Pam Halle is a mother & wife. Family is essential and defines who she is. She works in the financial services space. Currently, she is the head of marketing for Liberty IT Consulting Group.
Pam finds the fast-moving and rapidly evolving part of the financial services market attractive. Technologically, it is exciting. Its crucial to keep learning and upskilling just to keep up. Every CEO brings a new vision. She has been involved in several organisational restructures.
It can be grueling and grind you down, so it is essential to get a balance family and time away from work.
Keeping up with essential technologies in her role is exciting and challenging. Leveraging CRMs and platforms like LinkedIn for the business are a constant learning curve.
In this era, training can be a 15-minute video to watch or short audios. A lot of the training can be done at home and in your own time.
The technology piece must be viewed as exciting and something to embrace if you grow in your role.
Everyone needs to upskill in the rapidly changing world. We are moving away from working close to each other. The piece which bridges customers and works colleagues together is technology. The technology is increasingly efficient and easy to use.
One of the innovative ways we are changing AI is starting to change the work environment.
Some people cannot keep up so quickly with technology changes. It can be overwhelming.
Regardless of age, fast speed internet and zoom are now essentials for operating at home. Working, ordering groceries, buying essentials all require
For young people considering entering the financial services sector, Pam has the following advice: Be adaptable to learning new technologies and change. Be prepared to upskill, learn, inquisitive for new information constantly. Use technology to extend your reach.
Leadership skills have changed from being brave and positive, steering the ship and evolve to being empathetic and vulnerable. Leaders who admit weaknesses and vulnerability can bring people with them through a crisis. They are willing to make tough decisions and being accountable. Communicate and keep communicating. Communication encourages engagement and support from the community, and people will trust and follow.
In Summary:
Connection with People is essential.
Be open to new ideas
Learning technology.
Be vulnerable and willing to admit you do not know the answer.
Attitude: be positive and try to see the good things rather than the negatives.
Adaptability: be willing to learn and keep learning. Learn new ways of working and the related technology.
Proactivity: use technology to your advantage.
Be vulnerable and authentic in leadership.
People want to help and trust, but this has to be earned by leaders.