Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Coaching client: Managing director in investment banking in NYC. Word got out and three other banks offered her a job. Recruiting client: Company looking for someone to lead a department of 75 engineers. Probably so the company doesn’t have to find a woman for the role of engineering VP.)

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Whether you're in construction, engineering, manufacturing or even advertising and marketing, green is where it is at. Then, we bailed out the banks, not the people, with the financial rescue plan. Want better wages, a new and growing career and unlimited oportunities? Go green, ladies and gentlemen, go green. According to a U.S.

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McKinsey

MAY 25, 2016

This report offers an overview of stress testing as a management and regulatory tool in banking. The report suggests ways that banks can use stress tests and their component parts to connect strategic thinking at Baord and senior management level to meaningful actions across their organizations.

Engineering 53

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 25, 2020

I’m really banking on that being true because I’ve been saying if for five years. Traffic engineering. I’m hopeless,” then that will be true. But if you tell yourself “I’m good at being active so I will go back to exercising,” then that will be true. City planning. Zoning board.

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International Coach Academy

AUGUST 2, 2023

He also worked as an IT Business Analyst for Business Intelligence at Johnson Controls & a Senior Technical Associate at Bank of America, where he was responsible for managing software development projects.

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Vantage Circle

JULY 14, 2020

Amit has over 19 years of work experience and prior to joining Aviva, has worked in HR leadership roles at Bank of America, Royal Bank of Scotland, American Express, and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.

Communication 52

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Vantage Circle

MARCH 24, 2025

That experience—the roar of engines, exclusive paddock access, and conversations with industry leaders—has stayed with me for years. Addressing Potential Drawbacks of Experiential Employee Rewards Managing Costs Without Compromising Impact Experiential rewards can be costly, but they don’t have to break the bank.

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Crestcom

JANUARY 19, 2024

I used to be an engineer, and that was what gave me the idea. As an engineer, on occasion, I would, I would be at a convention. From networking to dating, small talk is the key to creating connections. Do you know how to use small talk to improve your relationships? I’m the person who used to hate small talk. I had no skill.

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Engineering Real Estate Leadership Networking 59

Crestcom

MARCH 7, 2024

He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a Master’s in Business Engineering. He has worked in the UK and South Africa in telecoms, banking, residential property, NHS, outsourcing and IT.

Networking 52

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Vantage Circle

MAY 22, 2019

Case in point, Google engineers are seen around the campus wearing flip-flops and shorts, looking more like college students than actual professionals. Granted that some business roles such as sales have to adhere to strict dress mode. But for the most number of in-office roles, the formals can be discarded for a more casual look.

Banking 40

Banking Insurance Food Performance 40

She Owns Success

JULY 29, 2024

Yet, there are plenty of affordable and effective strategies that can help you reach your audience without breaking the bank. Investing time in developing high-quality content, optimizing for search engines, leveraging social media, harnessing email marketing, and monitoring analytics is key to success.

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B Plans

JULY 29, 2015

While the most traditional option is to go to the bank for a loan, there are many other choices that you may not know about. Let’s start with a website that functions like a grant search engine. Unlike traditional banks, Kabbage evaluates things like your eBay account and QuickBooks records, rather than your credit score.

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Finance Banking Media Accounting 40

Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The engineers assumed that the company was into technical innovation and that managers limited their autonomy. The scandal involved the bank's employees creating millions of unauthorized accounts for customers to meet sales targets and earn bonuses. Let us understand this better with the following example.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Patient safety decreases by 15% Replacing a highly specialized healthcare professional can cost as much as 200% of the employee's yearly salary Financial Services In banking and finance, employee engagement directly impacts the bottom line through lost clients and reduced trust.

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crowdspring

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In a recent study on the Crowdfunding Industry , World Bank predicted that the crowdfunding market could increase to between $90 and $96 billion, which is approximately 1.8 Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization. times the size of the global venture capital industry today. IWA – International Webmasters Association.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In fact, US engineers dismissed suspension bridges as unsafe in general, much less for a railroad. There was a Canadian entrepreneur named William Merritt who was enjoying a picnic with his wife on the banks of the Niagara River, and they’d received a letter from their children who were visiting Europe.

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Crestcom

APRIL 15, 2022

That’s when somebody, so that could speak to my engineering firms that I work with. So I love to hide from that, but obviously it’s not an easy thing to hide from because you can look in the bank and be reminded. <Laugh> Jenn DeWall: Oh! Merit Kahn: Right. It’s complex, creative or requires a consultation.

Development 52

Development Solution IT Leadership 52

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

My new job isn't what I want to do forever, but it is putting money in the bank to fund my interests, and gaining me experience in communications. These three are what make a liberal arts education more valuable than a vocational education like engineering or nursing. Thanks, community college. Right now, it's not.

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StrategyU

JULY 5, 2020

Starting as an engineering-focused discipline in manufacturing plants, the consulting industry has reinvented itself many times and played many different roles while always being shrouded in secrecy. From a 1895 presentation to a group of engineers, we find that consultants called themselves “consulting engineers.”.

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Consulting Strategy Engineering Manufacturing 52

The Coaching Blog

JULY 26, 2022

Trust and confidence in nearly every major institution, including Big Tech companies, media, banks, schools, and even the healthcare system, has plummeted over the last few years. We also have relatively new technology like blockchain, which has been engineered specifically to maximize trust and decentralization.

Government 52

Government Healthcare Engineering Banking 52

Lateral Action

OCTOBER 24, 2008

Eliot worked in a bank. Personally, I'm intrigued by the fact that Gerber describes The Entrepreneur rather than The Technician as the 'creative' one: The Entrepreneur is the creative personality - always at its best dealing with the unknown, prodding the future, creating probabilities out of possibilities, engineering chaos into harmony.

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Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Honeywell is an engineering and technology firm with a presence in aerospace, building technology, and industrial safety. Citi Bank offers a range of child support resources through Bright Horizons to meet its employees’ ever-changing family needs.

Healthcare 64

Healthcare Medical Insurance Accounting 64

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Not that I have any reason to doubt you, but why does nearly every major investment/banking firm that got gobs of money in the bailout because they nearly collapsed under the weight of stupid investments make the list? Most women run away from that kind of work, unless it's biology or biochemistry. Hmm, not so sure that's fair.

Banking 104

Banking Manufacturing Career Recruitment 104

Lateral Action

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Unless the engineers at Houston could find a solution the astronauts could implement using the materials on board, the crew would die of asphyxiation before they made it back home. Our bank accounts. talk about thinking inside the box. And yet for millions of us, those boxes of very real. Almost everything in our lives is a box.

Creativity 52

Creativity Solution Engineering Banking 52

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

And guess which industry my friends & I work in – yup banking. Sometimes ppl are getting specials rights because of their money in the bank. Unless it's an MBA from a top 10 school, or leads directly to a PhD in science of engineering, forget about it. Nevermind if they deserve it or not. What a rip-off.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

For years I've been trying to explain to my engineer husband how the numbers literally float around the page when I look at it and I should probably not be the one doing the taxes. I'm 51 and find it hard to do things like call doctors, or go to the bank, or make appts., Great post. stuff like that. I love to know people.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Many are engineers. Years ago, I worked in a rural bank, located in a small Wisconsin town similar to Darlington. You can find a guy like this – he may make less, probably won't be an Alpha Man CEO type, but they exist. One of the crabbiest, pessimistic customers there was an elderly bachelor.

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She Owns Success

MAY 16, 2025

Your Mindset Isnt the Only Thing That Needs to Be Bulletproof Think of mindset as the engine , marketing as the fuel. The stuff that keeps your bank account, your boundaries, and your brand intact when things get real. And a civil suit attorney can help you do just thatbefore small issues turn into public disasters. Because of growth?

Insurance 52

Insurance Engineering Banking Strategy 52

McKinsey

JUNE 11, 2025

I had no prior experience in network architecture or design engineering, but I rapidly taught myself about voice and data infrastructure to effectively manage my senior leadership role. The reason is that, when I first joined the banking industry, I was myself a single parent to two teenagers, and I remained a single parent for nine years.

Networking 69

Networking Architecture Career Education 69

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Although I have to tell you that I think it's a good title for SEO (search engine optimization). And, the community you have created gives you lots of bank on that front. Thanks for the insight, Kerry. The title actually makes me cringe, now that you say that. I like this comment so much, Jamie. Thank you.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Like, my husband got hit with a bunch of bank fees that he didn't deserve, and he was pissed. Since I am creatively challenged by nature (I'm an engineer) I will focus on the sugar aspect and add nerds and gummy bears (both available from the office candy/crack pusher) to decorate the cupcakes and hope for the best.

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IT Management Management Food 110

Crestcom

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

And probably most of you out there kind of know this already, but what I think was new in this conversation recently is that I think it was Mark Zuckerberg first who basically said, we want you as a middle manager to either go back to building and become an individual contributor because you’ve been a great engineer before.

Leadership 52

Leadership Engineering Development Leadership Development 52

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

But then I'm an engineer so maybe I'm biased :-). As a mother of toddler and a holding full time job at a bank, I had a crazy life last few yrs in India managing everything and feeling guilty in every area for not being able to give 100% time. An interested fulfilled through information consumption appeals very much to me!

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 23, 2010

I also have it on good authority that the quality of Facebook's software engineering is shite. link] Posted by Patrick on August 4, 2010 at 5:45 pm | permalink | Reply Yeah, it's all fun 'n games until you get a stalker, or someone steals your identity and empties your bank account. It's been done.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I went to the top engineering school in the country. I couldn't have done any of those things as I had my first child when I was 19; there was no money for a diploma from Harvard and there weren't enough hours in my day for a job at an investment bank. Graduating class of 90, largest to ever go through my school.

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