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Rick KingEVP and Chief Information Officer

Thomson Reuters

She He We

Agenda

Some background

Our progress at Thomson Reuters

What’s next?

Some Background

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Enlightenment through my daughter

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Women’s Rights In The World

Trust Women ConferenceFinding ways to empower women and fight modern-day slavery worldwide

Anita Borg InstituteGrace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Women At Work PollPartnership with the Rockefeller Foundation

Thomson Reuters FoundationHelping to create a world where all women can be leaders – Trust.org

Diversity and Inclusion IndexDesigned to measure diversity performance on 22 separate metrics

Nurturing Talent Internally

25%-29%Increase in women Senior

Executives since 2012

2013Launched Women’s Advisory Taskforce

Chaired by CEO and CPO

28%-31%Increase in Directors and

VPs since 2012

2013Launched Technology Diversity Council

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Susan Taylor Martin President, Legal

• Highlights company Diversity & Inclusion efforts – including direct support of CEO and CPO

• Shares the importance of mentors and sponsors –as well as key differences between them

Leadership Perspective

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Leading Technology CompaniesTechnical Workforce Total Workforce

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5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

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45%

Lowest TR Highest

% of Women

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Highest

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5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Lowest TR Highest

% of Women

Lowest

TR

Highest

Success (ability to achieve your career

goals)

Sanity (ability to truly enjoy your

life)

Individual Component

Group Component

1:1 Career Coaching

Networking Component

Community on company

intranet

• Graduated 300 women in five global cohorts

• Program Impact– 96% Satisfaction

– +14% Clarity of Goals

– +17% Retention

– +38% Confidence

– +54% Network

• Sponsorship program– Year long program,

assessment, development and advocacy

– +23% promotions or role changes

Leadhership1

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Samantha Greminger Delivery Manager, Technology Development

• Expanded her network and has access to new opportunities

• Increased self-awareness and confidence – taking on new challenges

Bill Cummings, Head of Operations, Technology

• Remain teachable and create new connections to future leaders

Sponsorship Program

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Rob Wyssbrod, Sr. Director, Technology Strategy, Tax & Accounting

• Once learning of the issue, Rob led a working group who researched best practices and developed gender-neutral job description guidelines for technology roles as well as a model for implementation.

Gender Neutral Job Descriptions

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• Launching a pilot with Anita Borg Institute to develop a program

• 25-mid level managers (men and women)

• Four half day meetings over six weeks this spring/summer

• Honest feedback on tools and concepts to shift the culture

Improving Innovation Through Gender Diversity*

When women are involved, meetings improve and so does team decision-making

More inclusive teams produce more innovation

Companies with more women at highest levels earn more, better P/E ratio, happier employees & customers

Non-inclusive culture is the biggest impediment to these rewards

*From “The Case For Investing In Women” – Anita Borg Institute 13

What’s next for you? Sponsorship/mentorship

Gender neutral job descriptions

Women in technology working groups

In The Future

Be creative – break new ground – fly upside down

Mobilize your allies – move from she to he to we

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