This blog is the first part of a two-part series. Look for Part II next week. A front-page article titled Harvard Business School Case Study: Gender Equity in The New York Times on Sunday featured a two-year gender study that Harvard conducted on its own students.i For years, even women whose grades were on par […]
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It’s pretty much a given—whether investing in your health through a regular exercise program, in your future through intelligent money management, or in your children’s future by helping them get the best education possible—investing is prudent. As a leader, investing in your employees is key. Admittedly, this is not a new concept, but as John
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In a recent Harvard Business Review article titled “How Experts Gain Influence,” a group of financial thought leaders explain how to bolster your influence within an organization through four key competencies: the ability to be a trail blazer, team worker, translator, and toolmaker. Since the art of persuasion is a critical factor in the success
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Each year global consulting firm 20-first evaluates the success of the Top 100 companies from three key regions of the globe—the US, Europe and Asia—on what it views as a key indicator of progress: gender balance of the Executive Committee. 20-first defines this cohort as those executives who report directly to the CEO. This measure
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Billionaire hedge-fund manager Paul Tudor Jones certainly knows how to get a conversation going. During a question and answer session at symposium at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce in late April, Tudor Jones asserted that once women become mothers, their capacity to be excellent traders is rendered useless. “We will never see
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We all know the old saw, ‘It’s better to give than to receive,” or as Mark Twain famously quipped, “It is better to give than receive- especially advice.” This charitable stance may be laudable in our private lives, but does it have a role in the workplace? Absolutely, asserts Adam Grant, professor of organizational psychology
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In the aftermath of last week’s horrific Boston Marathon bombings, many are struggling to set their lives right again. Victims’ families seek to comprehend the terror that has struck so close to home; innocent bystanders cast about for ways to offer comfort and support; and a thriving city seeks to restore itself after being immobilized,
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In today’s hard-charging, data-driven world, words are used more sparingly than ever before. Texting and Twitter have reduced speech ‘2’ abbreviations and 140-word sound bites. Emails have replaced face-to-face meetings, and many view salutations and closings in these messages as quaint and, oftentimes, superfluous. Yet despite this dramatic reduction in discourse, experience (often backed by
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In an article entitled “What Pope Francis can teach CEOs about leadership,” the finance writer Allison Linn raised some compelling observations that should resonate for those working in the financial services industry. Though there are few obvious parallels between the Catholic Church and financial services, both are global institutions reeling in the wake of crises brought about by
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When an internal memo was leaked earlier this week detailing that Yahoo was no longer allowing its employees to work remotely, the news was met with an uproar. Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder, called it “perplexing and backwards,” while a blogger from The New York Times wrote it was “blow to work-family balance.” One work place flexibility
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