By Michelle Hendelman, Editor-in-Chief For Clarine Nardi Riddle, Counsel, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, & Friedman, it is difficult to pick one moment in her professional career of which she is most proud. This is because since graduating from Indiana University School of Law in 1971, Riddle has accumulated numerous achievements while working in local, state, and […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “There’s no such thing as the glass ceiling; only a thick layer of men.” This is a quote that has been attributed to many formidable women over the years: Laura Liswood, Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders; Majora Carter, an environmental activist and Co-Founder & […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) To further understand how difficult the corporate landscape continues to be for women, one only needs to look at headlines associated with linguistic expert Judith Baxter’s most recent study: “Female bosses ‘less funny in the boardroom’” and “Women’s jokes fall flat at work, report finds.” The professor of applied linguistics […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding is often quoted as having said, “I don’t like quotas, but I like what they do.” Across Europe, the prospect of introducing board quotas has produced heated debate. Following Norway’s 2004 law requiring the boards of publicly traded companies to be 40 percent […]
By Michelle Hendelman, Editor-in-Chief Previous research has identified that women do not get as many career-changing jobs as their male colleagues. This imbalance is one of the main reasons why the talent pipeline in many organizations is not as diverse as it should be. The question persists in the gender equality arena: why aren’t there […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Reflecting on her early career, Philippa Nesbit, Chief Risk Officer at Citi Private Bank and Citi Holdings, encouraged junior women to seek out broad opportunities to learn. “Really, the important thing is getting a diversity of your knowledge base. It’s easier to learn more and get a breadth […]
By Michelle Hendelman, Editor-in-Chief In our conversations with top female executives, we have noticed that one of the most popular topics discussed is the importance of managing your personal brand and how this influences your career advancement. But what exactly does it mean to manage your personal brand and how can you do it effectively? […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) A new employee engagement study by Gallup underscores the importance of good management. According to Gallup’s 2013 State of the American Workplace report [PDF], employee engagement is a direct result of the quality of an employee’s manager. In his opening letter to the report, Gallup CEO Jim Clifton […]
Natalie Runyon, Director of Global Security at Thomson Reuters, wishes she had known just how important it was to seek out leadership training and development early on in her career. Since she cannot go back in time, Runyon is doing the next best thing. She is developing female leaders through the “How to be the […]
Contributed by John Keyser I had the privilege two weeks ago of conversing with Georgetown Women in Business, a club formed by women in the MBA programs at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. They all had worked at least four years in the corporate world before coming back to complete their graduate studies. They […]