Is There a Pink Elephant in the Room?
Some believe that having made their way to top positions, senior women-executives might hire and encourage more women. But much of the time, it doesn’t play out that way. Research [...]
Four Steps to Becoming More Influential
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 [...]
Lessons to Lead By
It’s graduation time around the country and, as everyone knows, an integral part of this rite of passage involves listening to commencement speeches filled with advice on living one’s [...]
Read to Lead
Let’s face it, people love lists. A quick scan of the current literature reveals a constellation of topics served up in easily digestible segments. Harvard Business Review’s blog offers guidance [...]
Who’s In Your Corner?
There’s something of a debate raging in the management world these days, sparked in large part by the publication of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s new bestseller, Lean In: Women, Work, [...]
Invoke the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Women entrepreneurs are coming into their own, there’s no denying it. According to a recent FOX Business report, nearly half of all new businesses in this country are launched by [...]
What Do You Need to Lead?
Reading through contemporary leadership materials, one can easily begin to feel as though the key to success as a leader is little more than a numbers game. The literature is [...]
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 [...]
WE Interviews: Maliz Beams
Maliz Beams, CEO of ING Retirement Maliz Beams CEO ING RetirementWhen Maliz Beams, CEO of ING Retirement, one of the most influential women in the highly competitive retirement industry, and [...]