By Jennifer Keck More than ever, companies in the financial services sector are recruiting top female talent, but many employers have yet to address the career challenges women face. Lack of mentoring, leadership programs, and flexible scheduling options steer women off an otherwise promising career track. When it comes to getting ahead, a women-friendly employer […]
By Hadley Catalano Women in leadership positions are now managing multiple generations of employees, sometimes with as much as a 50-year age gap. Generally speaking, the scenario isn’t entirely new: seasoned employees with years of experience have often worked alongside fresh, inexperienced hires. What is historic; however, is that in the last 10 years, the […]
By Mai Browne The past two decades have seen notable progress for women in corporate America, as most forms of overt gender discrimination have been eliminated and many companies have invested in women’s advancement initiatives and organizational change programs. So why is it that the dial has barely moved for women at the highest ranks […]
While attending Pennsylvania State University, a friend’s father, who was President of Sun Life Financial Distributors, told Stephanie Weimer that she absolutely had to get into financial services. “I looked at him like he was crazy,” Weimer laughed. He said, “‘You’re smart and there aren’t enough women in the industry. If you enter it, […]
By Tina Vasquez, Editor Catalyst has been tracking women’s representation at the highest levels of corporate America since the 1990’s and according to Rachel Soares, the organization’s Director of Research, 20 years of data indicates that historically, things are moving in the right direction, but we are currently at a standstill. The 2013 Catalyst Census: […]
By Liz O’Donnell We often hear that for c-level executives, it’s lonely at the top. Well, it can be lonely on the way to the top too, and feeling isolated can be a major career hurdle for many women pursuing professional goals. Several years ago I was working as the head of marketing for a […]
Christina Minnis says that upon graduating from Yale in 1987, she had no real experience in the financial services industry and absolutely no Wall Street experience. “I was an intern at a bank and that was the extent of it,” Minnis said. She obtained her Master of Management degree from the Kellogg School of Management […]
By Natalie Sabia Hackett Despite a strong push for gender parity over the past 20 years, women on Fortune 500 boards have only increased, on average, by half a percent annually. Today, 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies have, at the most, one woman on their boards. At less than 17 percent representation, it will […]
By Tina Vasquez, Editor Stephanie Schnabel joined Accenture in April of 2001 and since 2005, she has led the organization’s corporate development efforts where she is responsible for the evaluation and execution of all potential global acquisitions and divestitures. Though she’s had a stellar career in M&A, what motivates her is not the acknowledgment of […]
By Tina Vasquez, Editor According to the Alliance Board for Diversity’s recent report “Missing Pieces: Women and Minorities on Fortune 500 Boards”, men hold a bulk of the 5,488 board seats at American companies, with women representing just 16.6 percent of board seats, a percentage that hasn’t changed since 2004. The 2013 Catalyst Census: Fortune […]