Last week’s event, Managing Identities: Being out at Work, brought to the UK by The Glass Hammer and hosted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, gave a unique insight into the personal journeys that notable LGBT women in the financial and professional services have experienced being out at work and the difference coming out has […]
By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of The Glass Hammer and Evolved Employer I am delighted to introduce our 2012 Pride month coverage on theglasshammer.com, starting with this week’s profiles of LGBT women. Our profiled women this week are also the panelists at our event in London on the 26th June called “Managing Multiple Identities […]
By Nicki Gilmour, CEO and Publisher of The Glass Hammer Members of The Glass Hammer community will know that we hold extremely targeted and specific networking events with panel discussions (and articles) that tackle the toughest topics around career management for women in financial and professional services. This year will be no different as we […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) The Glass Hammer is pleased to announce the publication of our first ever research paper, “Women in IT: Ambition and Advancement,” produced in conjunction with our sister site Evolved Employer. We polled readers who work on technology teams to find out how they feel about the next level. […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Today we’re celebrating our 2000th post (check out our Founder and CEO Nicki Gilmour’s article this morning on inclusive leadership), by reflecting on the things we’ve learned while working to inform, empower, and inspire women to break the glass ceiling. As Editor of The Glass Hammer, one of […]
By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of The Glass Hammer As founder and publisher of theglasshammer.com, I am proud to pen our 2000th article today and to share with you some of our latest thinking and around gender parity. We are proud to have spent the last four years creating a “must read” online publication […]
Last Wednesday, Theglasshammer.com held its first annual event in London for senior women in the capital markets. Our panel’s topic, “How to manage risk and find growth in the new regulatory environment,” opened up dialogue for senior women to discuss how to do business in the financial markets in 2012 and beyond. The event drew […]
I learned a shocking statistic recently. According to a poll by the HRC [PDF], up to 51% of LGBT professionals on Wall Street are still in the closet. That means over half – half – of LGBT professionals are uncomfortable being themselves in their workplace. We must ask why so many professionals are still afraid, […]
By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of The Glass Hammer Many women have a mentor or maybe even several mentors. But to get to the top, you need more – you need someone advocate for you, cash in their chips for you, and, frankly, wear a t- shirt with your name on it in the […]
By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of The Glass Hammer “There isn’t a glass ceiling, just a thick layer of men” quipped the ever sharp Laura Liswood last week, and this is my favorite description to date of what is preventing women from advancing to executive management and the boardroom. Others talk about the sticky […]