Ex-Microsoft exec lands a big gig at Juniper
Gerri Elliott, one of Microsoft's (MSFT) star execs, left the company early this year to spend more time with her family. Yes, seriously to spend time with her family. As I wrote in January, her...
View ArticleGuest Post: Starbucks goes to Rwanda
Last week, Rica Rwigamba attended a meeting with Starbucks (SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz at the U.S. embassy in Rwanda. Rica lives in Kigali, Rwanda's capital, where she is co-owner and director of New...
View ArticleHillary Clinton broadens her scope
Hillary Clinton, who has been under the radar lately, spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations in D.C. this afternoon. I listened in by phone. She talked tough about Iran. She announced a fall trip to...
View ArticleNew power in Africa...and beyond
Leadership, essentially, is about inspiring others to carry on a mission. The leadership opportunity compounds in a connected, viral, global community. Here's how leadership can spread: In 2006,...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs CEO Blankfein gives global women leaders award
Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein was one of the few men in attendance Monday night for the opening of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. He had a special role to play: Presenting $25,000 to...
View ArticleAmanpour and Mulcahy stump for global action
by Jessica Shambora Global issues took center stage at last night's Fortune Most Powerful Women dinner in New York, thanks to the voices of CNN's legendary foreign correspondent Christiane Amanpour and...
View ArticleOn the road in South Africa
by Patricia Sellers I constantly remind myself how lucky I am, as an editor at large at Fortune, to meet amazing people pretty much every day. Yesterday I arrived in South Africa. It's my first visit...
View ArticleAfter the revolution: An Egyptian woman's new view
Amany Eid found her voice last week in Cairo's Tahrir Square and here on Postcards as well. Eid, 34, wrote a Guest Post about how she, after never before feeling politically inclined (because, under a...
View ArticleHear them roar: Global 500's women CEOs
This is a great summer for powerful women. There are the obvious victories, like Christine Lagarde grabbing the reigns of the International Monetary Fund after Dominque Strauss-Kahn's tumultuous fall...
View ArticleKeys to success from Avon's top boss
In every successful career there is a moment: You could quit. But you resist, wisely. For Andrea Jung, the chairman and CEO of Avon Products (AVP), this moment happened right after college, when she...
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