New leadership programme to 'accelerate' careers of black women in asset management

First cohort to be introduced in May

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Industry organisation Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) has launched a six-month Leadership Accelerator designed to advance the careers of black women working in the industry through a "blended learning approach".

The BWAM Leadership Accelerator, which will begin in May and run to October 2021, has an "evidence-based" curriculum focusing on core competencies such as authentic leadership, navigating bias, emotional intelligence and communications. The first cohort will take up to 20 participants and the cost of each place on the Leadership Accelerator is £6,000. Cross-industry mentoring programme launched for senior black professionals BWAM suggests that the six-month programme is most appropriate for those women who are one to three promotion levels below managing director, senior partner or...

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