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What Am I Supposed To Be Learning From This?

Next Level Blog

A long time ago in a land far away, I worked for a year as a first year associate in a now defunct Wall Street investment bank. In addition to the good times and the successes, she talked about tough times she had been through in her career and bad bosses she had worked for. It was a stressful, but educational experience.

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Diary of a mid-career job seeker: 9, 800, 20, 10, 5, 2, 3, 1

Roundtable Talk

Fast Friday with Chris von Baeyer of the Ariel Group → Diary of a mid-career job seeker: 9, 800, 20, 10, 5, 2, 3, 1 Posted on May 27, 2010 by LeaderTalker | 1 Comment Fans of LOST will no doubt recognize the significance numbers can play in shaping lives. with a major bank! Skip to content Home Welcome! Bookmark the permalink.

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Oh dear Mr. Clark… can't you do better than that?

Roundtable Talk

All interesting stuff, and easy to jump on a soapbox about, but, the quote that caught my eye came from Ed Clark, President & CEO of TD Bank Financial Group. So, when Clark is quoted as predicting that a woman will eventually head up a bank… in about TWENTY years time, I did a double take. And, that’s my rant for today.

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Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

He spoke of using parallel processing, a form of artificial intelligence, to create new solutions that address thorny risk management issues faced by financial services institutions such as banks and insurance companies. Education is another field he mentioned. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. Bold and bombastic does not, in my opinion, mean leadership – we have so many of these aggressive people in power today and all they do is yak, yak, yak and fill their bank accounts. Why do we crave leadership nowadays?

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Driving School for Leaders

Next Level Blog

As I was driving us home from the government center, I asked Brad to pay attention to where my hands were on the wheel as I banked through turns. That’s pretty much where Brad is in his driver education right now although he’s doing a great job of managing his discomfort. Just about everyone can name one.

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View from the C-Suite with Christine Magee, Sleep Country Canada.

Roundtable Talk

Leadership is about taking risks… When Christine and her partners launched SCC, most of her banking friends didn’t understand why she was walking away from her “promising career&#. Context is critical… explaining the “why&# behind decisions is crucial to helping organizations manage change.

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