Today we are pleased to be celebrating International Women’s Day with all of the amazing women in our community. An encouraging start to this week was Kathryn Bigelow’s historic double Oscar win for best picture and best director. We believe this is a step in the right direction, not just for the entertainment industry, but […]
By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of theglasshammer.com We know that boards have not been historically women-friendly and the numbers of women on corporate boards are still incredibility low despite the strong correlation between diversity of thought and company performance. Specifically, when there is a critical mass of women board members (which is quoted as […]
Dear Readers, We are taking a day off to enjoy the snow, since we have had so much of it recently. We are always looking for guest blogs from you, the professional women in the trenches. We aim to inform you with useful news and information, but we also hope to inspire you and empower […]
By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of theglasshammer.com In March 2010, the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women will undertake a fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration. It was at this meeting in China that a group of 50,000 people representing 189 governments actively agreed a goal to increase women in […]
A weekly column by Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of theglasshammer.com. Welcome to my new weekly column on the latest news, surveys and trends on professional women in the workplace (I’ll sometimes write and sometimes podcast). I aim to keep you updated and to provide deeper insight into positive changes both employers, and women who […]
What a year 2009 has been! The markets hit a deep low in March and then incredulously the Dow Jones index has bounced back to over 10,000 points to end the year on a better note for investing confidence here in the U.S., and the U.K. is fighting hard to see similar gains on the […]
This time of year is one of reflection, of wrapping last-minute gifts, spending time with family and friends, and making resolutions for the year to come. As we complete our second year, we at The Glass Hammer are grateful to everyone who has played a part in our growth and success. Our readers and sponsors […]
By Nicki Gilmour (New York City) “Overcoming Obstacles: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities” was the theme of Deutsche Bank’s 15th annual Women on Wall Street conference (WOWS) held this past Tuesday evening in New York City. And, after some seriously tough market conditions this year, the audience was eager to pick up some tips on how […]
Theglasshammer.com hosted the first in the series of invitation-only networking seminars for senior women on the Buy-Side at the Harvard Club in New York City on September 29th. Our intent: to create a peer-to-peer environment for CEOs, Principals and Managing Directors of traditional and alternative funds to enable them to interact with Chief Operating […]
By Nicki Gilmour, CEO Evolved People Media (New York City) Women seek meaning in work while men seek status and pay and that gives women an advantage over men in the workplace. So declared Joanna Barsh, a director at McKinsey and co-author of the McKinsey report “Centered leadership: How talented women thrive” in a lively […]