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Championing Diversity and Inclusion at Bank of America

HR Digest

In 2012, we began to launch Diversity Leadership Councils, starting with our Black Executive Leadership Council (BELC). We were able to create this report because we were already doing the work – we had built robust analytics and put processes in place at all levels of the company to drive progress and accountability.

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How to Cultivate Leadership Presence in a Remote Working World

Great Leadership By Dan

Cultivating leadership presence is foundational for this to happen. What leadership presence is When was a time that you became so immersed in what you were doing that you lost a sense of time? Cultivating presence will greatly enhance the quality of your leadership and life. Already you’ve had a taste of this capacity.

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Preview Thursday: The Leadership Killer

Lead Change Blog

We are pleased to present this excerpt from The Leadership Killer by Bill Treasurer and Captain John Havlik. Leadership is hard. Sure, leadership can be attractive and rewarding, but that doesn’t mean it’s obligation free. Leadership is a role, a part you play in front of many audiences. Everybody serves somebody.

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Hire People with Common Sense and Good Critical Judgement

Great Leadership By Dan

I didn’t have the authority to order the recall, and was told by my direct reports that I would either be celebrated or terminated for the recall decision. A few days after I shared this experience, I received an email from one of the attendees, a senior leader at a bank, who wrote: Your presentation last Thursday evening was very impactful.

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Bank of America: Yesterday and Today

Coaching Tip

Giannini, a son of Italian immigrants, founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco with the vision that banks should serve more than the fortunate few. . Rushing into the shattered city, he managed to have $80,000 in gold loaded onto a horse cart covered with vegetables before fire consumed the bank building. In 1904, A.P.

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Three Must Do’s for Leaders Leading Through Change

Next Level Blog

As reported in the New York Times this week, the World Bank is in the midst of a two year restructuring effort. The basic goal of the change is to shift from the Bank’s decades-long regional structure to one that is organized around areas of functional expertise. Another goal is to reduce expenses.

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Staying Complaint as Compliance Moves Out of the Office

N2Growth Blog

Thanks at least in part to the banking scandals over the past few years, Reuters has recently reported that bank compliance teams are increasingly scrutinizing outside the office activities like social outings to bars and the like. By Patricia Lenkov , Chair, Executive Search, N2growth.