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Understanding the Current Talent Landscape - an Interview with Kimberly Evans, Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Inclusion, and Social Impact at Northern Trust

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In the latest Fearless Female Leadership interview, I had the incredible opportunity to speak with Kimberly Evans, Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Inclusion, and Social Impact at Northern Trust. Kimberly’s story is a powerful testament to the strength of purpose, the power of people-centered leadership, and the importance of seeking value over validation.

Rooted in humble beginnings, Kim shared how her mother’s example of selflessness and generosity shaped her entire approach to leadership. A defining childhood moment—watching her mother put groceries back at checkout—fueled her lifelong “why”: to succeed so her mom would never have to go without again. That clarity of purpose has guided Kimberly through the financial services industry, where she’s often been the only woman—and sometimes the only person of color—in the room.

Kimberly emphasized that success doesn’t require fitting a mold, but rather leveraging resilience, adaptive capacity, and emotional intel...

She Got the Raise, the Title, and the Respect…

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"She Got the Raise, the Title, and the Respect…"

Are you owning your value enough?

If that question made you take a pause, it’s ok. Not voicing our value or owning our worth has happened to most of us at one time or another.

But, it doesn’t have to.

According to DiversityWomen Media, ‘Women are often less assertive than men in the workplace and tend to apologize or minimize the importance of what they say when they do speak up-even female executives in meetings with their peers.’

Part of the challenge is that owning our value is a counterculture for many of us.

That was the case for Sue (not her real name:), a 1:1 Limitless Leader client of mine who is a female senior executive in finance. She had a 30-minute call scheduled for her annual review. The call was actually 10 minutes (...her boss was 10 minutes late and left 10 minutes early.)

She was rated as ‘far exceeds’ due to the growth of her line of business and progress on major (new) initiatives that she’s now responsible for. ‘Far ex...

Podcast Episode #98: "Growing Visibility for Women in Wealth Management" - an Interview with Brie Williams

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Growing Visibility for Women in Wealth Management

In case you missed my LIVE interview with the remarkable Brie Williams (Vice President, Head of Practice Management at SPDR Exchange Traded Funds - State Street Global Investors), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:

Having an open mind and willingness to try something different, even if it's not what you've envisioned for yourself
Learning to get comfortable in failing fast and failing up
Building your confidence and strengthening your resilience through self-doubt and anxiety
Using your network of colleagues and partners as a safe forum for trying out your ideas
The importance and value of the give and take of the sponsorship/mentorship relationship
Being authentic to yourself and embracing the many shapes and sizes of diversity.

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