Gender equality in the workplace is one of our hot button issues. We’ve talked about the “glass cliff,” the Paycheck Fairness Act, and work-life balance, among other topics. How have female executives fared in recent months? Here are some women professionals in the news:
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Introverts are getting a lot of positive press lately, likely due to Susan Cain’s bestseller, Quiet: The Power of Introverts. In the book, Cain extols the oft-overlooked virtues of introverts in society. She posits that we have engendered a “cult of personality” that benefits the extroverted among us. However, successful leadership comes in many personality
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Much of the gender equality discourse focuses on the correctness of equal representation of men and women. This is particularly the case when discussing the lack of women leaders in business. Women’s actual achievement and skill becomes a little less visible in the debate. After the economic crisis in 2008 revealed the extent to which
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In July of this year, leading global asset management firm Pioneer Investments announced that Lisa M. Jones had been named Head of the U.S., serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Investment Management USA Inc. Prior to joining Pioneer Investments, Jones served as Global Head of Distribution and President of Morgan Stanley Investment
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I have had the privilege of interviewing many remarkable women over the course of our WE Interviews series. While there are many consistent themes, each executive has their own unique perspective. Here, a compendium of helpful advice and knowledge shared by a great group of women:
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Last week I shared the good news that a previous WE interviewee, Christine Hurtsellers, had been named to the Money Management Executive inaugural list of the ‘Top Women in Asset Management.’ It gives me great pleasure to share that another past WE Interviews subject, Karla Rabusch, the president of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, was also
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We’ve talked before in the blog about ways women can advance in their careers. Some traditional advice has suggested finding a mentor. In recent years, there has been more advocacy for a sponsor either as an extension of the mentor relationship, or an entirely new one. While it seems like the two roles are the
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Earlier this summer, Money Management Executive announced its inaugural list of the ‘Top Women in Asset Management.’ I was delighted to see that Christine Hurtsellers, the chief investment officer of fixed income for Voya Investment Management, part of Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA) (formerly known as ING U.S. Investment Management) was one of the ten
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During gender gap conversations, we tend to focus on the “what’s wrong” aspect of the conversation. We provide statistics for the lack of women in leadership, bemoan the numbers of women leaving (or forced to leave) the workforce, and gloomily describe the “second shift” of housework after a day at the office. Certainly, having the
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Never mind the glass ceiling. It seems that the final barrier for professional women was to break through the glass ceiling, but a new concern has emerged for those women who do make it to executive roles: the glass cliff. Women are promoted or brought in to manage companies that are struggling, and when they
