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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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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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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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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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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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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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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There is a scene in the movie Almost Famous where Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s character advises a young journalist on how to treat people whom he encounters. He reminds the youth that you never know who you are going to run into on your long journey to the middle.
I say you never know who you are […]

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“Always keep a positive thought, because a positive thought cannot be denied.”
This is the motto of The CityKids, a group of underprivileged youth in New York City who are empowering themselves to rise about circumstances and be positive role models for their peers through their participation in The CityKids Repertory, a traveling performing arts troupe. […]

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Contributed by Gretchen Anderson and Michelle Kedem
I’ve recently run into a few women I used to know in banking, and they’re now working in the not-for-profit sector. Inspired by their stories, I’m contemplating making this kind of transition myself, but I’d like to get a realistic sense of what this would mean before I put […]

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After a long (or short) career in finance or law, working long hours, earning the big bucks, and gaining recognition in their field, many women come to a cross roads in their career path. While there is nothing at all wrong with working in the private sector and helping companies merge, do major deals, structure […]

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Last week, the New York State Bar Association’s Special Committee on Balanced Lives in the Law released their long awaited report.
According to an April 9, 2008 article in the New York Law Journal, the Committee’s report, which was adopted unanimously by the State Bar’s House of Delegates last week found what many attorneys already know […]

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Contributed by Sophie Fletcher
The financial technology landscape is evolving from a trading floor-based industry to one that relies on algorithms, electronic trading platforms and wireless handhelds.  In this second installment of “Top Financial Technologies Women Should Know About,” we examine the impact of the FAST Protocol trading technology on financial markets.  This computer software language […]

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You have heard the rumors that your company is going to be announcing yet another round of write-downs and lay offs. Maybe you have been sneaking off during your lunch hour to make clandestine calls to headhunters and surreptitiously sending out resumes from your gmail account during work. Or maybe, in the last month or […]

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Contributed by Heather Cassell
California has a reputation for its progressive politics as well as being a well of innovative inventions and opportunities, but the golden state doesn’t have a sunny disposition when it comes to women’s leadership.
Nearly half, 49.8 percent, of California’s 400 publicly held companies have no women executive officers, according to a University […]

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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart
 
When looking for a new job, timing is everything.  For a hiring company, matching candidates to jobs is as much about finding the right candidate as it is finding her at the right time (i.e., when there is an appropriate job available).  If there is a great candidate but no […]

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Contributed by Sophie Fletcher
Technology is changing the financial arena. No longer limited by execution venue, exchange or geographical brokers and dealers, trading moves to where liquidity is greatest and so, the market evolves. As players in this dynamic market, women should be familiar with the technology behind the process of making educated trades. […]

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Successful collaboration brings all the good things Corporate America has to offer:

Promotions
Salary Increases
Great year end bonuses
Stock Options
Fun at work

So it’s surprising that more people don’t practice collaboration at work on a more consistent basis.  Perhaps there are not enough role models out there.  If you are lucky enough to have a manager that collaborates well, […]

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Contributed by Alana Elsner
This is a tale of two women, exactly three decades and one pond removed. One is the United Kingdom’s first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher; the other, America’s first serious female presidential contender, Hillary Clinton. Both bobbed their hair and prepared for battle. Gender was a much-examined factor in both races, […]

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Contributed by Michelle Kedem, Partner, On-Ramps
To build upon yesterday’s Voice of Experience piece about the Columbia Business School conference, we invited one of the speakers, Michelle Kedem of On-Ramps, to share her experience and offer some insights about work/life balance.

I was recently invited to speak at Columbia Business School’s annual Women in Business conference. […]

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