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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Turn on the news in any given week and you’re bound to hear one report or another about the changing socio-economic face of American society. Changes range from shifts in workplace gender equity to the racial makeup of the population. Among the recent headlines: 10 states thus far have legalized same-sex marriage and another 12
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Michelle R. Seitz CEO William Blair Investment Management Michelle R. Seitz, CEO of William Blair Investment Management, decided the financial services industry was for her the moment she visited a trading floor. Her advanced chemistry class was on a field trip from their small town in Indiana to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. “The teacher
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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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The old adage, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity,” seems tailor-made to describe the career of Linda Gibson, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Distribution at Old Mutual Asset Management. Say “Yes” To Opportunities “I’ve been extremely fortunate as opportunities seem to present themselves for roles which I never envisaged for myself,” Gibson
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Helena Morrissey Former CEO of Newton Investment Management Earlier this year a quiet victory occurred for women in the workplace. On April 17, 2012, the mining company Fresnillo announced that it had appointed María Aramburuzabala to its board of directors. It wasn’t big news around the business world, but it marked the first time in
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In this age of hyper-connectivity, constant pressure, long workdays and growing complexity, stress is unavoidable. What separates those who thrive under pressure from those who crumble is how they cope with that stress. Building good habits to transform stress into motivation is an invaluable tool for avoiding burnout and staying sharp.
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When I recently interviewed Maliz Beams, CEO of ING retirement, I was impressed with her intelligent and powerful advice for emerging executive women. One of the most important points she made was that women MUST get profit-and-loss experience in order to position themselves for landing senior roles within a company. Given how crucial this piece of advice
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According to research conducted by both Catalyst and McKinsey & Company, businesses with gender diversity in their senior management have a higher return on investment than companies with few or no women. Gender Balance Makes Good Business Sense Companies with more women on their boards outperformed rivals, with a 42% higher return on sales, 53% higher
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Co-Opting the Old Boy’s Club Ilene H. Lang, president and CEO of Catalyst, made a surprising statement in the Harvard Business Review: “Catalyst has advised companies for decades on how to create women’s networks, mentorship programs, and other initiatives that boost women’s career advancement. These efforts make great talking points at conferences, but they have not dramatically
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