August 2009 August Meeting to Focus on Sustainability Is your company considering its long-term impact on the community and the environment? Sustainability can be many efforts are not only profitable for the different things - a motto, an ideal, company, but actually save money for a way to do business, a way to consumers. Walmart helps to decrease live your life or a call to action. waste and pollution through simple Generally, there is a commonly yet clear-cut goals by working with understood idea of sustainability – vendors, manufacturers and suppliers that is, the capacity for continuance to get this done. into the long term. Businesses, for about ten years now, have been Walmart’s sustainability efforts considering the long-term effects are targeted in three areas: energy of their actions on their community efficiency, waste management and and the environment. selling products that sustain resources and the environment. Whether it is the Environmental sustainability is sale of organic cotton, biodegradable becoming increasingly important to and reduced-size packaging, or businesses as they focus on corporate community education to promote social responsibility. Walmart, a recycling to children, Walmart takes corporate leader in the sustainability pride in taking the lead. movement, recently announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable Regardless of the overwhelming product index. The index, which pressure to look good in the establishes a single source of data community, Walmart has faced all Inside This Issue... for evaluating the sustainability of challenges and is now working hard President’s Message ................................. 2 products, is the latest earth-friendly for the safety of their customers and program that the country’s largest for the good of the environment. Mentoring Committee News .......................2 company has implemented. Leadership Event: Womenomics..................3 At TEMPO Milwaukee’s August 20th Melodie Wilson Tribute...............................4 Environmental issues regarding big program, attendees will hear from New Members .......................................... 5 retail stores that create a lot of waste Walmart’s Senior Manager of Public have resulted in much controversy. Affairs for Wisconsin, Lisa B. Nelson. Past Presidents Luncheon Recap .............6-7 Despite this, Walmart moves forward She will discuss how Walmart’s earth- Member News ......................................... 7 not only to satisfy its customers but friendly practices are not only good Upcoming Events .......................................8 also to benefit the environment. These continued on p. 2 Board of Directors .....................................8 August Meeting, continued for the environment, but are good for tips and take-aways presented at this The August 20th luncheon meeting business. program. will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the University Club, 924 E. Attendees will discover how Walmart Attendees are encouraged to bring Wells St. in Milwaukee. There is no leads the way in promoting business Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) cost for members, guests are $30 growth through earth-friendly representatives to ask questions about per person. To register, visit www. practices that are integrated into the their company’s current practices and tempomilwaukee.org or contact Walmart business model and associate learn about new ways their company Dana Kader Robb at dana@barefoot- culture. Your company, whether it can be part of the sustainability marketing.com. is big or small, can benefit from the movement. From the President Mentoring Advocate. Elevate. Accelerate. Committee News By Gina Alberts Peter establishing strong networks of help Mentor: a trusted friend, counselor TEMPO Milwaukee President and ongoing leadership development. or teacher This The Leadership Conference (October The Mentoring Committee is in full month 15th – mark your calendars!) is a swing and will initially focus on we are great example of elevating not only providing mentoring opportunities focusing TEMPO Milwaukee members, but the within our own membership to on the community at large. assure that members have the benefit second of learning and growing with the word Elevate can be used in a number of support of TEMPO Milwaukee. We in our ways. When I was President of the plan to launch the initiative this fall, brand. Milwaukee Athletic Club I elevated so watch the newsletter coverage as We all of the members… by fixing the this unfolds. want to elevators! keep reinforcing the brand until you Helaine Johnson, Director of Strategic can remember it and know that it Many of us have been elevated by Operations and Communications represents TEMPO. the strong support of our network of at UW-Milwaukee, has joined the TEMPO friends. During my tenure committee. Welcome Helaine! Elevate. Elevate means “to move or as President of TEMPO Milwaukee, raise to a higher place or position.” I hope to work together to elevate The next meeting will be Monday, TEMPO Milwaukee elevates the TEMPO and its members to a higher August 10th. For information on individual contributions of its level. We are certainly on the right joining the committee, attending a members by sharing best practices, trajectory. meeting, sharing your input or your mentoring success stories, contact Committee Chair Louise Hermsen at [email protected]. August 2009 . Page 2 Leadership Event & Luncheon, October 15th Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success In the next several months, the U.S. is of women towards the priorities of University where she graduated magna poised to have more women working balancing work and personal life. The cum laude. Shipman, a Columbus, than men, according to a report by the book examines this trend and includes Ohio, native resides in Washington, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The recent in-depth interviews with companies D.C. with her husband, Time magazine economic that are harnessing the White House correspondent Jay recession and power of womenomics, Carney, and their two children. resulting job including Capital One, cuts have raised Sun Microsystems and In addition to Claire Shipman’s the percentage Best Buy. The book also keynote presentation, TEMPO of women in offers tips for companies Milwaukee will welcome a panel of the workforce looking to be part of the CEOs to discuss how companies are to a record of womenomics wave. preparing for womenomics. 49.1%. Now, more than ever, Claire Shipman is Womenomics Table of Contents companies a Senior National • Chapter 1: Womenomics 101 will need to Correspondent for • Chapter 2: What We Really Want compete to ABCNEWS’ Good • Chapter 3: Redefining Success-It’s attract and Morning America and All in Your Mind retain women. a substitute anchor on • Chapter 4: Good-bye Guilt (and To better understand this new trend, the news segments of Good Morning Hello No) TEMPO Milwaukee is proud to America, as well as contributing to • Chapter 5: Lazy Like a Fox: Work welcome Claire Shipman, the co- other ABCNEWS programs. Prior to Smarter Not Harder author of the provocative new book, joining ABCNEWS in 1997, Shipman • Chapter 6: Value Added: Redefine Womenomics, to address Milwaukee had been White House correspondent Your Value, Value Your Time business leaders about the growing for NBC News and regularly reported • Chapter 7: Nine Rules to Negotiate impact women have on business, on presidential policy and politics for Nirvana: How to Change Your management and society. Our fourth NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw Whole Work Deal annual Leadership Event is open to the and the Today show. In addition to her • Chapter 8: A Womenomics World public and will be held on Thursday, NBC duties, Shipman wrote a popular • Epilogue October 15th, at the Intercontinental column for George magazine for two Hotel in Milwaukee. years. Before joining NBC, Shipman Sponsorships for this event are worked for CNN for a decade. available and may include a Released last month, Womenomics: VIP event with Claire Shipman. Write Your Own Rules for Success Shipman’s work has merited a Individual tickets are $95 each; a explores what Shipman and co- coveted Peabody Award, a Dupont table of 10 is $950. Networking author Katty Kay see as an upcoming Award and an Emmy as one of the and panel sponsorships are $1,500. paradigm shift in the way individuals key contributors to CNN’s coverage For more information, visit www. and companies approach work. This of the 1989 Tianamen Square student tempomilwaukee.org or call Tracy at shift is a result of an increase in the uprising. She holds a graduate degree 414.905.0117 competitive value of women in the in international affairs and a B.A. in workforce and the changing attitudes Russian studies, both from Columbia August 2009 . Page 3 A Very Special Tribute to Melodie Wilson Many of you know Melodie Wilson, (team name) or “TEMPO Milwaukee” team registration must take place by a fellow member of both TEMPO (company name). Please note: be sure September 4th. Milwaukee and Professional to pay the additional $5 to have your Dimensions, former news anchor t-shirt mailed directly to your home You may not know that Melodie and founder of ABCD: After Breast -- we do not have the ability to deliver was instrumental in getting the Cancer Diagnosis. In honor of t-shirts prior to the Race. Komen Race for the Cure started Melodie and her tremendous fight in Milwaukee ten years ago. Her to end breast cancer for all of us, You are welcome to participate in any leadership in Milwaukee has been you are encouraged to join a joint of the day’s events: 1 mile walk, 5k motivating on many levels; walking TEMPO Milwaukee and Professional fun run/walk or 5k timed race. Family or running in her honor on September Dimensions team at this year’s Komen and friends are welcome to register 27th is just one way we can show Milwaukee Race for the Cure. with the team. Further plans to meet appreciation for all she has done.