Office politics can be a challenge for women as they advance in their careers. Women believe they are perceived negatively when engaging in organizational politics and prefer to even use different terms such as “influencing.” When men talk about office politics, they are not hemmed in by such perceptions and use words like “winning” and […]
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Hedge funds require substantial start-up capital, the willingness to take huge risks and also to fail – hard. This subset of the financial industry is not for the faint of heart, but the financial rewards for those winning the game are huge. Not surprisingly, women are vastly underrepresented in the hedge fund world, as is
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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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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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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
When asked what life’s like at the top, many women-executives point out the double-bind: the challenge of being perceived as:
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