Seven ways to step into the spotlight.

I’d like to tell you a story about one of my clients. Barbara Stewart, a portfolio manager at Cumberland Private Wealth Management, came to us in 2010 because she was frustrated with the multitude of articles that depicted female investors as under-confident, indecisive and disgruntled. There was a strong disconnect between what she read and what she knew to be true in her day-to-day dealings with her smart female clients throughout her career.

The story of our founder’s unconventional career path.

For many successful women, their careers are journeys that don’t always turn out the way they planned —often in a good way. If success and learning are your goals, it's your job to leverage what you learn at each stage of your journey. Here's my best advice on how to do that: