How to Change The Status Quo – By 10 Influential Women in Finance (Part 2)
Although having the technological capabilities to perform your job duties effectively is critical, interpersonal skills are becoming increasingly essential in today’s global workforce. Luckily for us, women are innately prepared with all of the qualities that foster good business leadership.
This is part 2 of the study about what 10 women leaders said when they were asked about their intentions if they could start a movement to change the status quo and things for the future.
Cynthia Loh (Charles Schwab – VP)
– She believes that the financial consulting system is not accessible to consumers and that it causes them to become stuck due to the availability of many options. Therefore, she ought to think that it is her responsibility for future generations to lower costs and other barriers to entry so that people feel more confident in planning their financial futures.
Kelly Steckelberg (Zoom – CFO)
– Kelly is a strong believer in education and skills training and acquisition. For her, education is a powerful weapon to empower not only an individual by himself, rather society as a whole. At Zoom, they invest in their employers’ lifelong learning as one of the core pillars of their philanthropic giving. They also focus on continuously encouraging them for better educational opportunities.
Luvleen Sidhu (BankMobile – Founder)
– Sidhu tries to inspire a movement where she can provide affordable banking services without any outrages fees, provide financial education, and help customers manage their money well. By helping people manage and grow their money, they get to achieve their dreams to be banking partners who can help.
Chikako Okada Tyler (California Bank & Trust – VP)
– Chikaho encourages women to take risks and say what they want out loud. She pushes them to ignore what people think and how they perceive them if they say the wrong thing. She tries to remind them that they’re intelligent human beings with valuable thoughts. By minimizing the gender gap in house chores and office responsibilities, society will be capable of normalizing these facts.
Chloe McKenzie (CEO of On a Wealth Kick and of BlackFem, Inc.)
– “Black Feminism teaches us that if we direct our efforts to liberate the most systematically disadvantaged (i.e. women of color), then we liberate everyone.” Chloe quotes.
For her, she wants to create more of her, more strong, ambitious, and fearless leaders who can build a community where every woman of color can create wealth even when they are young. She believes in investing their resources and knowledge in young generations so that they can, in turn, invest it in their communities.
“Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears.” – Susana Martinez
