By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
This year, women hold almost sixteen percent of the director seats and executive positions in New York’s 100 largest public companies. Whether that’s good news or bad news depends on whom you ask.
The information comes as part of the Women’s Executive Circle of New York’s latest census of New [...]
‘Industry Leaders’ Category
November 7th, 2011, 6:00 am
New York Companies Slowly Putting More Women in Leadership
October 27th, 2011, 6:00 am
Benchmarking Progress: The Gender Equality Project’s Next Phase
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“We’ve been working on our own journey of promoting and measuring progress in gender equality,” explained Pamela Craig, CFO of Accenture. “We’ve always been interested in a global approach – and there are differences among countries. For example, in the Philippines we have a long history of women in [...]
October 20th, 2011, 6:00 am
Position Yourself for Success: Female Leaders Share Advice at the 2011 Women on Wall Street Conference
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 [...]
October 13th, 2011, 11:00 am
Senior Women in the City: The Impact of Regulatory Reform on the UK Financial Markets
By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of The Glass Hammer and Caroline Doran, Partner, Employment Law, Royds Solicitors
Last Wednesday, Theglasshammer.com held its first annual event in London for senior women in the capital markets. Our panel’s topic, “How to manage risk and find growth in the new regulatory environment,” opened up dialogue for senior [...]
October 13th, 2011, 5:00 am
UK Companies Stalling on Female Board Appointments
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
UK companies aren’t moving fast enough to hire female board directors, revealed a new report released yesterday by the Cranfield School of Management. Professor Susan Vinnicombe, co-author of the report said, “Our review reveals that the number of women in board positions is beginning to creep up albeit quite [...]
October 11th, 2011, 6:00 am
Seven Tips for Leadership Success – for Introverts
By Laura C. Steele (New York City)
According to a survey conducted by TheLadders.com, 65% of 1,542 senior managers see introversion as an impediment to reaching higher management levels. That’s because more flamboyant, talkative, or exuberant extroverted employees can catch management’s eye, and tend to be well-known around the office.
In reality, however, “introverts can be better [...]
October 6th, 2011, 6:00 am
Delegate Better Now – Four Ways to Perfect Your Skills
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
What’s one difference between a manager and a leader? Leadership is about looking outward at your organization, rather than only back at your team. It’s the same thing with delegation – to be really great at it, you need to do it with purpose, looking back at your team, [...]
September 22nd, 2011, 1:00 pm
Time to Get Serious about Diversity in Law
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
On Tuesday, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession convened a group of lawyers and other professionals for a symposium on diversity. While the IILP’s own research on the topic was published earlier this year, the event featured presentations by top researchers and speakers on the issue.
One [...]
September 14th, 2011, 12:00 pm
Across Boundaries: What the UK can learn from Australia about Women on Boards
By Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog
As the debate around the use of quotas to increase the number of women on UK boards continues, so does the need to look at what’s working around the world to shift the gender diversity needle.
Earlier this month, the European Professional Women’s Network invited Claire Braund, co-founder [...]
August 11th, 2011, 6:00 am
Goldman Sachs’ Returnship® Provides Opportunity to Re-adjust to the Workforce
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Now entering its fourth year, the Goldman Sachs Returnship® program is returning this fall. Originally specific to Goldman’s New York headquarters, the program has expanded to include Hong Kong, Singapore, Salt Lake City, and New Jersey – and the firm is looking toward a London program as well.
The [...]
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