Last Tuesday, June 24, 2008, Goldman Sachs held a half-day conference for women from multicultural backgrounds who work at Wall Street’s top firms. Aynesh Johnson, Vice President and Global Head of the Office of Global Leadership and Diversity at Goldman Sachs described the event. “Our Brokering Change program is a pivotal element of the Goldman […]
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 […]
By: Nicki Gilmour Six years ago, with the support of the The White House Project, CosmoGirl! launched Project 2024, an initiative to get more young women involved in politics so that we could see a day when just as many women as men run for the highest office in the country – getting beyond gender […]
If you had been in Times Square at 4:00 pm on May 28, 2008 and happened to have looked up at the NASDAQ exchange you would have seen the most unusual sight. You would have seen 80 designer handbags sitting on the ledge of the window. Why? The owners of those handbags were ringing the […]
Recently, The publisher of Glass Hammer spoke to Juliet Bullick, Head of Institutional Account Management in the UK at BlackRock. Juliet shared her insights about her job, flexible work arrangements, and her advice to young women in finance. Juliet made a good point when I spoke to her about her four-day work week, a flex-work […]
This week, The Glass Hammer launched a job board (https://jobs.theglasshammer.com) filled with jobs that are specially selected by our staff. All of the jobs pay $100,000 or more. We work with evolved employers to put thought into jobs that are going to be great for our readers. The Glass Hammer is here to help you […]
Last week, The Glass Hammer interviewed Cindy Ko, a rising star in the prime brokerage division of JPMorgan, who happens to work in a chain of three female supervisors. We caught up with Cindy about how she got her current job and what it was like to work on a team of strong women in […]
“Always keep a positive thought, because a positive thought cannot be denied.” This is the motto of The CityKids, a group of underprivileged youth in New York City who are empowering themselves to rise about circumstances and be positive role models for their peers through their participation in The CityKids Repertory, a traveling performing arts […]
Indra Nooyi is one woman who has broken the glass ceiling. Named CFO of PepsiCo in 2001, she went on to become the company’s fifth CEO in July 2006. During her keynote speech at the Catalyst Awards last week in New York City, a rapt audience of mostly women from over 100 companies laughed and […]
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd and ING US Financial Services were big winners at Catalyst’s annual awards yesterday in New York City at the Waldorf -Astoria. This award celebrates innovative initiatives that advance women and business and has had progressive companies (at least according to our opinion here at the Glass Hammer) win the award in […]