By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) What’s one way to pull more women into the leadership pipeline? Be a role model. On The Glass Hammer, we shine the spotlight on successful professional women in an effort to inspire other high-achieving professional women to break the glass ceiling, and to show that there are plenty […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “My advice is to be confident in what you do really well. Be open to taking risks, and to new opportunities, leveraging what you do really well,” advised Pam Kiernan, Managing Director and Global Head of Business Development for Deutsche Bank’s Global Prime Finance business. She explained that […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Last Wednesday, in recognition of World Statistics Day, the UN released The World’s Women 2010. The report covers a broad range of data and trends on women around the globe – 284 pages of data, in fact – so we’ve put together a review of the most salient […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “There are 600 million young women between the ages of 13 and 19,” said Louise Guido, president and CEO of the Foundation for Social Change. The organization works to unite leaders from non-profits, governments, and companies, to share best practices and collaborate in their efforts toward improving environmental […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) While visiting Norway last month, it became obvious that the country’s push for gender equality is about more than regulation, like quotas or parental leave legislation. In fact, various organizations outside the government work hard, with both women and men, to improve gender parity. For example, in order […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Fifteen percent. That’s how many women make up executive committees of American’s top companies. In Europe it’s only 7%. And in Asia – only 3%. That’s what 20-First revealed in this year’s WOMENOMICS 101 Survey. And while these are all more than… say… zero percent, it’s nowhere near […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “Make sure you’re in front of the right leadership, that you’re sharing about the type of work you do,” advised Theresa S. Wilson, CIO of Operations and EVP of Technical Services at Wells Fargo. She continued, “You have to be vocal.” Wilson, who has been with her company […]
Contributed by Salma Shah, Founder of Beyond, an HR talent consultancy. Is unconscious bias impacting business performance? The UK consultancy Beyond’s recent Unconscious Bias survey results reveal 1 in 3 believe consciously or unconsciously that a woman’s place is at home and not work. 67% of those surveyed have a low or no bias at […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) When you bring up the need to get more women in the boardroom, you’re bound to encounter some push-back. You might hear, “Why should companies be told what the gender-makeup of their boardroom should be? Since companies are in the business of making money, won’t they automatically choose […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “We all have different definitions of success,” said Camille Mirshokrai, Director of Global Leadership Development at Accenture. She continued, “The only way we can define it so to truly know ourselves.” After almost 17 years at Accenture, the majority of them working in leadership development and succession planning, […]