Celebrity Boards, Super Star CEO’s
The New York Times Dealbook today had a story entitled Handicapping the Investment of IAC in Chelsea Clinton by Steven M. Davidoff, former corporate lawyer who is a professor at Ohio State University. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Chelsea Clinton, corporate boards, corporate executives, female executives, IAC, leadership, management, McKinsey and Company, New York Times
Equal Pay
Yesterday was Equal Pay Day which comes from the amount of time women need to work into the following year to make the equivalent men made the year before. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: college graduates, equal pay, equal pay for equal work, female executives, gender parity, Huffington Post, McKinsey and Company, Wall Street Journal, women in business
Overcoming Career Setbacks
Reaching the top of the corporate pyramid is rare, but it’s especially tough for women and minorities.
Every career has its chutes and ladders, pauses and moments of opportunity.
We turn to two executives who faced periods of indecision during their careers and found inspiration for what to do next. As it happens both are black.
When Deborah Wright, CEO of Carver Bankcorp, New York was laid off from the investment bank First Boston she turned to Robert Holland, the first black partner at McKinsey and Company but is perhaps better known as CEO of Ben and Jerry’s for advice about what to do next. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: career decisions, Carver Bankcorp, consultants, executives, Globalhue, intutition, McKinsey and Company, mentors
