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By Cathie Ericson Larry Hughes “gets it” for many reasons: he knows what it’s like to come from a “diverse” background, since he himself comes from a blue-collar upbringing – not what one might expect from the CEO of a wealth management business. Additionally, he has an ambitious 29-year-old daughter who is much like the […]
Readers, We are holding our 4th Annual Navigating your career event on 26th Feb on the topic of Engaging Men as Champions, Allies and Sponsors as you advance in your career. Editorially in 2015, we are interested in profiling men who have “walked the talk” and really stepped up to own their influence as a […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “Diversity is the best resource we have,” explained John Sensiba, Managing Partner of the Northern California CPA and Business consulting firm Sensiba San Filippo LLP, “it’s not just me who thinks that – all our partners understand that diversity brings strength more than anything.” In an industry not […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “To be honest,” began Barton Hill, Managing Director, Global Head of Marketing, Securities and Fund Services, at Citi, “as a white male, there’s a lot that I didn’t know, that I’ve learned along the way.” When Hill was tapped to Chair the Bank’s North American Diversity Operating Committee, […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “I remember Susan Butler, Accenture’s first female senior executive,” began Jorge Benitez, Managing Director, North America and Chief Executive, United States at Accenture. “To be the first at something – that’s huge.” In fact, Benitez himself has been an advocate for and a role model of diversity at […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “There is a lot of research that shows, and we believe, that diverse teams create better solutions to client problems than homogeneous teams,” explained Jim Wall, Global Chief Diversity Officer for Deloitte. Wall said he appreciates the firm’s organization’s commitment to diversity – not only because it’s strategically […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Mark Chamberlain, Head of Diversity for the Americas at Deutsche Bank, said the best piece of advice he received actually came from his grandmother. He explained, “In the early part of the 20th century, women weren’t supposed to go on to higher education, play sports or work outside […]
Contributed by Lynn Harris, author of Unwritten Rules: What Women Need to Know About Leading In Today’s Organizations Since publishing Unwritten Rules: What Women Need To Know About Leading In Today’s Organizations, I’ve worked with others to try to get more women in positions of senior leadership. Basically all change efforts boil down to the […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “Pax World is very focused on the notion of gender equality as an investment concept,” said Joe Keefe, President and CEO of Pax World, the first US mutual fund to focus on environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) in investment analysis and decision making. “Our women’s empowerment platform […]
A study was just released by McKinsey & Co, in collaboration with Lean In, the nonprofit founded by former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg, and it turns the idea that women only need to shatter the glass ceiling in order to find equity at the top on its head. It found that women face their most […]