In 2011, The Glass Hammer featured me in one of their articles as a rising star, I had realized then that the personal choice I had made to be out in the workplace was a critical part of my confidence; and that being authentic and bringing all of myself to work was part of my […]
by Cathie Ericson When reflecting on her career, Noriko Umeki wishes she had known earlier the importance of communication, as well as using personal marketing to further her endeavors. “One day I realized that I wouldn’t be evaluated highly just because I was working on the job in front of me. People who get chances […]
by Cathie Ericson A career that allowed Helen Campbell to live and work in multiple countries gave her a unique view into culture and the way it should impact your working life. For example she had always assumed that it was important to fit in and adhere to the company values, which was reinforced with […]
By Aimee Hansen In this month of a historic milestone towards LGBTQ rights in Congress, supported by an unprecedented number of business allies, theglasshammer explores the increasing business case for – and arguable inevitability of – greater LGBTQ executive leadership in the C-Suite. Status: real progress amidst real discrimination. According to Catalyst’s 2018 Quick Take, […]
Stephanie Sandberg is a fan of bringing your whole self to the lunch table, or anywhere.
“There’s so much energy that is consumed by not saying the things you are thinking,” she says. So right up front when she was at a business lunch and someone would ask what her husband does, she would blurt out early that she was with a woman. “It helped ease the conversation and provided me a sense of wholeness,” she says, in urging young gay people to be open with their reality.
Equal treatment as an LGBTQ professional has always been important to Diane Bell—and she has found that at Katten.
For example, she initially hesitated to bring her partner to firm events as she got to know the culture, but after several months, a more senior manager inquired as to why she didn’t bring her.
“Be a horse with blinders on,” recommended Laura Raymond’s dad, who had had a successful 40-year career in banking.
It didn’t take long in Raymond’s career to learn the wisdom of that—to tune out the constant distractions and focus on the task at hand, rather than letting the highs and lows get in your way.
By Aimee Hansen Last week, we wrote about Emotional Intelligence as a true leadership differentiator beyond IQ or “hard skill” levels or task mastery, and a prerequisite for real leadership belonging at the C-Suite level. As Daniel Goleman, Ph. D, author of the New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence among other publications, highlights: “Members of […]
As a coach, many clients come to me because they are somewhat dissatisfied at work. Often they have been happy for years and a new structure or a new job in the firm has made them question if they should leave the team or even the firm.
Ever been in a meeting where each person’s presentation gets incrementally more boring, even though the data should be intrinsically interesting to everyone in the room. You present to a room where half of the folks around the table are checking email?