Polished Professional Image Blog

A recent blog on the Wall Street Journal talks about women star analysts on Wall Street. It seems that, unlike their male counterparts, they are able to retain their star status even after they switch firms. Harvard Business School professor, “Boris Groysberg, whose work focuses on organizational behavior and management, spotted the performance gender gap while studying earlier research into the work of star stock analysts”, according to the blog. He attributes this disparity (in our favor, for a change!) on women’s tendency to build relationship outside of their companies. They are building relationships with their clients and with the companies that they analyze. Networking at its finest and most fruitful.

Networking is as important of a success tool as having a professional image and setting goals. Yet, most people would rather do public speaking than walk into a social setting with a room full of strangers (and most people would rather face death than do public speaking). But networking is about building relationships and these relationships can blossom into opportunities. If you are hesitant about getting out there and meeting potential clients, employers and colleagues, think about the benefits that those Wall Street analysts have gotten from networking and go out there and build your success. 

To read the full blog article, Why Wall Street’s Top Women Rarely Lose Their Star Power, click here.

This entry was posted on Saturday, January 26th, 2008 at 5:19 pm and is filed under Image, Success Tools. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.