By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Right now, Barbara Novick, Vice Chairman at BlackRock, is focused energetically on change. “Companies and industries change, and very often change is an opportunity.” Novick’s responsibilities have changed too – after twenty years working on the client side at BlackRock, she’s recently taken a new role leading public […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) This week marked the release of UN Women‘s first report, Progress of the World’s Women 2011–2012: In Pursuit of Justice. UN Women was founded last July, in order to accelerate the UN’s progress toward achieving its gender equality goals. The report produced some tidbits that may surprise you […]
By Melanie Axman (Boston) Studies and statistics consistently point towards company benefits and increased profit margins when women are encouraged and emerge as leaders in the workplace. Consequently, companies are increasingly recognizing the importance of identifying and developing female executives. This movement parallels the success women feel when male senior executives become sponsors, mentors and […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “I do really believe that once you get to a certain level of seniority, it is important to encompass into your role the development of other women,” said Sarah Lee, Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Derivatives Legal, Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Lee, who has spent […]
Contributed by Suzanne Bates While it may not seem like breaking news, women are still underrepresented in corporate boardrooms. A recent survey by the Alliance for Board Diversity revealed that white men hold 73% of the board seats at Fortune 1000 companies (up several percentage points from previous years), white women only hold 15% of […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “I’ve been trying to get my driver’s license in the US for seventeen years,” began Viva Hammer, Principal at KPMG Washington National Tax. She continued, “I took the written test when I was pregnant with my daughter. Two weeks ago she graduated college and a week later I […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) In June, PwC hosted its Diversity Leadership Forum, entitled “Business works when life works: Flexibility in a hyper-connected world,” in Washington DC. The Forum was a day-long conference intended to amount to a graduate course in diversity leadership, remarked Reggie Butler, Managing Director, PwC’s US Office of National […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Here in the US, The Glass Hammer is taking a publishing holiday. It’s the Fourth of July, and we got the memo to barbecue! Reflecting on 2011 so far, we’ve profiled almost fifty successful women – and we’ll continue to do so, with some really inspiring women coming […]
By Elisabeth Grant (Washington D.C.) It seems like working moms have to make dinner appear like magic, save the day like super heroes, and multitask like they’re more than one person. Now, to aid in accomplishing these feats is their magic wand and super tool: the smartphone. Whether it’s an iPhone or an Android, these […]
By Kelly Tanner (New York) As the light faded outside the offices which overlooked the Statue of Liberty last week, a team of professionals gathered at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP to celebrate women’s successes. The event honored Ms. JD’s New York City chapter and its new Global Education Fund, founded last year to assist women […]