The Quiet Power of Art
In the pursuit for women’s equality, we have witnessed changes in the workplace – not enough yet, but still there. We have seen the impact in the media: Where there [...]
The Search for Gender Equity in Executive Committees
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 [...]
Finding Balance in the Boardroom
Achieving gender equity in the corporate sphere—it’s hardly a new goal. Yet in many regards, it has proved to be stubbornly unattainable. A 2012 Catalyst report released earlier this year [...]
Motherhood And Money Management—Mutually Exclusive?
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 [...]
Women On Wall Street: A State of the Union
When I interview C-Suite women working in financial services for my WE Interviews series, I always ask them why they think there aren’t more women in senior management positions within [...]
Getting Men on Board
Cisco CEO John Chambers in conversation with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg After John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, met with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and read her new book [...]
The Center for Women and Business: Moving from Conversation to Action
Earlier this year, Bentley University’s Center for Women and Business hosted their inaugural forum entitled “Moving from Conversation to Action.” The day-long event featured incredible speakers such as Harvard Business [...]
Why We Need More Women Math Majors
Harvard University’s Math 55 is a first-year undergraduate course that is so demanding it has taken on legendary status. Described by the Mathematics Department as “probably the most difficult undergraduate [...]
Credit Suisse Research Confirms: Diverse Boards Mean Better Business
According to a new report from the Credit Suisse Research Institute, companies with more women on their boards perform better. The report, which tracked 2,360 companies over six years, concludes: [...]
The Pink Ghetto? Get P&L Experience.
Courtesy of Harvard Business Review When I recently interviewed Maliz Beams, CEO of ING retirement, I was impressed with her intelligent and powerful advice for emerging executive women. One [...]