The ninth annual London Business School Women in Business Conference, Beyond Ideas: Making Global Impact, will address women’s evolving roles in today’s business world. Building on past themes such as “Challenging Norms: Changing the Face of Business” and “Opportunities in an Evolving Business World”, the conference will highlight the impact women are making in local […]
Contributed by City Girl of the London Paper (London) As Oscar Wilde put so eloquently, “It’s only the shallow who do not judge by appearance.” And if this is the case, I suppose the City is full of deep-thinking philosophers. Ambitious young City girls looking to enter the City of London have an added layer […]
Now in its eleventh year, the CFO European Summit takes on a new life as CFO Outlook 2009. Featuring enhanced networking opportunities and increased interactivity, CFO Outlook 2009 will take a long view on how the outcomes of the global financial crisis will transform your expectations, your strategies, and ultimately your role. The event is […]
More and more women are getting a business education but few of them seem to make it to the top … why are there so few female CEOs? Various explanations have been proposed, including the suggestion that women are still discriminated against, or that women just don’t have what it takes to compete in the […]
by Anna T. Collins, Esq (Portland, Maine) When I first interviewed Patricia Gillette, an employment law expert and partner at Orrick in San Francisco, I noticed two things about the way she spoke about the future of the legal profession. First, despite the temptation to point fingers when discussing the ever-present wage gap in the […]
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) Women may feel unchallenged at work but that isn’t stopping them from taking risks and proactively managing their own careers. According to new research from Accenture, almost half of female business professionals around the world (and a similar number of men) believe they are insufficiently challenged. Yet these same women feel […]
Both on a national and global level, volatility has been continuing to radically escalate and experience wide swings. While some may use it as a means to hedge their portfolios, others are viewing volatility as an asset class on its own and have implemented ground-breaking arbitrage techniques to transform this recent surge into profits. During […]
Contributed by NAMC (National Association of Mothers’ Centers), Livia Polise, LCSW, NAMC Facilitator In our current economic climate, management-level executives are not only challenged to make difficult decisions to keep the organization going, they also have to deal with the very difficult task of letting people go and all that comes with it. For women, […]
Gender Balance: An Opportunity for Post-crisis management?Some companies are ‘hunkering down backwards’ to hide from this crisis, trimming and cutting all but the most tried-and-true success elements of their past. Others are ‘innovating forwards’, using this period to redesign their organisations for a very different future. The latter companies know that women offer skills and […]
Make the most of the networking opportunities at the Prowess 2009 conference!Make sure you book your place before 12 February to be included in the Who’s Who of Women’s Enterprise Development The Who’s Who is a fantastic networking tool profiling up to 300 key contacts in the women’s enterprise sector, and a great way to […]