By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) A recent study suggests that women’s career choices are influenced by industry stereotypes – which could be the reason that women are less likely to enter fields like finance or consulting, which carry the perception of being male dominated. The study is presented in the journal Organization Science. […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) On this election day, Tiffany Dufu, President of The White House Project, has a message for women. “You are the most powerful change agent in your own journey. Exercise your power. Vote.” Dufu’s words come as a reminder that the prevalence of women in leadership has not existed […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “Be visible,” advised Hanna Derry, Managing Director of Technology at Blackrock. Derry, who is a COO for one of Blackrock’s global software development divisions, encouraged senior women in financial services technology to recognize their capability for leadership. By talking about their own story, she explained, women can illuminate […]
Contributed by Devora Zack There is not one single way to lead. Don’t get me started. Nothing irritates me more than hearing from so-called experts that, in their boundless benevolence, they are bestowing on us mere mortals the five laws of management or seven rules of success or three indisputable truisms of leadership. In reality, […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Last week, the World Economic Forum released its Global Gender Gap report for 2012. As usual, Nordic countries dominated the top of the index, which ranks countries on how close they are to minimizing the gap between male and female equality. In the report, the WEF also highlights […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Erin Callan, Zoe Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Patrica Russo: these are the names of women who have been put forth as victims of the notorious glass cliff in the recent past. The glass cliff, it has been theorized, is when women take on the mantle of leadership during a […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) The National Association of Women Lawyers and the NAWL Foundation have released [PDF] their 7th annual report on women in top law firms, and the numbers are similar to what we have seen before. Too similar, in fact. The percentage of women equity partners is only barely 15 […]
Contributed by CEO Coach Henna Inam There is a large space between having power and being powerful. Women have historically had a love hate relationship with power. Personally, I am one of them. In some situations in my corporate career, I was in positions of great power but had a hard time exercising it. As […]
By Robin Madell (San Francisco) “My wife stayed home when our kids were little.” “I’m sure you’ll be checking in from home.” “We need to stick with business attire here.” These were all comments that Kathy D., Esq., from Indianapolis heard from colleagues during her two pregnancies. And she’s not alone: countless other women find […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Joyce Ulrich, Chief Information Officer at Legg Mason, is still learning to get comfortable with her position as a role model. “Some women in the firm have said to me that ‘you are a role model,’” she explained. “A role model is someone whose behavior you emulate, and […]