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The Director Who Doesn’t Know What He Doesn’t Know There is a particular kind of incompetence that announces itself through enthusiasm directed at the wrong audience. A Director came to share his excitement. He had been given exposure…

Dear editor, please publish an edit to the last paragraph. She knows her leadership decisions have been a mess from day one. And that her willful blindness and arrogance has needlessly and negatively impacted the careers of thousands…

Story 310: Thank you for your incisive analysis of Fortune’s seeming pay-to-play article on Jane Fraser. I agree with every word and would just add that, like most of today’s leaders – male and female – she expects…

This week, Fortune published a favorable profile of Jane Fraser and Citi’s turnaround. It is worth reading — for what it chooses not to examine. For investors, Fortune provides the “What” — the plan, the metrics, the narrative…

When concerns about bullying, harassment, and discriminatory conduct were raised at Citi (former USPB), HR’s response was predictable and scripted: invoke an MD’s prerogative, then delegate the complaint perfunctorily to junior personnel without the seniority, authority, or institutional…

To story 307, I went through the exact same in another group, we are not liars or crazy. With all the proof in the world, HR will never ever investigate anything. In my case a lawyer got involved…

Citigroup New York — ICG Expense Management. My team served as trusted advisors to Global Markets businesses and senior leadership, delivering transparency into execution expense. My male manager fabricated complaints and a false performance review to push me…

Dear Editor, I believe there is a typo in story 305, at the end, “were NOT a casualty”. Worth correcting.

Culture is set from the top. The [REDACTED] at Citi has apparently decided that’s not his job. When male colleagues sharing his same ethnic background ganged up on a newly hired Caucasian female director, their behavior was quickly…

At one of the world’s largest technology companies in SV, my friend was invited to join what management called the “Innovation Circle,” a handpicked group of seven high-potential employees tasked with developing new products and strategic ideas. She…