by Heather Cassell
The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) recently released their list of corporations that are particularly good for executive-level women. Of these, the following 10 corporations from a variety of industries including banking and finance, personal care, technology, insurance, fashion and media stand out. In alphabetical order, these corporations are a cut above the rest when it comes to women’s leadership:
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by Elizabeth Harrin
Kate Bishop has been supporting people in her role as Human Resources professional for years, working in the UK, Japan, Thailand and Canada. But it’s her most recent role as Director of HR at Dell that earned her this year’s BlackBerry Women and Technology Award for Best Mentor.
Kate left school at 16 because she didn’t know what she wanted to do. “I started work in a bank in the back office,” she says, “folding bits of paper and putting them in envelopes all day, but quickly realized that perhaps I could do more.” After going back to school to study secretarial skills, Kate found a role with a UK brewery just about the time that computers were starting to be used for word processing.
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by Samantha Anderson
As is true of many relationships, you don’t know someone—or someplace—until you live with it. It’s a little like finding a great house, then discovering that every time it rains, the place sinks two inches.
I loved living in Japan. Working in Japan was a different story. Just as most of the streets have no names, rendering it nearly impossible to find your way around without a map, I found myself with a second full time job navigating around the potholes and pitfalls of Japanese business culture.
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By Alana Elsner
The concept is simple: Pay it forward. Whether you believe in cosmic karma, enjoy doing humanity good, or simply loved that Kevin Spacey movie, the idea of helping another person is ingrained in many of us. Rather than rely on that spare bit of change to make a difference, financially-savvy funds have risen to empower investors to change society. At the forefront of today’s socially conscious investing is the Women’s Funding Network (WFN), an organization composed of 128 philanthropies, seeking to transform the world through women.
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Please join 100 Women in Hedge Funds as we welcome our distinguished speaker Elizabeth Coffey, founder of Spark Leadership. Elizabeth advises board executives on developing their organizations by leading change. She lectures frequently on change, leadership and organization development on academic and professional platforms in the UK and internationally and won ‘Mentor of the Year’ at the Women of the Future Awards 2007.
Her latest book on leadership was published by McGraw Hill in 2002, entitled “10 Things That Keep CEOs Awake – and How to Put Them to Bed”.
We will begin promptly at 6:30 PM; please arrive early.
Networking and cocktails before and after session.
* Admissions to these events are free, but space is limited so please RSVP immediately
Leaving a troubled history of discrimination behind (2004’s $5.5 million settlement on unfair labor practices), Wachovia is now regularly recognized as one of the top places to work as a woman, mother, or as someone from a non-traditional background.
Working Mother, Essence, and Military Spouse magazines have all lauded Wachovia for the company’s progressive policies toward women and minorities including the disabled. Former CEO Ken Thomson spearheaded this effort by creating a mission statement that centers on inclusiveness and work/life balance, as well as policies that ensure that women who want to return to work after maternity leave can do so without losing their seniority or status. Some of Wachovia’s other best practices include use of flexible work options such as telecommuting and flexible hours, support for working parents through in-house and partner childcare centers, and long leave for infant and critical care.
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Women@Work Network is hosting a networking meeting for returning professionals.
Earlier this year, Women@Work Network launched a networking meeting for returning professionals. Our definition of a returning professional is a woman who opted to leave the paid workforce for a period of time to raise a family, care for ill or aging relatives or pursue personal interests. At the meeting we will identify your particular interests and divide attendees into smaller discussion groups. Most likely there will be one group of women not quite ready to dive back into the work world (who keep thinking that “at some point” they want to get back to work, but have actually been saying that for months or even years). Another group will be less interested a full-fledged “career” but ready to look for for a full-time or part-time “minimum commitment”, low stress “job”. Still another group may be actively engaged in a job search and looking to return to the career they once left behind. Whatever your particular situation might be, this networking meeting will be an opportunity to share insights and ideas about the return to work process.
Registration Deadline:
July 9th, 10:00 a.m.
To participate contact Kim Britto at kbritto@womenatworknetwork.com
Recently, as I sat in my Chicago apartment listening to my iPod, Bob Dylan’s famous verses prompted me to consider the changing times for women in business. I started to think of the significant advances that have been made over the past 20 years, resulting in the ever-increasing pool of talented female professionals. I believe these advances are due to in no small part to the increasing availability of resources for women in business, including the growing number of organizations dedicated to helping female professionals succeed.
One such organization, Chicago Financial Women (CFW), was established to support Midwest women in the fields of finance and financial services through professional development, education, and networking. Originally a chapter of the Financial Women’s Association headquartered in New York, Chicago Financial Women became an independent organization about three years ago. I sat down with Deborah Canale, the president of the organization, to discuss the activities of the group, as well as the current state of women in finance in Chicago.
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by Heather Cassell
What if you could provide your employer with a constructive review? How about knowing what your male co-workers are earning in the same position that you hold? What if you could tap into market trends in your career?
This important career information is available—if you are willing to take the time and energy to dig for it or pay your assistant to keep you abreast of industry vicissitudes. Or you can simply open Glassdoor.com, a new free consumer-based tool launched last month for executives and employees to post, review, rate, and monitor corporate culture, top company officials anonymously, and the golden egg—salaries—all sorted from industry to career field in a user-friendly format.
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Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart
I actually like my job but given the current market I want to stay marketable without interviewing for other jobs. What can I do?
Career planning is not the same as looking for another job. This is a common and serious mistake. Career planning includes maximizing your current job and setting the foundation to springboard into other opportunities both externally and internally. Even if you are completely satisfied with your job today, you need to develop and grow your skills, network, and personal foundation.
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