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As part of its ongoing Voices of Experience series, contributing writer Andrea Newell spoke with Patricia Elizondo, an executive woman with Fortune 500 company Xerox Corporation, about her work philosophy, career path and advice for women climbing the corporate ladder. “Luck is where hard work meets preparation and opportunity,” says Patricia Elizondo, Senior Vice President […]
As women in the workplace trying to break the glass ceiling in Corporate America and professional services, we certainly have our challenges. But, imagine if, on top of those, you felt like your brain was out of sync with your body and you had to hide that fact from co-workers and friends. Today, as our […]
You are a professional woman in finance, law, or business. You probably went to a great university, have paid your dues, and are making way up the career ladder as we speak. Yet, you feel incomplete. You are likely either: (a) a straight woman reading this thinking its hard to find a decent man to […]
By Marian Schembari (New York City) Both London and New York are, without question, bustling cultural centers with amazing diversity and a lack of cheap parking. And, because both are considered the world’s predominant financial centers, home to the largest corporations and professional service firms in the world, an epic battle continues to rage on […]
by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) “WOMEN Unlimited is based on my experience of doing everything wrong for the first half of my career. I often think back and agonize over it, wondering how I could have been so stupid. When I became an executive, I noticed many women around me who were smarter, but had […]
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) What do mountain climbing and team building have in common? Plenty, according to Alison Levine. Levine is the founder and president of Daredevil Strategies™, a consulting firm specializing in leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and team dynamics. Her company is appropriately named. That’s because Levine is also a world-class mountaineer who has […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) Based on the BBC2 documentary “The Trouble with Working Women,” which ran last week in the UK, it appears that the trouble with working women is, well, men. “Think manager, think male,” says Professor Ryan from Exeter University, as she stands in front of a board covers in statistics showing that […]
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) and Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) At The Glass Hammer we’ve reported extensively on the comparatively low number of women in executive positions in the Fortune 1000. Gender bias and sex discrimination are two oft-cited reasons for this. More training, better work/life programs, and access to mentoring are suggested as some […]
by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) Latinas are statistically the most underrepresented group in the workforce amongst minorities in the U.S. according to Ramona Armijo, a Latina Ph.D. candidate in Walden University’s Masters in Education/Knowledge Management. That’s the bad news. The good news is that their cultural understanding and language skills make Latinas extremely competitive candidates […]
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) Few holidays cause as much gift-giving angst for bosses as Administrative Professionals Day, which falls on Wednesday, April 22nd this year. In an effort to remove the guesswork, American Express surveyed members of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) on their experiences and opinions about this day of recognition. Of […]