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Named by Business Week as one of “The World’s Most Influential Headhunters,” Janice is Co-CEO of Chadick Ellig. With over 20 years of experience as a senior-level corporate executive, Janice focuses her search practice on the recruitment of senior level executives and board directors, with a focus on diversity. Janice’s corporate experience includes Pfizer, Citibank and Ambac Financial Group which she helped take public after a spin-off from Citibank in 1991. As a member of the Executive Committee at Ambac, she was responsible for Marketing, Human Resources and Administration.

Janice has co-authored two books: Driving The Career Highway, 20 Road Signs You Can’t Afford To Miss (2007) and What Every Successful Woman Knows: 12 Breakthrough Strategies to Get the Power and Ignite Your Career (2001), acknowledged by Business Week as “the best of its genre.” In addition, Janice co-authored an article for Directors & Boards entitled, “Getting from a good to a great board.”

Janice recently appeared on CNBC’s “The Strategy Session” to discuss board director recruitment and innovative ideas for corporations to build more effective boards through gender diversity. She is a frequent speaker at company and association sponsored symposiums on women’s initiatives and career management issues and has appeared on network television and been quoted extensively. For the past four years, she has moderated a panel at the University of Wisconsin’s Directors Institute on “Building Stronger Corporate Boards.”

In recognition for her many philanthropic activities, in 2008 Janice received the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) Eleanor Raynolds AESC Award for Volunteerism. Recognized as one of 2007’s “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” by Women’s eNews (Read the article or See the video), she was also a recipient of the Channel 21 Award In Excellence for her contribution to “Excellence in the Economic Development for Women."

Janice is President of the New York Women’s Forum, Executive Committee and Board Director for the University of Iowa Foundation, and serves on the Simmons College, School of Management Advisory Board, the White House Project Advisory Council, the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Economic Club of NY. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the YMCA Board of Greater New York. A native New Yorker, Janice resides in New York City with her husband, Bruce Ellig.
 

Getting from a good to a great board

You can do it through gender diversity. The qualified woman candidate for your board is out there — if you look for her in the right places and with the right process. 
— By Janice Reals Ellig and Ilene H. Lang

‘I’d love to put qualified women on our board,” asserted the CEO of a major corporation. “We just can’t find them.”

It’s a common complaint, and it’s conceivably a key reason behind the virtual stagnation in the number of

Surviving and Thriving During Turbulent Times

“Sooner or later the economy and the markets will take a decisive turn for the better,” states Money magazine. The operative words “sooner or later” are what create concerns for the employed, and especially, the unemployed. In our conversations with candidates and clients, we work with this reality every day. Therefore, we want to focus this newsletter on some positive steps executives can take to successfully manage their career during turbulent times.

“While there are fewer opportunities and the market is volatile,” states Susan Chadick, “hiring is still occurring. Companies do have specific talent needs, some very critical ones during this turbulent time. They need talent with specific competencies and experiences that will help to improve operations and take advantage of opportunistic market conditions. Finding the ideal candidate is always a challenge. Job opportunities do exist for those who have unique skills that companies view as imperative; the key is to be highly strategic and thoughtful about where to concentrate one’s efforts.” While we typically see the world through the lens of Wall Street and what is happening in the financial services sector, there are other sectors that are not being impacted quite so severely.

If You See It, You Will Achieve It

“Always keep an external focus in terms of marketing yourself and your career,” states Janice Reals Ellig. “While committed to what you are doing, keep within sight, your next potential move, which could be inside the corporation or outside. Most importantly, continue networking, internally and externally, and remember, the more you help others, the more they will help you.”

“It is important to maintain a positive and proactive attitude about change,” states Stacy Lauren Musi. “See it as an opportunity to learn, be challenged and grow. Now is a good time to acquire additional skills and take on new responsibilities that will ensure your relevance going forward.”

7 Steps to Maximize Your Career

1. Develop Internal Champions
Reach out to others within your organization. Look for any and all opportunities to enhance your visibility. Volunteer for projects and work collaboratively across departments. The internal relationships you nurture may become your future champions.  Read More