by T3mpl4r4dv150r5 | Sep 7, 2016 | Learning and development, Negotiation
Almost 60 percent of banks’ profits come from origination, sales, distribution and other customer-facing activities. This generates a 22 percent return on equity (ROE), in comparison to the six percent ROE gained from the provision of balance sheet and fulfillment. It...
by T3mpl4r4dv150r5 | Aug 31, 2016 | Executive presence, Learning and development
To get ahead in banking you have to successfully progress from analyst to associate to VP and beyond. And that can be a tough transition. Your once analytical and execution-focused role suddenly transforms into one where you’re responsible for sourcing potential...
by T3mpl4r4dv150r5 | Aug 24, 2016 | Learning and development, Templar
Speaking at the City Week 2016 Conference, Andrew Bailey, then CEO of the PRA and now CEO of the FCA, said: I want to start with what I intend as an unambiguous statement, namely that the culture of firms and the people that make them up – and of course...
by T3mpl4r4dv150r5 | Aug 16, 2016 | Learning and development, Negotiation
In 2014, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jill Abramson was dismissed from her role as executive editor of The New York Times. Despite suggestions that it was down to a fractured relationship with managing editor, Dean Baquet, many wondered if it really came down to...
by T3mpl4r4dv150r5 | Jul 21, 2016 | Learning and development, Negotiation
‘I knew we’d lost the client when he offered me a chocolate as we left the room.’ Rarely will a client actively avoid you before you lose them; more often than not there are subtler signs that your client isn’t happy. You need to recognise these clues and...
by T3mpl4r4dv150r5 | Apr 20, 2016 | Learning and development, Presentation skills, Women's development
Good communication and collaboration are essential pillars of success in the professional world (and often the personal too). Employers recognise this: researchers at Queens University of Charlotte found that up to 75 percent of employers rate teamwork and...