Archive for February 2008

February 29th, 2008, 7:22 am

Journal of an Aspiring Professional

by Jessica Titlebaum

During the summer of 2005, I traveled around Vietnam with my friend Mary.  We started off in Old Saigon and worked our way along the coast, via beach resorts, to the northern city of Hanoi.  We had plans to travel from Hanoi to Sapa, a small village on the border between Vietnam and China. Our […]

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February 28th, 2008, 7:12 am

Top 10 Hispanic Women in Business

Contributed by Pamela Capalad
In the last ten years, there has been a growing trend among women in finance. The number of Hispanic women taking high-powered roles in the business and financial sectors has increased significantly. Since 1997, the number of Hispanic-owned businesses has grown 82 percent, making it one of the “fastest growing business segments […]

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February 27th, 2008, 7:22 am

New Study Looks at Women Leaders in New York Companies

by Erin Abrams

On Tuesday morning, February 26, 2008, the Women’s Executive Circle of New York (WECNY) held a kick-off event to launch their seminal research report, “2007 New York Census: The State of Women Business Leaders in New York State.”
The research study examined the number of women serving on boards of directors and as high-level executives […]

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February 26th, 2008, 9:02 am

Goldman Sachs Sponsors a New Directions Program for Women Returning to Finance

by Erin Abrams

A few weeks ago, we ran a story about the Pace Law School New Directions program for lawyers returning to practice after taking some time off. It turns out that a similar program exists for women returning to careers in finance. Sponsored by Goldman Sachs, the program is also called New Directions. The Goldman Sachs […]

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February 25th, 2008, 9:44 am

Voice of Experience: Suze Orman, Personal Finance Guru

Contributed by Heather Cassell, Glass Hammer contributor and freelance writer in San Francisco.
As many of you loyal Glass Hammer readers know, we love the practical and down-to-earth financial advice for women offered by personal finance guru Suze Orman. In a recent interview with a Glass Hammer contributor, Orman explained that she didn’t buy into gender differences regarding […]

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February 22nd, 2008, 7:14 am

Up, Up and Away! Reviews of Two Business Books to Inspire Women

For this second installment of business book reviews, our editorial staff has reviewed two of their recent favorites:

Trade Up! Five Steps for Redesigning your Leadership and Life from the Inside Out, by Rayona Sharpnack
Spiral Up: and other Management Secrets Behind Wildly Successful Initiatives, by Jane Linder.

As you might imagine from their upwardly mobile titles, both […]

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February 21st, 2008, 7:43 am

Are You Brave Enough to Become Wildly Successful?

Contributed by Dr. Jane Linder, President, Progress Board LLC.
A few weeks ago, I was addressing a gathering of the Finance Women’s Association in New York City. They invited me because of my book, Spiral Up, which talks about the surprising lessons we have to learn from wildly successful initiatives. It turns out that conventional “good […]

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