Laura Alderson is an accountant by profession, a survivor by character. Like so many women, her career path has been difficult, but she never has stopped moving forward.
You’ve pursued a variety of careers in your life. Which of them was what you wanted to do when you were a teenager?
Oh, I wanted to be a model then. It couldn’t have been farther from where I am now.
And did you model?
I did. I started modeling in high school and stayed with it, off an on, until I was about 30. …
Sheryl Skaggs is associate professor of sociology and public policy at the University of Texas at Dallas. She has done …
Judi Brownell is professor of organizational communication and dean of students at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. Her …
Dr. Amy Weiler is an osteopathic physician who is board-certified in family medicine. She also is trained in functional medicine. …
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Subliminal and intangible discrimination is holding women back in the workforce and helping to entrench the nation’s gaping gender pay gap, a report argues.
The report, commissioned by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), urges companies to look ”below the surface” at ”irrational” bias against women, arguing that females are not only excluded from leadership roles, but are also ”held to account for being women”.
It finds that while some of the 17 per cent earnings gap between men and women can be explained by different occupational choices and other …
Following the movements of C-suite women has become a spectator sport. When former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz received her now infamous phone call, professional women started counting the number of females they knew who still occupied the top ranks.
“Who is left in technology?” asked one panicked participant at a recent networking event for women in digital media. We almost need female CEO trading cards to keep track.
There’s good reason to follow the women who successfully made it to the top echelons of companies – they act as necessary role models …
TV shows and sporting events have been “proudly sponsored” by organizations since the early days of advertising.
It’s seen as a win-win system, since the show or event reaches people who might otherwise not have seen it and who, if they enjoy the offering, might think well of the sponsor.
It’s a strategy that not only transfers well to the workplace, and finding a sponsor can be a necessity for women wanting to make it big in the business world, according to a study released by Catalyst, titled Sponsoring Women to Success.
“Effective …
When it comes to workplace equality, we’ve come a long way — long enough for some to say men are on the decline. Statistics show more women than men are now earning college degrees, more women than men are employed, and women are climbing the corporate ladder in record numbers. But the data also show a persistent wage gap, and very small percentages of women at the very top across multiple industries.
Why? Slow-to-change gender stereotypes are of course partly to blame — no one disputes that. And research indicates that …
Ex top UK Microsoft executive Natalie Ayres was paid over £1million after the computing giant was felt to have unfairly passed her over for the company’s highest UK position.
Ayres, who has since left the company, had been with Microsoft for 15 years, rising through the ranks to the senior position of general manager of its Small-Medium Enterprises and Partners Group.
She had been expected to take over from Alistair Baker as Microsoft UK managing director in 2006, but was passed over in favour of Microsoft South Africa general manager Gordon Frazer.
It’s …
