By Cleo Thompson, founder of The Gender Blog
“I haven’t got time for networking”, one senior woman from a major City of London investment bank told me recently.
“All that standing around in rooms full of complete strangers, drinking either bad wine at the end of a long day, or bad coffee and stale croissants at [...]

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By Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog
Women’s networks – are they still relevant in 2010? This has been a question posed of late by a number of commentators, who suggest that encouraging women to group together, network and share ideas and experiences is counterproductive to 21st century business life, creating silos and [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)

The White House Project is still accepting applications for this weekend’s New York event. For more information contact Janeen Ettienne at jettienne@thewhitehouseproject.org.
“Women take charge to take care. Meaning, women usually embark on a campaign because of an issue that they have organized around either personally or in their communities,” [...]

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By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of theglasshammer.com
We know that boards have not been historically women-friendly and the numbers of women on corporate boards are still incredibility low despite the strong correlation between diversity of thought and company performance. Specifically, when there is a critical mass of women board members (which is quoted as 3 [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
On Tuesday, the Forté Foundation brought together movers and shakers from New York’s top companies as part of its 2010 Network of Women’s Networks conference. The theme of the conference was Driving Change through Innovation – and as speaker Kerrie Peraino, Chief Diversity Officer of American Express explained in [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
I’ve never been fond of the imagery associated with the phrase “hunting and gathering,” conjuring up visions of big cavemen-types hurling spears at bison, while their female companions gingerly pick berries nearby. In fact, research has shown that this is often a bit more of a stereotype than a [...]

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By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“Reading a book about personal finance sounds like the worst thing I’ve ever heard of,” joked Alexa von Tobel, CEO and Founder of LearnVest.com, a website designed to “provide trusted personal finance education in a simple, easy-to-understand manner and help women everywhere take control of their finances.”
Personal finance is [...]

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By Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago)
There has been a noticeable change in the way women help other women in the workforce.
“In the past 10 years, I have seen a huge push among senior level women who are passionate about mentoring,” said Jo Miller, Founder of Women’s Leadership Coaching “to help emerging women leaders gain access to networks, [...]

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By Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago)
For all the progress women have made in the workplace, the numbers just aren’t showing it. One Chicago group is shaking its head at the statistics and looking at ways to increase the amount of women on corporate boards.
The Chicago Network, an organization dedicated to connecting and promoting high-profile women, has [...]

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By Jane Lucken (London)
The fall-out of the financial events in 2009 has moved the argument for diversity beyond the HR department and firmly into the boardroom. So the 350 women who attended this year’s Third Annual Women in the City Awards lunch in London on Friday had plenty to debate, from diversity’s role in [...]

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