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by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) “Whether you’re studying an instrument, exercising or tackling a business issue head-on, be sure to understand that there are real choices in how we go about accomplishing whatever it is we are doing. There’s an expression that comes to mind: ‘There is never enough time to do something correct […]
by Anna Collins, Esq. (Portland, Maine) While the current economic crisis has been undeniably devastating for Wall Street, some say the women of Wall Street are at the sharpest edge of the chopping block. As reported by Forbes Magazine, financial services and insurance firms have cut 260,000 jobs. The majority of layoffs, however, have impacted […]
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) An Oxford-educated Northern Irish woman goes to London then New York and becomes a principal at one of the world’s largest professional services firms in less than 11 years. On sabbatical, she goes to South America—did we mention she also speaks Spanish?—to work with underprivileged women and orphaned children. […]
by Elizabeth Harrin (London) This afternoon, Tina Hallett is going to the culmination event of one of her coaching sets. Hallett is a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers UK and she knows how to make connections. Hallett works in PwC’s Change Consulting business, specialising in government departments. She started her career as a chartered accountant, then moved […]
The 2009 YWCA Women’s Leadership Conference will equip Northeast Ohio women with the skills to advance faster and further up the career ladder. Dr. Robert Schwarz, National Training Director for Mars Venus Workplace Seminars, will serve as the morning keynote speaker sharing his wealth of knowledge on career success and advancement. Dr. Schwarz will explore […]
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 […]
Contributed by Tracey Carr of Eve-olution.net According to the Society for Human Resource Management, 74 percent of companies have diversity programs in place. That’s a good start, but it sidesteps perhaps the most striking diversity component in the workplace: the personality differences between men and women. This is where we need Gender Intelligence, or GQ™ […]
Contributed by Susan Newman, Ph.D. For most women who work having a family alters their income, their ability to advance, and their well-being. All is not right in the world of women’s work and the glaring deficiencies force more women to move in the direction of the smaller or “new traditional family” as I call […]
by Heather Cassell (San Francisco) One of Jennifer Blatnik’s biggest challenges of being a mother and a rising star at Cisco Systems is the persistent tape of the “super mom.” “The biggest challenge is overcoming the myths of being able to do it all at the same time,” said Blatnik, manager of product marketing of […]
Contributed by Kathleen Lucente of Red Fan Communications With a little bit of brainstorming and “outside the box” thinking, you might just find yourself working in an industry you didn’t expect to! When you’re sitting behind your desk, do you ever daydream about leaving your chosen industry – whether it’s banking, law or business operations […]