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Women need to focus on building professional relationships within their companies as well as their industries as a whole, which can be a huge benefit considering how narrow most industries tend to be — and how small the world is, says Ayesha K. Farooqi of Macquarie Capital. “It’s vital to build relationships with your colleagues, […]
While you can’t choose your circumstances, you can choose how you react to them, says Shearman & Sterling’s Emma Maconick. “If I could, I would tell the junior version of myself to focus on relationships because they will all matter in some way,” she says. “Giving without expecting anything in return will do more to […]
Get to the top! Lean in! Break the glass ceiling! These clarion calls from the power sisterhood sound exhausting, unrealistic—even undesirable—to women in the everyday sisterhood feeling pressured to turbo-charge their careers alongside caregiving for children, aging parents and the monumental effort to make it home in time for family dinner. What if you’re a […]
Guest Contribution As you get promoted, you may be asked to help to select the right person to take over when you leave. If legacy is important to you, you’ll probably want to have time to train your successor to handle their new role just as expertly as you do now. Here are seven ways […]
Guest Contributed by Deepa Ramaraj According to a recent US census, only 19% of women executives reach the highest ranks of business. The same census showed that the fastest growing demographic of business owners in the USA today are women-owned businesses. Before you leave your corporate job, ask yourself questions about your aptitudes, aspirations and […]
Kristi Tange’s second day at Goldman Sachs’ New York office happened to coincide with a dinner party to celebrate her father’s birthday. Initially, she was hesitant to ask to leave the office a little early, and then she realized that there was no harm in making the request. When her boss said yes, Tange described […]
By Aimee Hansen When it comes to Asian American women in business leadership, the steady storyline is often the professional, less likely the manager, and rarely the executive. Asian Americans make up 6% of the US population, 12% of U.S. professionals, and yet only 5% of executives, leaving them “stuck in the middle”. On Wall […]
Guest contributed by Dr. Patti Fletcher How can you make sure you’re valued and rewarded equitably with your male counterparts as you work your way up to the C-Suite? Gender inequity in the workplace often begins subtly: women account for the majority of college graduates yet are hired at a slightly lower rate (48% for […]
By Cindy Goodman Women’s representation in management is higher than it’s ever been, but advancement it seems appears to happen more in certain professions than others. As women make up most of the new management jobs created from 1980 to 2010, but they do so in fields that are female dominated and have the largest […]
Recent revelations about banks paying women less for the same job seemed to surprise everyone, yet nobody, given the recent wake up call that we aren’t as avant garde on equality as we once thought. Let’s assume good intentions for now and review the brain science behind managers and leaders’ decisions to promote and pay […]