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RE: Story 268 Fair enough but how would hiring more women into leadership roles or sponsoring them mitigate any of the risks indicated in your examples? You appear all over the place and are criticizing without rhyme and reason. Let’s cut Jane some slack. She has done a wonderful job which should be celebrated.

Asset management vet of 30 years. For most of my career, I’ve worked with men who are supportive and professional, which made it difficult for me to relate to the #metoo movement, which in my view was mostly about sexual harassment. (Not to say one’s not due for financial services but it’s not my thing.)…

I was terminated for speaking up about sexual harassment in Asia. I just completed my interview with one of the big global MNC banks, and the questions I was asked by the talent acquisition manager, a woman, even after I disclosed the reason for my departure from my last organisation, were appalling and deeply unsettling….

Story 365 – I worked briefly at JPM after it acquired First Republic. My experience is that [REDACTED] is a menace, but that’s not what I came here to say. What shocked me was the degree to which employees behaved as though they were part of the Cult of Dimon. No matter how basic or…

The conversation about what’s broken on Wall Street is often framed as women versus men. But recently a senior male technology executive at a major financial institution told me something that disappointed me deeply — though it did not surprise me. He said he doesn’t feel free to speak up to fix what needs fixing….

Politicians: Live your life in such a way that millions of people don’t celebrate your death. Executives: Live your life in such a way that you don’t need to hide the fact that you impregnated your wife while she was married to someone else.