By: Bailey McCann
Recently I spoke with Charlene Li co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technology and analyst at Forrester Research. She spoke to me about how women can utilize the strategies in her book and the power of social media to leverage their networks and engage customers. Li presents […]
Archive for June 2008
June 18th, 2008, 6:00 am
Joining The Groundswell An Interview With Charlene Li
filed under Next Level
June 17th, 2008, 11:44 am
Dressing Your Resume For Success
By: Kathryn Sollmann, Co-founder Women@Work Network
Most women know what to wear to give the right impression in the right situation. Yet, even many women who spend thousands of dollars on each season’s fashions present themselves as paupers on resume paper.
At Women@Work we call it the “under-dressed” resume — resumes that don’t look right, sound right […]
filed under Returners
June 17th, 2008, 6:00 am
Women Mean Business: Getting Leaders to Promote Women on Performance, Not Quotas
By: Alison Maitland
Senior business men offered their take on promoting women at an evening debate in Geneva on June 6 about our book, Why Women Mean Business: Understanding The Emergence Of Our Next Economic Revolution (previously featured on The Glass Hammer on February 5 and April 8).
The executives represented a great cross-section of global business: […]
filed under Breaking the Glass Ceiling
June 16th, 2008, 11:30 am
The Firing of Erin Callan
By: Bailey McCann
Last week’s big news in the on going fall out inside the financial services industry was the fall of Erin Callan and Joseph Gregory. While there are varying levels of speculation on why Ms. Callan was demoted so quickly after her promotion to the CFO position, one thing is clear: in […]
filed under News
June 16th, 2008, 6:00 am
Debating The Glass Ceiling - is it a Myth?
By: Caroline Shannon
Before she even approached the age of 22, a computer-savvy Laura McHolm had already graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, worked with the likes of big-time companies, like Apple and Intel, created and marketed games, such as Pac Man and Atari, and earned her computer law degree from the University of […]
filed under Breaking the Glass Ceiling
June 13th, 2008, 11:35 am
Office Attire - Could Carrie Make It In The Boardroom?
By: Caroline Shannon
When Adryenn Ashley was in her 20s, she dressed Sex and the City style every day – cleavage, heavy makeup and perfectly coiffed hair all the way.
But then, one of her mentors told her the reason behind her low-key, makeup-free appearance: “She said, ‘Because that’s the naked truth,’” Ashley said. “For her, it […]
filed under Office Politics
June 13th, 2008, 6:40 am
News You Can Use: The SIFMA Technology Management Conference
Tuesday kicked off the beginning of the annual SIFMA Technology Management Conference at the Hilton Club in New York City. For those who don’t know, this conference hosted by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, last three days, and provides updates on emerging trends for technology and technology management.
I spent a lot of time […]
filed under What's On
June 12th, 2008, 12:00 pm
Study Finds Gender Bias Still Rampant in the Legal World
By: Heather Morse
A new study led by a sociologist at the University of Iowa has found that despite the legal profession’s success at hiring more women lawyers, these women remain less likely to be promoted to partner.
According to study leader associate professor of sociology Mary Noonan, women who practiced in a firm for five or […]
filed under News
June 12th, 2008, 4:00 am
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Gender Advisory Council Gives Support Where Professional Women Need It
By: Heather Cassell
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Gender Advisory Council is helping the company pave the way to success and recognition. DiversityInc recently named PwC as one of the top five in its inaugural “Top Companies for Global Diversity” for its commitment to creative diversity and global culture.
Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr., PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global CEO, credited the company’s Gender Advisory […]
filed under Breaking the Glass Ceiling
June 11th, 2008, 7:30 am
Ask-A-Recruiter: How To Find Time For A Search
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart
Between interviews, networking, researching companies, canvassing job boards, and following up with recruiters, a job search takes as much time as my job. I feel like I need to quit before I start looking. Yet, traditional advice says the best time to look is when you’re employed. […]
filed under Expert Answers
June 10th, 2008, 7:23 am
Retaining Women in the Workplace
Contributed by Maureen Frank, Managing Director, Emberin
Become a ‘marketer’ to women
In order to successfully retain and attract female employees, employers have to be successful ‘marketers’ to women. We are trying to ‘sell’ to our female employees the concept that they really want to work for our organization. So how can we do that?
Why […]
filed under Expert Answers
June 9th, 2008, 11:33 am
With “18 million cracks,” Why Hasn’t the Highest Glass Ceiling Shattered?
by Erin Abrams
On Saturday, June 7, 2008, Senator Hillary Clinton finally suspended her historic presidential campaign and conceded that Senator Barack Obama would be the Democratic party’s nominee.
Gone was the poll-tested “strength and experience” rhetoric, as Senator Clinton spoke emotionally and personally about what it meant for her to run as the first woman for president, and […]
filed under News
June 9th, 2008, 7:40 am
Voices of Experience: Robin Gugick Mayer, Corporate Bonds Analyst at UBS
By: Jessica Titlebaum
“Opportunities are changing,” said Robin Gugick Mayer, a Corporate Bonds Analyst at UBS. “Companies are recognizing a talent pool that wasn’t recognized even just a few years ago and want to tap into it.”
Mrs. Mayer is referring to the pool of talented women who are returning to the workforce after a career […]
filed under Voices of Experience
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