heavenly Cookies
http://www.heidisheavenlycookies.com/