Dr. Nirmala Menon Executive Vice President
KEYNOTE & CONVERSATION: Authentic Leadership—Be Who You Choose to Be!
Success is a personal choice
Pew Research Center Survey, 2013
% of respondents aged 30-50 who aspire to be
boss or top manager
Choices – believe in yourself
Pew Research Center Survey, 2013
% of parents who said that reduced work hours or
taking significant time off hurt their career
Work-life choices
“So there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s
work, and there’s life, and there’s no balance”
Sheryl Sandberg (COO, Facebook)
Effective leadership
“Feminine traits are positively correlated to perceived leadership, success,
morality and happiness”
Source: The Athena Doctrine, John Gerzema & Michael D’Antonio, 2013.
Good
listener
Multi-
tasking
Empathetic
& patient
Plan for
the future
Selfless &
kind
China 2013: Leadership position in Direct-Telemarketing
MetLife
Agency
12%
Distribution across 24 cities in 10 provinces providing
access to more than half of China’s total GDP1
Largest foreign joint venture insurer in Direct with high
productivity
Introducing digital capabilities to enhance customer reach
1 Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, China Statistical Yearbook 2013
See Appendix for non-GAAP financial information, definitions and/or reconciliations.
MetLife believes in Diversity & Inclusion
MetLife established the Global Women’s Initiative 2 years
ago which supports women’s advancement into leadership
MetLife is one of only 40 companies in the Fortune 500
where women fill at least 30 percent of board seats
MetLife was named to the 2014 Working Mother
magazine’s 100 Best Companies, for the 16th consecutive
year
Takeaways
What do you want for your life?
Take responsibility for your choices
Give your best effort
“It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
Invictus
William Ernest Henley
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.”