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Are you in a place in your career where everything appears to be working and yet something no longer feels quite right?

Career plateaus are not always about burnout or a lack of ambition.

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“My entire career has been motivated by answering exam questions that I’m passionate about,” says Julia Hoggett.

As chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, Hoggett sits at the center of UK capital markets. Read more of her inspiring story...

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The question isn't whether AI will affect your career. The question is: how prepared are you to work alongside it?

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#FutureOfWork

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"Historically, much of the derivatives business has been passed down through oral tradition," says Jamila Piracci.

Read how she helped shape derivatives regulation after Dodd-Frank, and why succession planning matters now more than ever.

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“Leaders should hold complexity without the temptation to collapse it. They should want to look at things from different perspectives and think deeply to earn the answer.”

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#AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPILeaders

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"Adaptability is a leadership superpower. The next generation of financial leaders will not thrive by mastering one static domain,” says Laura Magyar. “They will need flexibility, openness to change, and the willingness to evolve alongside the markets.”

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"The gap is in how we think about this problem, not in the technology." — Jharna Saha, Co-Founder of Enlog.

Our Earth Day conversation on sustainable careers in sustainable industries:

#EarthDay

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"Future leaders must be willing to be agile and adaptive, especially as the pace of change in the world continues to increase. AI is a great example of this..."

Read more from our conversation with Carey Ryan, who has been with Citi for over 20 years:

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"What I saw in @WellsFargo was a new challenge to do what I love and help build a leading corporate and investment bank that can bank companies along the whole spectrum of their growth – from mid-cap to large-cap and beyond.”

#WomenInFinance

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In this week’s Career Tip, we explore why accountability remains one of the hardest team behaviors to put into practice and how Kim Scott’s concept of radical candor offers a practical path forward.

#TeamDevelopment

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“Future leaders will need learning agility above everything else,” says Erika Irish Brown. “The pace of change is only accelerating...

Read more from our conversation with Brown and what is inspiring her to lead into the future.

#WomensHistoryMonth

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One of the hot topics this year at the Futures Industry Association (FIA) Boca Conference was the rise of prediction markets, which can be a useful risk management tool enabling participants to hedge against uncertain future events.

#PredictionMarkets

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In our latest profile, Joanna Fields reflects on resilience, reinvention, and why human judgment still matters most in an increasingly automated world.

#WomensHistoryMonth #FinTech #WomenLeaders

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For leaders committed to growth, retreats are not a break from real work. They are the work. They sharpen the mind, expand the network, and create the conditions where meaningful transformation can occur...

#ExecutiveRetreats #EvolvedWellbeing

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“The (trading) industry is built on people working together,” explains Nancy Stern. “You have to think of your interactions as long-term relationships. Something that makes sense in the short term may not serve you—or others—over time."

#WomenInFinance

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Our first profile of 2026 is part of this year’s series, "The Future, and the Women Powering It", where we speak with women leaders who are shaping what’s next, through innovation, influence, and the choices they make every day.

#WomenInTech #Innovation

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Executive presence has nothing on embodied presence. When you trust yourself, you carry yourself differently. A real leader is embodied.

Read on for 8 Ways to Build your Sense of Self-trust, and tips on how to apply each:

#SelfTrust #CareerAdvice

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“Being honest with clients about what you think is the best answer or solution for them—even when it isn’t necessarily most advantageous for you or your firm—has been core to my career.”

#WellsFargo #ClientCentered #Transparency

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Part 2 of Words of Wisdom 2025 reflections remind us that leadership is not just about what you achieve, but about how you show up, what you stand for, and the communities you build along the way.

#WordsOfWisdom

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“With AI there’s constant disruption,” says Monica Marquez. “It’s about how do you get people to become very agile and comfortable with that disruption? And how do you leverage and sustain that change?”

#AI #Reinvention

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