Citi lawyer among nominees for key CFTC posts

How Cartier North America's CEO prioritizes her time | America's best employers for women, as rated by women | Citi lawyer among nominees for key CFTC posts Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( December 23, 2021 CONNECT WITH NEW  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( €‰ [NEW SmartBrief]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equality news for retail, CPG, financial services and tech [SIGN UP]( â‹… [SHARE]( [] Top of the week [] [How Cartier North America's CEO prioritizes her time]( How Cartier North America's CEO prioritizes her time Abramo (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Color-coded meetings, time blocking and lists help Cartier North America President and CEO Mercedes Abramo stay organized while also prioritizing time for free thinking, she says. Abramo also discusses how she reminds herself of her confidence, how to address self-doubt and how her career led her to Cartier. Full Story: [The Cut (tiered subscription model)]( (12/20) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Today's leadership [] [America's best employers for women, as rated by women]( IBM is the best employer for women, with Experian and Adobe rounding out the top three, according to a list by Comparably that evaluated 15 million ratings from women at 70,000 companies. Comparably CEO Jason Nazar says the top companies have several factors in common such as a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion and fostering leadership among women. Full Story: [CNBC]( (12/16) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Citi lawyer among nominees for key CFTC posts]( The White House has announced the nomination of Citigroup managing director Caroline Pham for a seat on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, along with CFTC executive Summer Mersinger. The nominations would fill two vacant Republican seats at the CFTC, while the Senate has confirmed Rostin Behnam as the agency's permanent chair. Full Story: [Reuters]( (12/15), [BNN Bloomberg (Canada)]( (12/15), [Politico Pro (subscription required)]( (12/15) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Forbes list includes leading women in business]( [Forbes list includes leading women in business]( Barra (The Business Council) Forbes' 2021 list of the world's most powerful women included numerous CEOs in the top 20, including Mary Barra (No. 4), Ana Botin (No. 7), Julie Sweet (No. 10), Karen Lynch (No. 11), Carol Tomé (No. 12), Emma Walmsley (No. 13), Gail Boudreax (No. 16), Rosalind Brewer (No. 17) and Safra Catz (No. 19). Other notables on the [full list]( include Kathy Warden, Adena Friedman, Lisa Su and Tricia Griffith. 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[Sign up now!]( [] Diversity & Inclusion Trends [] [Black women gain more board seats at S&P 500 firms]( Among the more than 5,500 board seats at S&P 500 companies, 168 Black women have filled a record 231 seats this year, although their share is still just 4% of the total, per data from ISS Corporate Solutions. "Even when there is still significant work to be done, and that is still the case, I do think that it's also important to step back and notice that there has been movement, and that matters," says Marla Blow, who joined Etsy's board last month. Full Story: [Bloomberg]( (12/22) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Why DEI is a business problem that CEOs can address]( Conversations are helpful to improve a company's diversity, equity and inclusion, but there are regular business tools that can help create the organizational change required, says Joan Williams, the director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California Hastings College of Law. "What you need to do as a CEO and as a company is to use this 40 years of research on exactly how bias plays out on the ground, to go back in your business systems, and to begin to correct for these various biases," Williams says. Full Story: [McKinsey]( (12/16) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [How to commit to DEI and improve strategies]( Leaders should use surveys and focus groups to learn about employees' experiences, compensate people for their participation in employee resource groups and speak out on the issues, according to United Minds research. "Companies must consider how their positions align with their values and how inaction and/or misalignment between what they say and what they do might harm their reputation and even impact the bottom line," says Tai Wingfield, United Minds' executive vice president of DEI. 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