How One Law Firm Is Tackling Diversity
‘Diversity is the future; embrace it or you’re obsolete’, according to Andrew Glincher, CEO and Managing Partner of the law firm, Nixon Peabody. Yet, it’s not surprising that major law firms continue to lack diversity. According to the National Association for Law...
How This New Mom Intrapreneur Created A Flexible Schedule And Career
Reva Busby worked in a client facing role at the consulting firm West Monroe Partners for seven years before she took her first maternity leave. She was a road warrior. Ambitious and hard-working, she enjoyed the fast pace and competitive environment and never doubted...
New Study, Lost Leaders in the Pipeline Reveals Key to Gender Gap in C-Suite
When I finished writing my book, The Politics of Promotion, which provides a road map for women to get ahead in the workplace, I was curious how many women actually step beyond their comfort zone and make a commitment to their ambition and career. Many women state...
Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture North America, Shares the Three Things a New Leader Needs to Know
Assuming a new leadership role is challenging and many of the challenges have the potential to derail you, especially in your first year. During those initial months all eyes are on your performance and you need to manage the high expectations of your colleagues,...
What An Overachiever Is Learning About Slowing Down
When I was first diagnosed with Lyme disease earlier in the summer, I was distraught. I had Lyme years ago and spent three months in bed and ended up losing my job. I was determined that that was not going to happen again. This time I would barrel through it with my...
The Top 5 Sacrifices Women Make For Their Career
I was a single mother with two young children when I started my career. Newly divorced, I had no choice but to find a good paying job in order to survive financially. The sacrifices I made to build a career were many and I struggled every day with my desire to be the...
It’s the Obstacles Women Face in the Workplace-Not a Lack of Ambition -That Causes Them to Opt Out
I worked in corporate America for over twenty years and I personally experienced and witnessed gender bias every day. Some of it was overt especially in the earlier years, but most of it was so subtle that it caused you to think twice about whether it was your own...
5 Things To Do If You Want To Get Promoted (And You’re Not The Boss’s Favorite)
Anna was frustrated and discouraged that her boss had a clear favorite in the department and it wasn’t her. It seemed not only unfair, but unjustified to Anna. There are no private offices in the financial services firm where Anna works and the entire team shares an...
New Catalyst Report Shows Little Progress For Women On Corporate Boards
Catalyst released its latest census report about women and men’s representation on S&P500 boards last week at the United State of Women summit in Washington, DC, and the news is discouraging. In 2015, there was very little progress toward gender parity in...