By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“I learned the importance of sponsorship along the way,” said Lisa Davis, Director and Global Product Manager at Citi Global Transaction Services. “And I didn’t realize what a sponsor was until I didn’t have one.”
She recalled a year when she didn’t get a promotion she was expecting. “I had [...]

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By Nicki Gilmour, CEO and Publisher of The Glass Hammer
Members of The Glass Hammer community will know that we hold extremely targeted and specific networking events with panel discussions (and articles) that tackle the toughest topics around career management for women in financial and professional services. This year will be no different as we thunder [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
In the past, studies have revealed that those with more symmetrical faces are perceived to be more attractive and those considered beautiful or handsome are seen as intelligent and good. Those of course, are just general perceptions, but what happens when your physical appearance actually influences how competent others believe you [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
This year on The Glass Hammer, a topic we’ve discussed frequently is passion – why uncovering your true passion about your work can help advance your career and can make you happier. The value of passion really comes down to being “authentic” – when you’re doing what you truly [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Why, after decades of work to advance and empower women, have we yet to close the gender leadership gap? According to Marie Wilson, founder of The White House Project, one reason could be the brain. “I was convinced so much that if we just didn’t the right things, trained [...]

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By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of The Glass Hammer
As founder and publisher of theglasshammer.com, I am proud to pen our 2000th article today and to share with you some of our latest thinking and around gender parity. We are proud to have spent the last four years creating a “must read” online publication designed [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Recently More Magazine released the results of a survey on ambition, work/life issues, and other topics. According to the survey of 500 college educated women over 35, 43% of respondents said they were less ambitious now than they were ten years ago.
The headline that many news outlets and websites [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Public interest in the topic of women in leadership has increased significantly in the past year in Europe – thanks, in part, to the UK’s Lord Davies report published in February, as well as EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding’s Women on Boards challenge issued in March.
Reding urged publicly listed [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Last night, Deutsche Bank hosted its 17th annual Women on Wall Street conference at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. The event drew over 2,000 people, mainly women in the financial services industry.
Jeffrey Mayer, Managing Director and Head of the Corporate and Investment Bank in North America at [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Depending on whom you ask, the UK’s recent foray into the issue of gender equality on boards has produced big results – or results that are not big enough.
According to the Guardian, in the past six months since the Lord Davies Report was released, FTSE 100 boards have [...]

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