Huffington Post – It’s still a man’s world. And to make a man’s amount of money over her career, the typical working women would have to put in an extra decade of work. The typical full-time working woman stands to miss out on $443,360 over 40 years because of the gender wage gap, according to… Continue Reading
For Women, Parity Is Still a Subtly Steep Climb
By Phyllis Korkki for The New York Times - ISN’T it just a matter of time before women reach parity with men in the upper ranks of the corporate world? After all, women in the United States now collect nearly 60 percent of four-year degrees and they make up nearly half the American work force. But… Continue Reading
NYC’s most powerful women: how they did it
At a Crain’s Lunch, Secrets Were Revealed – Crain’s New York Business - Several of the city’s most powerful women discussed their secrets to success on Monday. The best career decisions sometimes come from ignoring the worst advice, several of the city’s top women executives said at a Crain’s luncheon Monday. Pamela Brier was told to learn sports… Continue Reading
BUSINESS CORNER: What Women Need to Advance: Sponsorship
By Sylvia Ann Hewlett for Forbes Magazine – The business case for having more women in senior positions at corporations is clear. Quite simply, women bring a different perspective to the work world. Multiple studies have found a correlation between corporate performance and the percentage of women on boards, regardless of the industry. For example,… Continue Reading
Must read for women in business – New Yorker Mag. on Sheryl Sandberg
Can Sheryl Sandberg upend Silicon Valley’s male-dominated culture? In 2007, the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, knew that he needed help. His social-network site was growing fast, but, at the age of twenty-three, he felt ill-equipped to run it. That December, he went to a Christmas party at the home of Dan Rosensweig, a Silicon… Continue Reading