After ten years at the helm of eBay, President and CEO Meg Whitman announced that she intends to retire effective today, March 31, 2008. A visionary in the field of online commerce and a true leader, Ms. Whitman offers a Voice of Experience for young women in business. She will be succeeded by John Donahoe, […]
Archive for March 2008
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March 28th, 2008, 7:19 am
Golden State Tarnished by Lack of Women’s Leadership
Contributed by Heather Cassell
California has a reputation for its progressive politics as well as being a well of innovative inventions and opportunities, but the golden state doesn’t have a sunny disposition when it comes to women’s leadership.
Nearly half, 49.8 percent, of California’s 400 publicly held companies have no women executive officers, according to a University […]
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The first time you are made redundant is the worst. Sort of like losing your virginity, your expectations of the event bear very little relation to the experience. When it does happen, the reality can be both comic and tragic at the same time. But it is nearly always hard to cope with when it […]
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March 26th, 2008, 12:00 pm
Top 10 Companies for Women
Contributed by Pamela Capalad
Women are a driving force in the workplace and equal opportunity employment is no longer simply lip service, as smart CEOs realize the power of recruiting and retaining female employees. Companies are not only targeting women and women of color in their hiring practices; many recognize the importance of catering to women’s […]
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March 26th, 2008, 7:04 am
Ask A Recruiter: When To Jump Ship Or Hang On
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart
The following question came up at a recent workshop that I led about career management during a down market:
“My company is downsizing in waves. People are telling me to grab a buyout if I can because future severance packages will probably be less generous. Should I try […]
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March 25th, 2008, 7:42 am
Art of The Follow-up: How To Persist Without Pestering
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart
When looking for a new job, timing is everything. For a hiring company, matching candidates to jobs is as much about finding the right candidate as it is finding her at the right time (i.e., when there is an appropriate job available). If there is a great candidate but no […]
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The best piece of advice I ever received on developing my own career came from one of my law school professors, Lani Guinier. In my third year of law school, I took her capstone course on Practicing Public Interest Law. However, by that point, it had become apparent to me that, due in part to […]
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March 21st, 2008, 7:05 am
Book Review: Samantha Power Talks (And Writes)
by Kathryn Nilsson Reichert
A few years ago, I attended a luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City to honor women in communications and the author Samantha Power introduced one of the honorees. Someone asked me who she was. I told her that Ms. Power was a professor at Harvard and an author who had won the 2003 […]
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March 19th, 2008, 7:26 am
Op-Ed: Spitzer (aka Client 9), His Wife and “Kristin”
Contributed by Pamela Capalad
Situation: Governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, caught with a hooker.
Immediate Consequences: Scandal. Ruined political career. Resignation. Endless op-ed columns written in an effort to explain the psychology that motivated Spitzer.
Collateral Consequences: Headlines one week later read “‘Client 9’ call-girl now online music star.” Known as “Kristen” on the wiretaps, Ashley Alexandra […]
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March 18th, 2008, 3:26 am
Hit Me with Your Best Shot: Performance Management Feedback
by Connie Thanasoulis
Connie is a co-founder of SixFigureStart, a success coaching firm for college students and professionals.
Most Fortune 500 companies agree that 360 degree feedback (feedback from your boss, your peers, and your team) is the best way to identify and then improve your performance on the job. These four basic principles form the logical underpinning of the […]
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March 17th, 2008, 10:59 pm
After the Bear Stearns Bailout – Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop?
Late Sunday night, in a conference room high up at the troubled investment bank’s Midtown headquarters, Bear Stearns allowed itself to be sold to JPMorgan at the fire sale price of $2 per share, in order to avoid impending bankruptcy. At $236 million for the extensive prime brokerage and clearing operations of the 85-year old […]
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March 17th, 2008, 7:35 am
Voice of Experience: Annemarie G. DiCola, CEO of Trepp LLC
by Jessica Titlebaum
“I don’t like the word balance,” Annemarie DiCola said, when asked how she balances her career and personal life. “It implies a perfect symmetry.”
Annemarie DiCola is the Chief Executive Officer of Trepp LLC, a leading technology company in the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) sector. Ms. DiCola began her career in law after […]
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It’s been a while since we last ran a restaurant review in The Glass Hammer. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t been eating! Here, we offer you our three top recommendations for downtown power-lunches in New York City.
Our top three …
Nobu
Bouley
Chanterelle
Check out our reviews after the jump …
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March 13th, 2008, 7:28 am
Financial Technologies Women Should Know More About (Part 1)
Contributed by Sophie Fletcher
Technology is changing the financial arena. No longer limited by execution venue, exchange or geographical brokers and dealers, trading moves to where liquidity is greatest and so, the market evolves. As players in this dynamic market, women should be familiar with the technology behind the process of making educated trades. […]
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March 12th, 2008, 7:07 am
United We Stand: Why Collaboration and Identifying Your Strengths is Key
by Connie Thanasoulis
Successful collaboration brings all the good things Corporate America has to offer:
Promotions
Salary Increases
Great year end bonuses
Stock Options
Fun at work
So it’s surprising that more people don’t practice collaboration at work on a more consistent basis. Perhaps there are not enough role models out there. If you are lucky enough to have a manager that collaborates well, […]
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