Navigating Your Career: Take the Driver's Seat is a webinar focused on strategies to help black women actively manage and advance their careers. You will hear directly from Megan Staczek, executive leadership coach and organizational development consultant, Melissa Norris and Beth Rustin, founding partners of Jamesbeck, and Angel Stewart, financial services diverse talent specialist, on these topics. [embed]https://vimeo.com/472684435/00ba37e4ed[/embed]
Read About ItPart 1: Improving Email Communications This is the first video in our four-part interview series about communication! We've been working closely with Michael Hoeppner, communications expert and CEO of GK Training, to demonstrate ways we can improve our communication skills. In part one, we spend eight minutes talking with Michael about email. We all dedicate so much time and energy to writing emails, so how do we do better? We ask Michael questions like: What is the appropriate length of an email? How much time should you take to write emails? What are rules of thumb for writing subject lines? How can you add value to prospecting emails? When is
Read About ItBy Melissa Norris and Megan Staczek The coronavirus pandemic has shown the investment management industry that its people can successfully work from home (WFH), regardless of function. But everyone is wondering what’s next. People are asking questions such as: Will this change be permanent? Will firms be more open to people working remotely – either permanently or partially? What are the impacts of a workforce that is in some form working from home? While there are many benefits and challenges to telework (see the addendum to this article below), we’re taking an even broader view of the current situation with the following
Read About ItI’ve been giving a lot of thought to how to capture what I’m hearing in the market since the abrupt shift to WFH in mid-March. Our pre-coronavirus definitions of work life balance have clearly been disrupted and upended. It’s not that we all had the perfect work life balance before, but we had a semblance of structure that defined our days. We had boundaries that allowed us to carve-out a little personal time and space when we weren’t expected to be “on” and before parenting or care-giving roles kicked in. Technology gave us the gift of 24/7 as we pursued
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Read About ItWhile both non-compete and non-solicitation clauses are fixtures in the asset management industry, we’ve noticed some new trends regarding these contractual agreements. In general, it seems to be getting harder for firms to enforce them. It’s also interesting to note that many firms don’t take action to hold former staff to agreements regarding the solicitation of their current employees. (See this article that explores this topic.) Non-Compete Clauses The application of non-compete (NC) clauses, also known as “non-competes” (NCs), varies widely across the industry although they’re more consistently found within the hedge fund community. NCs are not necessarily utilized more
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