Lee Iacocca was a legendary leader, and I could argue the original “Iconic CEO.” To be honest, I am not sure why I know so much about him – I was spending my afternoons riding my bike or in roller rink when he was turning around Chrysler. I certainly didn’t know what PR was, or…
Employee advocacy is a popular topic among executives and communications leaders alike. The increased recognition that employees are a powerful force in shaping conversations about your brand, and ultimately a huge factor in your reputation, has created a wave of initiatives and campaigns designed to unlock the potential of employees as advocates. In many industries, restrictive…
Today is International Women’s Day. I am at work. Pretty much like every other day. And while many will taking a stand by participating in the Day Without a Woman, I won’t be. I have an important client meeting, and I am not willing to opt out of it, even to take a stand. As…
March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD), a holiday that celebrates the achievements of women worldwide and inspires the next generation of women to make their mark on the world. At MWW, we believe in our #fearless female leadership, who continuously make it happen for our clients on a daily basis. In honor of IWD,…
Every day, we are inundated with news articles, infographicsand studies about Millennials in the workplace, and the challenges of managing them. Millennials are lazy, entitled, disloyal…or a contrarian view that Millennials are more career-driven, more qualified and in some way better than any generation entering the workforce. Funny, I’ve heard that narrative about the disenfranchised,…
Was 2013 the Year of the Woman in Leadership, or is the Glass Ceiling Shatterproof? By most reports, 2013 has been a great year for women in leadership. We have a female CEO at a major American automaker; Duke Energy’s iconic CEO Jim Rogers passed the baton to Lyn Rogers. Yahoo’s stock doubled in value…
I am a Mom. I wear that label proudly, passionately, and joyfully. I am also an executive. I worked hard for that title, and I do that proudly and passionately, too. It doesn’t make me special. Nor does it make me a bad mother. There are millions of working Moms. We aren’t Tiger Women, too…
I am the product of an all-girls private school that did all of the things that studies show women’s schools do. It was cool for girls to be smart. Women are leaders. We could (and should) have a voice. And like many women of my generation, I always wanted it all…and learned the hard way…
It isn’t every day that the newly appointed CEO of a mega-company says “My maternity leave will be a few weeks long. And I will work throughout it.” It’s great to see companies appointing leaders who aren’t middle-aged white males. And it is great to see a Board of Directors recognize that someone’s vision, talent…
Schadenfreude. That’s what a lot of people experienced earlier this year, when a mid-level equity derivatives trader used the editorial page of The New York Times to announce – quite publicly – his resignation from Goldman Sachs. In an era of sharp political polarization and growing economic inequality, Goldman is either a lightning rod or…