By: Elizabeth Harrin
The same week that Lisa Ditlefsen turned 30, she collected her prize at the BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards for the best use of technology by a woman under 30. She received the award for the work she has done creating an SEO (search engine optimization) department at Base One. Not bad for […]
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July 1st, 2008, 5:59 am
35 Women Under 35: Lisa Ditlefsen, Head of Search at Base One
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June 25th, 2008, 1:30 pm
Women & Networking Effectively
By: Robin Barone
Imagine the start of a cocktail party: the setting is a terrace of a midtown office building with an impeccable view of Bryant Park. The bar is full stacked with a selection of good wine and attended by two attractive bar tenders. Tables and chairs scatter the balcony with a selection of antipasta, […]
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Known for fighting off unwanted bids by Deutsche Borse, Euronext, Macquarie and NASDAQ, the Chief Executive Officer of the London Stock Exchange, Clara Furse, will have the honor of becoming a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
She is being honored for her services to the financial industry on the Queen’s Birthday List which […]
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June 18th, 2008, 6:00 am
Joining The Groundswell An Interview With Charlene Li
By: Bailey McCann
Recently I spoke with Charlene Li co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technology and analyst at Forrester Research. She spoke to me about how women can utilize the strategies in her book and the power of social media to leverage their networks and engage customers. Li presents […]
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June 17th, 2008, 6:00 am
Women Mean Business: Getting Leaders to Promote Women on Performance, Not Quotas
By: Alison Maitland
Senior business men offered their take on promoting women at an evening debate in Geneva on June 6 about our book, Why Women Mean Business: Understanding The Emergence Of Our Next Economic Revolution (previously featured on The Glass Hammer on February 5 and April 8).
The executives represented a great cross-section of global business: […]
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June 16th, 2008, 6:00 am
Debating The Glass Ceiling - is it a Myth?
By: Caroline Shannon
Before she even approached the age of 22, a computer-savvy Laura McHolm had already graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, worked with the likes of big-time companies, like Apple and Intel, created and marketed games, such as Pac Man and Atari, and earned her computer law degree from the University of […]
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June 12th, 2008, 4:00 am
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Gender Advisory Council Gives Support Where Professional Women Need It
By: Heather Cassell
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Gender Advisory Council is helping the company pave the way to success and recognition. DiversityInc recently named PwC as one of the top five in its inaugural “Top Companies for Global Diversity” for its commitment to creative diversity and global culture.
Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr., PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global CEO, credited the company’s Gender Advisory […]
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June 5th, 2008, 11:40 am
Women Rising Up the Ranks as CFOs and General Counsel
By Erin Abrams
While the lack of women occupying the role of CEO at Fortune 500 companies and Wall Street firms has been often lamented and debated on The Glass Hammer, a quieter revolution is taking place. Women are ascending to positions of power and influence as Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) […]
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June 4th, 2008, 7:30 am
Rising Stars: Katherine Bradford, Global Head of Marketing and Public Relations at Patsystems
By: Sophie Fletcher
“It’s important to have a woman mentor,” said Katherine Bradford, who was recently promoted to Global Head of Marketing at the trading technology firm, Patsystems. “Not only can you ask her about business and your career, you can also ask if it’s appropriate to wear dangly earrings in a business meeting.”
Joking aside, at […]
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June 3rd, 2008, 2:17 pm
The Corporate Boardroom: Sometimes It’s What You Don’t Say
Contributed By: Sue Kaye
Go to any top-level business meeting and you’ll find two languages spoken or, to be more precise, unspoken. There’s power talk - direct,muscular and sure. And there’s the gentler give-and-take of conciliatory, careful conversation. Guess which approach gets the job done in a tough situation.
“We spend so much time thinking about what’s […]
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June 3rd, 2008, 7:30 am
Teaming With Men For Success
Contributed By: Maureen Frank, Managing Director of Emberin.com.au
Men are a big key to our success. As an advocate for women in the workforce, I never thought I would be putting that in writing!
Recently, I attended the Catalyst Conference in the US – Catalyst is a research firm associated with working women (it is an […]
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June 2nd, 2008, 7:39 am
Can The Economic Downturn Force More Work/Life Balance?
By Bailey McCann
Sunday’s New York Times ran an interesting take on the fallout from the subprime crisis and economic slowdown: the rich are less rich. While the rest of us probably aren’t crying any tears over this development, the ramifications of the rich being less rich is a study in how a crisis in […]
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May 30th, 2008, 7:52 am
Secrets of NYC’s Top Female Attorneys
Recently, New York’s women leaders in law sounded off to New York Magazine about what it takes to succeed as an attorney at the top firms and at the top of their practice areas in New York. The women, whose practice areas range from securities litigation to corporate law to immigration, seemed to have one […]
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If you had been in Times Square at 4:00 pm on May 28, 2008 and happened to have looked up at the NASDAQ exchange you would have seen the most unusual sight. You would have seen 80 designer handbags sitting on the ledge of the window. Why? The owners of those handbags were ringing the […]
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May 28th, 2008, 7:31 am
30 Under 30: Jessica Zemple, Intellectual Property Exchange International
by Jessica Titlebaum
At 30, Jessica Zemple has taken on a big challenge. Her job is to build the technology infrastructure for the trading of an entirely new asset class. Traditionally, stocks and options for technology corporations derive their price from the market valuation of the enterprise as a whole. Zemple and the Intellectual Property Exchange International (IPXI) […]
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One week after Zoe Cruz was let go as President of Morgan Stanley, Erin Callan was appointed CFO of Lehman Brothers. And thus, the torch was passed to the new highest ranking woman on Wall Street. She has since proved a force to be reckoned with, bringing her unconventional management style (and note-worthy sense of […]
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May 23rd, 2008, 7:31 am
Where are the Women Business Gurus?
By Bailey McCann
Recently, the Wall Street Journal released its ranking of top business gurus, compiled by Babson College professor Thomas H. Davenport. The top 20 included household names like Bill Gates, as well as several authors currently featured the business section at your local bookstore. The one thing missing was women. Only one […]
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May 22nd, 2008, 7:00 am
Rising Stars Series: Interview with Ani M. Vartanian, VP of Rockwood Capital
Contributed by Heather Cassell
What a fascinating and dramatic world we live in, at least from Ani M. Vartanian’s perspective. With the credit crunch, Bear Stearns crumbling, foreclosure crisis, historical election year, political scandals, and the year hasn’t even hit the halfway mark yet.
“It’s better than reality TV,” said Vartanian, 32, vice president of the acquisition […]
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May 20th, 2008, 12:19 pm
Madeleine Albright has a Message for All Women
Contributed by Heather Cassell
At a recent event which gathered women business leaders together, former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright demonstrated that she is quite a story teller with a dry wit and many fascinating experiences to share, especially about women in the world.
At the Professional Business Women of California Conference in San Francisco […]
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May 15th, 2008, 8:19 am
How to Nail the Job Interview
Contributed by Elizabeth Ezratty, Senior Recruitment Consultant at Huxley New York Banking Technology
As a recruitment consultant in the Banking Technology sector, I organize interviews for my candidates on a daily basis for roles in investment banks and hedge funds with salaries up to $400,000.
For some people I work with, the job interview can be an […]
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