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Championing Diversity and Inclusion at Bank of America

HR Digest

Several years ago, we set up a Life Event Services team which is focused on providing one-to-one personal assistance to employees in those major life moments – such as maternity leave or experiencing a natural disaster. This team also works with recruiters to help source internal talent.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. FinTech managed to do that by making financial services accessible and affordable globally.

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Wall Street banks opt for greater automation for grunt work to retain talent

HR Digest

Banks now insist on weekend offs, no excessive overtime, and greater use of technology for routine work. Wall Street banks are trying to automate as much grunt work as possible to save the younger bankers from feeling overwhelmed. Headcount in the banking industry is likely to get reduced, aided by technology.

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Is An Ethnically Diverse Founding Team Key To Startup Success?

The Horizons Tracker

It argued that if the rates of entrepreneurship were equal between men and women that the global economy would grow by $5 trillion. This represents a growth in global GDP of 6%, which to put that into context is slightly higher than the recent economic forecast from the World Bank of the hit to global GDP from COVID-19.

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There Is No Silver Bullet For Solving Global Poverty

The Horizons Tracker

When Elon Musk pledged to donate several billion towards solving global poverty, it created a clear sense of a problem that would be relatively easy to solve. The government wanted to improve the performance of the program, so teamed up with the researchers and partners at the World Bank to devise some additional interventions.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

The 2020 Leaders25 Top CHRO Award is a list curated by a panel of N2Growth team members ( co-led by Jeffrey Cohn and Mike Myatt ), as well as outside advisory members to ensure objectivity and rigor in our selection process. He is the total package – a team player people love to work with and for. Leaders25 2020 Top CHRO Awards.

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Leadership Interview: Mehdi Tazi, CEO at Beassur Marsh Shares His Perspective on Talent Gaps

N2Growth Blog

I recently had the privilege of speaking with Mehdi Tazi Chief Executive Officer at Beassur Marsh , a Morrocan based insurance brokerage during our global leadership tour. We discussed the global issue of talent gaps within organizations and what he believed was the cause and possible solutions to the problem. Interview Summary.

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