Become more successful in your career with this workshop designed to enhance your leadership skills.
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 travel agent instructed us to go to the train station and look for a guy in a turquoise shirt, who would have our tickets. We ended up finding him too late and we watched our train as it chugged away. Afterwards, when we were trying to get our money back, our travel agent said that we were “pioneers,” because none of her customers had ever missed the train before.
“Pioneers?” Mary asked, as she noticed the language confusion, “well, at least we will be pioneers in something.”
Network and learn about wine in a fun and relaxing environment.
Legal Week brings you another thought-provoking, interactive and highly enjoyable programme that will confront the challenges of this evolving industry.
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 in the nation” and more than one third of those businesses are owned by Hispanic women. Between 1990 and 2000, the number of Hispanic women earning bachelor’s degrees has increased 150 percent and Hispanic women earning master’s degrees has grown 164 percent. This increase in education and business ownership has translated to increased opportunities for Hispanic women in business, law and finance in the last decade.
From a CFO of the ad agency responsible for those relaxing Corona commercials to a high-powered attorney with a heart of gold to the president of a microfinance firm, this growing force of Hispanic women in business proves that these top ten women are not only eclectic and talented, but take pride in giving back to their communities as well.
The Gender Agenda is a national event to bring together Opportunity Now Members and Non Members to discuss latest research and current issues.
This two-day workshop featuring Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, will focus on extending your power and influence as a technical woman through increased organizational awareness, negotiation techniques, strategies to increase your visibility, and influence techniques to increase buy in for your ideas.
Learn more about female networking advantages and how to win access and trust at the highest levels.
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 at the top 100 companies in New York. This exciting research was sponsored by KPMG, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Citi Smith Barney, and RR Donnelley, in partnership with Cornell University. The full study can be accessed on the WECNY website.
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 program began in 2006, and the Pace Law School program was launched in May 2007. At The Glass Hammer, we are just pleased that such excellent opportunities for returners exist in both law and finance. Last week, we had a chance to sit down with Elana Weinstein, Vice President in the Office of Global Leadership and Diversity at Goldman Sachs, and discuss their New Directions program.