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Movers and Shakers: Tiffany Dufu, President, The White House Project

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Tiffany Dufu (President, The White House Project) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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Voice of Experience: Sonia Thimmiah (Accenture)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career [.].

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Work/Life Balance Across Time Zones and Technologies

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Elizabeth Harrin (London) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.”

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What Working Moms Want

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.”

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The Future Of Work Post-Covid

The Horizons Tracker

As Michael Hammer famously warned back in 1990, it’s no use applying new technologies to old processes, so in order to get the most out of AI and automation, jobs are having to be redesigned so that man and machine can work well together. Redesigning the business. Over two-thirds (67%) are at some stage of implementation.

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Stop Using the Excuse “Organizational Change Is Hard”

Harvard Business Review

For example, when participants in one of the studies were presented with a season’s worth of statistics for a star athlete who had logged worse numbers than usual, the participants were quick to conclude that the player’s career had begun an irreversible downward spiral.

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When One Person’s High Performance Creates Resentment in Your Team

Harvard Business Review

As the Japanese proverb warns : “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” High performers may also earn rewards on behalf of others, like when honor roll students do the bulk of the work on group projects at school or when all-star athletes carry their teams to victory. Such contradictions take a toll.

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