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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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 women.Unfortunately, a second statistic follows hard on the heels of this encouraging news—businesses launched by men are three-and-a-half times more likely to reach $1 million in annual
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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 rife with examples of the “One leadership quality you can’t be without” or the “ten communication secrets that great leaders possess.” Yet anyone who has
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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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Earlier this year, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman released figures from a 2011 survey they conducted of 7,280 leaders from both public and private organizations. They write: “At every level, more women were rated by their peers, their bosses, their direct reports, and their other associates as better overall leaders than their male counterparts —
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Women, Risk, and Wall Street When Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short, a bestseller detailing the 2008 Financial Crisis, was asked to share the one thing he’d do in order to avoid a future market meltdown, he said, “I would take steps to have 50% of women in risk positions in banks.”
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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