Entries by The Glass Hammer

Law Firms Take on Work/Life Balance Issues

It used to be that big law firms were the old guard of the inflexible work day. Tied to the holy grail, the universal unit of measurement – otherwise known as the billable hour – law firms were late adopters of work-life balance innovations like flex-time and part-time schedules for working moms. But as the […]

Winter Markets Forum

Offering market views from top fund management houses for investment professionals, the Investment Week Winter Markets Forum will feature a number of speakers offering their take on what to expect.

Competition: In Futures Markets and in Your Career

I’ve been thinking about competition and how it acts as a force for change. In the bear markets we face today, I began with who the competitors in the field are, and how their roles and interactions shape the market. Recently, we have seen a trend towards consolidating the power of stock and futures exchanges […]

Rules of Engagement: How to Earn Respect, Take Control

The Committee On Women In Law is presenting a multi day event on helping women further their legal careers. Under New York’s MCLE rule, this program has been approved for a total of 4.5 credit hours, 3.0 in skills and 1.5 in Ethics for all attorneys including those newly admitted.

Part 3: Passions — Ascent of Kilimanjaro

For those of you who don’t know me, I am a cat-like creature at heart. Happiest curled up by a warm fire, with a good book, a glass of decent red wine at my elbow, and some music playing. I don’t do wet, I don’t do cold, and I usually avoid energetic. So it surprised […]

Facebook: The Employer in YourSpace

Contributed by Rebecca Chong The social networking website Facebook has become an increasingly popular way to resolve the time consuming and financially intensive burden of socialising, and brings it straight to the monitors of the internet generation, including at work. Indeed, many employees whose companies do not restrict access to the internet while away the […]