By Melanie H. Axman (Boston) Harvard Business School kicked off its 20th Annual Dynamic Women in Business Conference last Saturday, celebrating esteemed, accomplished, and professional women from various walks of life. Created in 1992 to highlight issues women face in the workplace, the Conference continues to draw emerging and distinguished female business leaders into a […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Kathy Nieland, PwC‘s U.S. Sustainability and Climate Change Leader and Managing Partner of the firm’s New Orleans Office, has had a lot of experience seizing opportunity. Throughout her career, when the unexpected has occurred, she hasn’t shied away. From having leadership thrust upon her at a young age, […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) The best advice Antoinette Hamilton ever received came from a Mary Timmons, a former mentor. “I was nineteen years old, and she told me ‘Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.’ It set the tone for my career.” Now Director […]
Contributed by Laurie J. Ferguson How is it that some people encounter significant failures and setbacks, and yet keep showing up and producing? There are those who collapse from the stress and those who navigate through rapid change with style and grace. What is their secret and where does it come from? Social researchers call […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Tarazeta (TJ) Huntley, Managing Director of Audit & Risk Review at Citi had three pieces of advice for professional women – all equally inspiring. On Believing You Belong: “Regardless of the level of people you’re dealing with [at the table], at the end of the day, everyone has […]
Contributed by CEO Coach Henna Inam Is there someone at work you don’t get along with and yet need to influence? And, yes, you tend to avoid them because you just don’t see eye to eye? It could be a peer, a boss, a direct report. Here’s the best advice I have seen recently on […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) As both a Colonel in the National Guard and Client Account Lead for Veterans Affairs at Accenture, Linda Singh has devoted her career to the service of her country. She has spent almost 30 years total service time and 20 of those years with the Maryland Army National […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) A little more than two years ago, The Executive Leadership Council Institute for Leadership Development & Research published the findings of its Black Women’s Research Initiative [PDF]. Executive Director Ancella Livers, Ph.D., explained, “Some of our female members noticed the numbers of black women in executive roles seemed […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Ci Ci Holloway spent the majority of her career working in the diversity and inclusion space in the entertainment industry. But four years ago, she found herself drawn to the financial services. Now Managing Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Americas at UBS, Holloway said she’s working […]
Contributed by Judy Lindenberger I love LinkedIn. It’s one of the best networking tools out there to help you expand your reach. It’s “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” for the business world. But it can be a big, foreign maze. To stand out in the LinkedIn crowd, here are ten quick tips: 1. To increase […]