Dear Readers, we’re taking today off in honor of Memorial Day in the US and the Spring Bank Holiday in the UK. And, we have something exciting planned for the summer… We want to hear more from you! We’re looking for contributors to our Intrepid Woman article series. The series chronicles the stories of professional […]
Contributed by Kristin Kaufman, Alignment, Inc. “Boldly going where no man (or woman) has gone before” has become a modern day cliché, representing adventure, bravery, and futuristic thinking. Though, if we’re completely honest with ourselves, many women will admit they simply follow suit as leaders. We may up the current game in our company and […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Having spent over 25 years delivering IT solutions for the federal government, Kay Kapoor shifted careers, becoming Accenture‘s new U.S. Federal Practice leader. Kapoor is enthusiastic about the importance of self confidence – and why it’s important for career success. She said, “Sometimes, as women, we don’t give […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) Germany, Europe’s largest economy, is managed by men. While Chancellor Angela Merkel has packed her cabinet with a good gender balance, that isn’t reflected in German businesses. And many people think it should be. Recently German politicians have been debating targets for the number of women on supervisory and executive boards. […]
By Melanie Axman (Boston) Early last spring, a study was designed by several faculty members at the Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) at Simmons College in Boston. Through the study, CGO’s scholars set out to delve into the leadership gap that persists despite ongoing efforts throughout corporate America to affect positive change in the […]
By Laura Ratcliff It’s been widely reported that women are attending college at the highest numbers in history. In fact, for the first time, the work force has more college-educated women than men, according to the Census Bureau – 37% of employed women held at least a bachelor’s degree, compared to 35% of men. The […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Last Thursday, the Financial Women’s Association of New York honored two outstanding women for the impact they have had on our perception of mentoring, sponsoring, and role models: Irene Dorner, President & CEO, HSBC Bank USA and Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Founding President of the Center for Work-Life Policy. […]
By Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago) We were having lunch somewhere in the 50’s in Midtown Manhattan. I had just gotten off the plane from Chicago and hailed a cab. I was meeting Mary Chung, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Marketing at ELX Futures, an electronic futures exchange launched in July 2009 and backed by […]
Contributed by Dr. Anne Perschel and Jane Perdue A cocktail of cultural, systemic, organizational, as well as personal impediments hinder women’s progress in attaining executive positions and yield woeful statistics. Women: Make up 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs Occupy 8% of corporate clout positions Comprise 15.7% of Fortune 500 corporate officers, and 1 in 18 […]
By Jewells Chambers (New York City) Historically, the work of women scientists and engineers in academia has been downplayed and undervalued by their male counterparts. Consequentially, such treatment has resulted in talented women leaking out of the science and engineering pipeline to pursue other endeavors. As women transition out of these fields along the pipeline, […]