Carla’s New Album…
March 26, 2011 by admin
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Praise Be: Morgan Stanley MD Goes Gospel
by Kyle Stock (excerpt from FINS.com)
Don’t let anyone tell you Wall Street has no soul.
Carla Harris, a 23-year Morgan Stanley veteran, has just released her third full-length gospel album on iTunes.
Goldman Sachs’ analyst/rapper Allen Mask may have brought his firm some colorful publicity, but Morgan Stanley is working to improve its status with a higher power.
“It’s original gospel and it’s hot,” said Harris, a 48-year-old managing director in bank’s investment management arm, where she advises companies and public pension managers on their portfolios.
Harris started singing as a child in Jacksonville, Fla. She sang her way through Harvard and Harvard Business School and stuck with it as she started her career an analyst at Morgan Stanley.
She sang in New York churches and clubs — even Carnegie Hall. In fact, Harris occasionally croons for her clients.
“I try to graciously decline, but if I’m pressed, I’ll do it,” she said. “I bring Carla the singer wherever Carla the banker goes.”
This week’s release follows “Joy Is Waiting,” Harris’s latest effort from 2005 and “Carla’s First Christmas,” her first album from 2000. The newest installment is titled “Unceasing Praise” and sells for $9.99. All of the proceeds go to a Catholic school in the Bronx and the high school Harris attended in Florida.
If you work under Harris, you’d be smart to get it on your iPod. Or, go see her belt it out on Sunday’s at the Church of St. Charles Borromeo at 211 West 141st Street in Manhattan, just west of 7th Avenue — a long ways from Wall Street.
If you love Gospel music, this is the CD for you. In her second Gospel CD, Carla has brought a fresh, new twist to Gospel while sticking to it’s origan roots. This is clearly her best effort to date. I highly recommend this CD and her other two. Unceasing Praise
Carla’s New CD – UNCEASING PRAISE
Unceasing Praise which will be on sale everywhere starting February 20th!
CNBC: Another Accolade for Carla…
Airtime: Wed. Oct. 6 2010
Insight on women in the banking business, with Diane Reyes, Citigroup global head of payments; Shelaghmichael Brown, BBVA Compass; Susan Ehrlich, Sears Financial Services; Carla Harris, Morgan Stanley Investment Management; Michelle Van Dyke, Fifth Third Bancorp; and Barb Rehm, US Banker.
HOT BUZZ: Carla TOP 50
May 20, 2010 by admin
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Carla Harris is one of the 50 leaders that has “been selected as the 50 Top Women in Wealth for 2010 by WealthManagerWeb.com.
“We selected the most influential, powerful and inspiring women for our list, from the national stage to the practitioners managing the financial assets and of their clients, to the academics who inform our thinking. These leaders are the ones we look to for guidance, and we salute them.
“The exceptional leaders on this list are responsible for hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth, for investors and for the nation. Every American is affected by the decisions some of these women make; the bills they shepherd through Congress and the regulations that affect all investors.”
TO SEE THE COMPLETE LIST
HOT BUZZ Putting the Spotlight on Women in Finance
Today, the White House Council on Women and Girls and the US Department of Treasury hosts a “Women in Finance” Symposium at the Treasury Department. In the spirit of Women’s History Month, this event features discussions with prominent women who have risen to the top in what many still consider a predominantly male profession.
As someone who has worked in business and finance, I know how important these discussions are. When I started my career in business, it was a pretty lonely world for women, but thanks to the talent and dedication of women such as Elizabeth Warren, Karen Mills and Carla Harris, that is not necessarily the case anymore. This event not only serves to elevate awareness about the progress of women in the financial sector, but it is also our hope that it will inspire more young women to pursue financial careers of their own in the future.
The event kicks off with a welcome by Treasurer Rosie Rios and remarks by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. Following the Secretary’s comments, a panel moderated by Maria Bartiromo of CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” will discuss women’s roles in the economic recovery. This topic could not be timelier. Women now account for more than half of the workforce. Additionally, men have suffered the brunt of job losses in the recent recession, meaning that more and more women have been entering the workforce and those that were in it already, are now working longer and harder to make up the difference and make ends meet. Women are now economic engines, and their progress in the labor force is intrinsically tied to our future prosperity as a co
Blog for Week of April 5, 2010 (part 1) – Finding Sponsors
Question of the Week from Arlington, VA
What happens if I ask someone to be my sponsor and they turned me down?
You can survive a very long time in your career without a mentor, but you will not move upward in any organization without a sponsor, therefore the sponsor relationship is the most important relationship of the three key relationships that you need in your career, the advisor, the mentor and the sponsor (see Chapter 5, in Expect to Win).
The sponsor relationship is so critical to your ability to move upward in any organization, you cannot let the challenge of finding a sponsor deter you from finding one nor can you allow one person’s inability or unwillingness to sponsor you, stop you from continuing to seek out a sponsor. Many of us tend to shy away from the challenge of finding a sponsor, if we ask one person to act in that relationship capacity and they so ‘no’. We let the rejection completely paralyze us or deter us from continuing the journey of finding a sponsor. If you ask someone to be your sponsor and they decline, then you should mentally say to yourself, “next”. Move on to the next person that could potentially sponsor you, but you should understand WHY that person does not want to sponsor you. That could be VERY valuable data for you to have.
There are generally three reasons that someone might not be willing to sponsor you:
- The person might not feel that he/she has enough information about you or has not worked with you enough to have credibility behind closed doors representing your interests. If he/she cannot demonstrate behind closed doors that he/she has first hand experience and can passionately represent your candidacy, then he/she will not be able to achieve the desired outcome for you;
- you might think that the person has the power (“the juice”) to achieve the objective for you, but he/she might know that they do not really have the power to accomplish the objective for you at the decision making table, and obviously in most cases, someone that you thought of and approached as a perspective sponsor would not want to admit that to you;
- he/she might not think that you are the appropriate candidate for the opportunity, for the promotion, for the top pay,etc.
Whatever the reason might be that the person turns you down, you should endeavor to get the data, evaluate it, own it, and then move on to find another sponsor after you have evaluated if you have to make any adjustments to your performance, behavior, style, etc.
New Book: EXPECT TO WIN
One of Wall Street’s most powerful and lauded women shares her strategies for long-term success in any career: While climbing the corporate ladder, Carla Harris sought career advice from her mentors and superiors but found some of the counsel too nonspecific.
As Carla’s career advanced, she discovered the key survival tools to business success and vowed that when she reached senior management and people came to her for advice she would provide them with specific, play-by-play answers about what they needed to do to fulfill their career potential.
Each chapter in Expect to Win includes Carla’s “pearls”— lessons Harris has acquired during her twenty years of working on Wall Street that can help contribute to career success by aiding readers in navigating the day-to-day complexities and challenges of the workplace.
Carla Harris is a Wall Street veteran. She executed the IPOs for UPS, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and Redback, as well as the $3.2 billion common stock transaction for Immunex, one of the largest biotech common stock offerings in U.S. history. Expect to Win is a must-read for anyone seeking battle-tested tools to triumph over common career challenges and to achieve maximum success in any field.
To purchase please visit the online distributors below:
Carla Harris in US Banker
Carla Harris makes the cover of US Banker as an noted leader on Wall Street. (Page 49)
Carla’s Pearls: Perception
Book Signing
These are photos from recent book signing
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- Carla speaking at recent booksigning
