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Gender Equality In U.K. Financial Leadership At Least 14 Years Away

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finance ministry’s new 2024 analysis of women in finance reveals that while banks and other financial firms are elevating more women to senior management roles, the current pace suggests that gender parity will not be reached until 2038. According to a report published by Reuters , over 400 firms employing 1.3

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News from Assist 2016

Practically Perfect PA

I am absolutely delighted to announce the Assist Conference 2016 programme. Interview session: Creating an effective partnership with your Executive. During this session we will interview a high flying Executive and their inspirational Assistant. Interview session: Using social media to empower assistants.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views (Dec. 2, 2016)

Eat Your Career

If you missed them, take a peek here: What Managing Up Really Means & 3 Helpful Techniques. For those who misinterpret the mandate to “manage up,” the consequences can be dire. READ IT HERE >> How to Recover After Bombing the Interview. Job interviews are tough business. Perhaps you will too!

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Advancing Women in Tech: Executive Nancy Wang’s Forward-Thinking Nonprofit

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As director and general manager, the 33-year-old is the youngest person to serve at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data Protection’s executive level. She also founded, in 2016, a nonprofit membership organization , Advancing Women in Tech, which “accelerates careers and addresses diversity gaps in leadership.” There was that beginning.

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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

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Created in 2016, Boston Harbor Now is a merger of two nonprofit organizations—Boston Harbor Island Alliance and Boston Harbor Association. She heeded the DPW director’s advice and got a job managing the playground at the Falmouth Recreation Department. When she interviewed for positions, her interviewers asked why she resigned.

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Jamie Fiore Higgins on Workplace Toxicity, Gender Discrimination and Why She Left Wall Street

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Jamie Fiore Higgins worked on Wall Street for nearly 20 years—from 1998 to 2016—and by the end of her career, she’d amassed a small fortune. By 2016, she was making 40 times more than her house cleaner and 10 times more than her doctor. I interviewed everywhere—at all the different banks—and I had a lot of job offers.

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How You Can Combat Collaboration Overload to Improve Company Performance—and Your Own

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A 2016 Harvard Business Review article found that over the past two decades, time spent by leadership and employees in collaborative activities has grown by more than 50%. So it’s critical to get a handle on managing collaboration. But teamwork isn’t going away anytime soon. Collaboration can also drain employees of energy.