A $12 Trillion Business Case for Gender Equality in the workplace

In spite of my gender, I have always been a staunch advocate for gender equality and for having more women in leadership roles. As someone who has always been interested in creative, innovative and better ways of doing things in the workplace, I have found that the perspective women generally offer on virtually any subject matter is ‘thought provoking’ to …

Organizational Transformations – Is there method to the madness?

An organizational transformation is a challenging undertaking to even the most seasoned of Executive Teams. Few organizational transformations are deemed ‘successful’ and the majority are a far cry from their intended potential. A 2015 global survey conducted by McKinsey & Company, with over 1600 Executives from a broad range of regions, industries, company sizes, functional specialties and tenures – the …

From Management to Leadership: Why the difference is even more important today!

Few ‘Managers’ truly understand the difference between Management and Leadership. Some make the assumption that they are synonymous with each other, yet others assume the difference to be minor. So why is understanding the difference even more important today than it was before? As it turns out, the Millennials (Ages 18-34) are more interested and are far more responsive to those who Lead …

Financial Technology Innovation & Start-ups

A recent study shows that a growing number of start-up companies are using Peer-to-Peer solutions, Social Media and advanced Data Analytics to develop products, manage risk, and improve services in the Financial Services industry — mostly in payment transactions, with some advances in credit and risk scoring areas. While it appears that they are mostly staying away from large corporations and …