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 5th, 2008, 11:40 am
Women Rising Up the Ranks as CFOs and General Counsel
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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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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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Though the real estate market has been down in the wake of the subprime crisis and resulting credit crunch, and foreclosures across America have been way up, the news isn’t necessarily all bad. Indeed, for more and more enterprising women, real estate has presented fascinating opportunities, from fast track career advancement to the security of […]
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Last week, The Glass Hammer interviewed Cindy Ko, a rising star in the prime brokerage division of JPMorgan, who happens to work in a chain of three female supervisors. We caught up with Cindy about how she got her current job and what it was like to work on a team of strong women in […]
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“The real problem is that the proverbial glass ceiling is self-reinforcing. The traits that a woman must develop to duke it out on the trading floor are the same traits that will come back to haunt her as she ascends the ranks of management.”
This is the central thesis behind the extremely well researched and thought-provoking […]
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May 6th, 2008, 7:04 am
Should Employers Accommodate Working Mothers with Flexible Work Arrangements? Part 2
Contributed by Jacqueline Church
Sorting it Out – Examining Ourselves First
A lot of women wrestling with issues of being a working mom have unwittingly adopted the role model of both their accomplished, career-driven fathers AND their accomplished, stay-at-home mothers. It doesn’t necessarily occur to them until the two things come to a head, usually with […]
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May 5th, 2008, 11:07 am
Pros and Cons of Socially Responsible Investing
Contributed by Alana Elsner
For some, the issue of social responsibility may seem new- a post-millennial development- part a new consciousness about the world around us that spurred the onslaught of hybrid vehicles and carbon credits. But for others, like the executives at Trillium Management and the Calvert Group, socially responsible investing began decades ago. Perhaps […]
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May 2nd, 2008, 7:20 am
The Benefits of Serving on the Junior Board of a Non-Profit Organization
by Erin Abrams
“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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