A research from HBS shows that talented women are better than talented men at keeping the start shining after they change jobs.

“Women who are star performers on Wall Street tend to fare better than men after changing jobs. Why? According to HBS professor Boris Groysberg, star women place greater emphasis than men on external business relationships, and conduct better research on potential employers. Plus: Businesswomen are asked to share career experiences”, read the article “How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs” at http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5949.html

Or read the comment from The Glasshammer at http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2010/06/15/why-female-stars-succeed-in-new-jobs/

A research conducted by Cornell University on 25.000 couples with both partners working shows that when the husband works too much, women’s career are negatively impacted with increasing % of women leaving their job.

If you want to know more, read the article “Donne, la carriera è più difficile con un marito che lavora troppo” published today by La Repubblica.

“We have to deplore that women’s talents are not being tapped to their full potential. If Europe is to achieve its goal of becoming a dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in a globalised world then we have to make better use of women’s talents and skills” Viviane Reding – Vice-President of the European Commission Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship

The European Commission Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities issued today the report “More Women in senior positions – key to economic stability and growth”, that examines the current situation and trends and also considers ways in which the advancement of women can be supported and accelerated to get more women in senior positions.

If you want to download the report, click here

Roger Abravanel wrote an interesting comment on how the lack of women in Italian boards will negatively impact their performance.

The article was published on Il Corriere della Sera last saturday and is posted on his blog Meritocrazia. Abravanel’s position on Women on Boards is perfectly in line with the goals and spirit that drove our Ready-for-board Women initiative: we are not asking to appoint more women because of equality, but because of merit.

If you wish to read the article, please click here.

A FEW years ago, I changed jobs, moving from the beverage industry to the biopharmaceutical industry. I didn’t know how to get ahead in the new environment, however, so I turned to a mentoring program. I’d recommend finding a mentor for help with your career. If you’re open to what you hear and have realistic expectations, I can’t think of a downside.

Read full article here

Indra Nooyi became chief executive of PepsiCo in May 2007. Indian born and Yale educated, she is one of a handful of women who appeared in the Financial Times list of 50 people who shaped the past 10 years.

Where do you see more growth coming? Do you see it in emerging markets? Can you talk about that a little bit?

If you want to listed to the interview click here.

What is the situation of women in the 21st century? The International Herald tribune is trying to answer to this question with a series of articles covering different areas of the world and different positions within companies.

“Getting Women Into Boardrooms, by Law” examines the situation of Norway a few years after the introduction of quotas.

“Female Bankers in India Earn Chances to Rule” presents the unusual situation of Indian Women highly represented in top positions among bankers.

“Where Are the Women on Wall Street?” on the other hand discusses about the difficulty of the top women in Wall Street in getting back to top positions now that the economy is recovering.

“In Germany, a Tradition Falls, and Women Rise” presents the evolving situation of Germany, where more schools are introducing afternoon classes and more women are getting back to work after maternity leave.

Profumodicarriera, a web magazine dedicated to people willing to improve and grow professionally, interviewed our Corporate member Francesca Patellani, Partner at Accenture.

Thank you Francesca for mentioning your collaboration with PWA Milan as a way to support and develop Accenture’s Inclusion&Diversity program.

Read the interview here.

The Pew Research Center has just published an interesting report entitled “Women, Men and the New Economics of Marriage” (in pdf) and the related article “New Economics of Marriage: The Rise of Wives” (click here).

This report examines how changes at the nexus of marriage, income and education have played out among U.S.-
born men and women who are ages 30-44 between 1970 and 2007 -a stage of life when typical adults have completed their education, gone to work and gotten married.

The Next Women - the first online Women’s Business Magazine, with a focus on startups and growing businesses, led, founded or invested in by women – presents the “far from exhaustive” 49 most notable female internet heroes of 2009.

“2009 has endured the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, and yet female start-ups are growing in numbers as more of our lives are spent online. We have compiled our list of notable 2009 Female Internet Hero achievements.”

If you want to know who is on the list click here.