On April 7, 2008, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) hosted a New York City launch party for the book, “Why Women mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of Our Next Economic Revolution,” by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and Alison Maitland. Highlights of the event included a lively panel discussion on the changing role of women as global business leaders, chaired by […]
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 […]
For this second installment of business book reviews, our editorial staff has reviewed two of their recent favorites: Trade Up! Five Steps for Redesigning your Leadership and Life from the Inside Out, by Rayona Sharpnack Spiral Up: and other Management Secrets Behind Wildly Successful Initiatives, by Jane Linder. As you might imagine from their upwardly […]
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The editors at The Glass Hammer have just learned that Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani opposition leader and champion for women’s rights, the rule of law and democracy, has been assassinated by a suicide bomber during a political rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on December 27, 2007. At least a dozen others were killed in the attack. Ms. […]
Join Echoing Green’s Social Investment Council for the second annual Be Bold Cocktails, celebrating the business of social change and saluting some of the world’s boldest leaders. Be Bold Award Honorees: Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education Richard Chilton, Founder & Chairman, Chilton Investment Company Vikram Akula, Founder & CEO, […]
The Glass Hammer team is attending the Futures Industry Association (FIA) conference in Chicago this week. Only an estimated 20% of the total attendees at the FIA annual conference are women. So why are women so underrepresented in this field? And why is it that the women in derivatives trading mostly work on the business […]
The Glass Hammer has been live for just over two months now. We want to thank you for your support so far. We set up this online community as a “go to” place for women in finance to read news and advice to advance their career. Uniquely, the site is somewhere where we can go […]
Deutsche Bank’s Women on Wall Street® (WOWSTM ) network will host its annual conference on Tuesday, October 16, 2007, so save the date! This year’s theme: “It’s your move: Driving Change in your Career and Life”. The Conference will be begin with a keynote address from Brenda Barnes, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of […]
Yes. There are endless free lunches, dinners and drinks if you do the conference circuit. Are trade shows and conferences really worth going to? Every day there seems to an invitation in my inbox to be somewhere. Last week the SIBOS show hit Boston. SIBOS is to men in financial technology what Christmas is to […]