Contributed By: Carol Frohlinger, Esq., Managing Director, Negotiating Women Inc. Emotions and our ability to control them, make all the difference in our negotiations. The more important the negotiation is to us, the more challenging to manage our emotions. I had a personal experience recently when my temper flared and, as a result, I didn’t […]
Contributed By: Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart Typical resume advice says that you show quantitative results — revenue generated, costs saved, profits increased. But what about people who aren’t in sales or don’t manage a budget. What results can a mid-level manager or someone new in a career show? The benefit of quantitative descriptions is not […]
By: Bailey McCann Recently I spoke with Charlene Li co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technology and analyst at Forrester Research. She spoke to me about how women can utilize the strategies in her book and the power of social media to leverage their networks and engage customers. Li presents five […]
By: Kathryn Sollmann, Co-founder Women@Work Network Most women know what to wear to give the right impression in the right situation. Yet, even many women who spend thousands of dollars on each season’s fashions present themselves as paupers on resume paper. At Women@Work we call it the “under-dressed” resume — resumes that don’t look right, […]
By: Alison Maitland Senior business men offered their take on promoting women at an evening debate in Geneva on June 6 about our book, Why Women Mean Business: Understanding The Emergence Of Our Next Economic Revolution (previously featured on The Glass Hammer on February 5 and April 8). The executives represented a great cross-section of […]
Please join 100 Women in Hedge Funds for a discussion on portfolio risk management. As we reflect back on a heart-wrenching first quarter of 2008, where market volatility caused a number of spectacular collapses in hedge funds, not to mention banks, we ponder what best industry practices in risk management would have helped preserve capital […]
By: Bailey McCann Last week’s big news in the on going fall out inside the financial services industry was the fall of Erin Callan and Joseph Gregory. While there are varying levels of speculation on why Ms. Callan was demoted so quickly after her promotion to the CFO position, one thing is clear: in this […]
By: Caroline Shannon Before she even approached the age of 22, a computer-savvy Laura McHolm had already graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, worked with the likes of big-time companies, like Apple and Intel, created and marketed games, such as Pac Man and Atari, and earned her computer law degree from the University […]
In this highly interactive workshop you will be exploring the dual roles of being a mother and a committed IT professional. You will address childcare and working options tailored to individual values and look at how to maintain professional relationships whilst setting appropriate boundaries. This workshop will give you tangible take-away tools, helping to smooth […]
By: Caroline Shannon When Adryenn Ashley was in her 20s, she dressed Sex and the City style every day – cleavage, heavy makeup and perfectly coiffed hair all the way. But then, one of her mentors told her the reason behind her low-key, makeup-free appearance: “She said, ‘Because that’s the naked truth,’” Ashley said. “For […]