When Rhiannon Wood began in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ audit department as a graduate in 2004, there was no way for her to know that she’d be part of the world’s largest professional services firm’s most pivotal global program. Though she’s spent the last six years in the firm’s M&A tax team working with a variety of private […]
By Natalie Runyon, Shelley Beason, and Michele Hush On the evening of November 20, Thomson Reuters and Wells Fargo Securities co-hosted a “Manhattan Mixer”, bringing together clients with senior female executives from both companies. Both Thomson Reuters and Wells Fargo are distinguished by their commitment to advancing women’s careers. Together, these companies created an empowering […]
Welcome to M&A Week on The Glass Hammer — we’ll be profiling successful M&A business women all week long! By Tina Vasquez, Editor In the past three months alone, Clare O’Brien has been to London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro (twice), and Abu Dhabi. Traveling around the world isn’t unusual for a leading M&A lawyer with […]
by Terry Selucky Imagine you’ve dedicated 15 years to a company — working your way up days, nights, weekends — then you’re passed up for a promotion. What’s your next step? Or what if, after landing a dream job, you are demoted within a year? Do you resign, or do you work through it, doing […]
By Tina Vasquez, Editor Emma McGuigan has been with Accenture for 19 years, joining the organization shortly after obtaining her master’s degree in electronics from the University of Edinburgh. As managing director in Accenture’s technology practice, she says her career thus far has been “challenging, creative, and progressive.” “It is challenging in that every day […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Today’s companies are becoming more and more global, with teams spread across continents and time-zones, languages and cultures. As telecommuting becomes the norm, managers have to understand how to supervise teams that are spread across the globe. In a recent working paper on designing virtual teams, INSEAD professor […]
Studies show that men and women communicate differently when using business email, but is the way you’re communicating clear and effective, or is the communication style of your emails leading to misunderstandings that undermine your position? Look at the following emails. Which was more likely to have been written by a man and which by […]
By Michelle Hendelman Min Chen, Managing Director, Head of Asia Corporate Finance, Head of China Real Estate and Lodging, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, admits that she stepped outside of her comfort zone when she accepted the assignment to work in Hong Kong in 2006. But this is something she encourages all women in business […]
by Barbara J. Gutstadt (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) On the way up the corporate ladder, women continue to struggle to compete with men for positions in leadership. We’ve made strides in some areas—closing the gap in holding middle-management positions, for one—but women still struggle to reach that elusive top rung. According to a 2013 report […]
By Michelle Hendelman At the recent Women’s Forum Global Meeting in Deauville, France, the percentage of women on European boards was an important topic of conversation among the 30+ CEOs gathered at the annual conference. Now in its 8th year, this forum brings together CEOs from across the globe to have a candid discussion about […]