By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
This article originally appeared on our new site Evolved Employer, a website dedicated to good corporate citizenship, diversity, and employee engagement best practices.
Last month’s issue of Wired Magazine featured an article by Jonah Lehrer detailing the effects of certain kinds of workplace stress on the immune system. “Under Pressure” [...]
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On Being Bold: Thought Leadership and Why It Is Risk/Reward
By Melissa J. Anderson and Nicki Gilmour (New York City)
Thought Leadership is creative, progressive and often full of risks as you need your team to follow through on your vision, whether it is the next innovation of a product or just a process that needs to be improved.
“If you’re scared of offending people, don’t be [...]
Hard Questions: Why won’t we work for women?
By Elizabeth Harrin (London)
You don’t have to look too far into management research to uncover that all the statistics point to one thing: we prefer to work for men. When Ella Edmonson Bell asked her MBA students whether they would rather work for a woman or a man, most of them said they’d prefer [...]
Take More (Calculated) Risks: Five Ways to Build Your Risk Instinct and Get Ahead
By Kate McClaskey (New York City)
At The Glass Hammer’s recent panel on women in IT, several of the women spoke on the importance of taking calculated risks in order to get to the next level career-wise. But many women have a problem “sticking their neck out” and taking that big assignment. Why? Is it [...]
Not Just Pajama Parties: Making Remote Working Work
By Elizabeth Harrin (London)
“People would love to work in their pajamas, on their own schedule and get around the consistency of 9-5,” says James Sinclair, CEO of OnSite Consulting, a U.S. based consulting company that focuses on insolvency, distress, and concept repositioning, with a mission to help remote workers be more productive. “However, remote or [...]
From CIO to CEO: Beat the Odds and Make the Jump
By Elizabeth Harrin (London)
If I don’t have my BlackBerry I don’t feel properly dressed. Given that technology has such a big role to play in our business and personal lives, you would have thought that the Chief Information Officer (CIO) is a crucial lynchpin in any organisation. For the most part, CIO’s are [...]
Why Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
By Hua Wang (Chicago)
According to a recent study, when changing jobs, women are more likely to continue to shine than men. Harvard Business School professors compiled data on 1,052 star Wall Street research analysts (defined by their Institutional Investor rankings) in the United States from 1988 to 1996. They found that a significant number of [...]
Fair Play: 5 Tips for Making Diversity Programs Stick
By Elizabeth Harrin (London)
We all know that diverse teams provide a operational advantage: different opinions lead to creative problem solving and a balanced, comprehensive view of work challenges. But how do you encourage diversity, and get managers involved in initiatives set in the boardroom – or indeed become involved yourself? The Glass Hammer [...]
Developing Future Leaders: The Importance of Succession Planning
By Elizabeth Harrin (London)
The number of managers available to step into leadership roles will drop dramatically in the coming years, according to a recent study by Egon Zehnder International. The average company will be left with just half the talent it needs by 2015. Why? Demographics – there just aren’t [...]
New Role? Plan your own induction
By Elizabeth Harrin (London)
Starting a new job is always daunting. There’s so much to take in – settling in to your new desk, working out how to use different software to your old company, finding out how the coffee machine works. But on top of all that ‘new girl’ stuff you also have [...]





