Contributed by Beth Collinge of CTG – a division of ILX Group plc. The European Central Bank left its key lending rate at 1%. Encouraging job creation numbers came out of the US, but unemployment is still rising. We also saw agreement in the EU on the creation of a European Systemic Risk Council. Economic […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Dear Readers, The Glass Hammer is taking a few days off to celebrate Labor Day. In the meantime, check out some of our recent popular articles. Voice of Experience: Erika Karp, Managing Director and Head of Global Sector Research, UBS Investment Bank On Being Bold: Thought Leadership and […]
By Erin H. Abrams (New York City) “You need to be able to learn from someone who has the career and work life balance you aspire to,” said Lisa Bebchick, a 33-year old partner in the litigation department at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, explaining why she makes time in her busy schedule […]
By Cleo Thompson, founder of The Gender Blog “I haven’t got time for networking”, one senior woman from a major City of London investment bank told me recently. “All that standing around in rooms full of complete strangers, drinking either bad wine at the end of a long day, or bad coffee and stale croissants […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) A few months ago Deloitte’s Ann Weisberg shared an anecdote with The Glass Hammer that struck a chord with many of us. She relayed the story of a Deloitte senior male partner who spoke on a panel about the issue of gender diversity. He asked the audience, “Would you want […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “When I first started, I may have been too competitive,” said Christine Hurtsellers, CIO of Fixed Income and Proprietary Investments for ING Investment Management. She explained, “I had to be the smartest, best, hardest working person… Since then, I’ve learned a lot about working as part of a […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) This article originally appeared on our new site Evolved Employer, a website dedicated to good corporate citizenship, diversity, and employee engagement best practices. Last month’s issue of Wired Magazine featured an article by Jonah Lehrer detailing the effects of certain kinds of workplace stress on the immune system. […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “Advise and evangelize, that’s what interests me,” said Niamh Bushnell, North American Senior Vice President at MoneyMate, a provider of investment data management solutions to global asset managers. Bushnell, who’s worked throughout Europe and now in the US and was recently named one of the 50 Most Influential […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) Have you dreamed of going back to school? Hours in the library, long conversations with intelligent professors and nothing to worry about except the deadline for that next assignment. Studying as an adult isn’t much like that, unfortunately. However, if you are unemployed with time on your hands, or want some […]
By Hua Wang (Chicago) Dubbed the ‘opt out revolution’ by the New York Times, the phrase refers to the mass exodus of highly educated professional women from the workforce when they become mothers. These women presumably made a conscious choice to forgo earnings for the luxury of raising their children themselves. Is the opt-out revolution […]