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John Taft, the CEO of RBC Wealth Management, has seen his share of ups and downs as a leader. While his expertise lies in financial services, the lessons Taft has learned apply to leaders across all organizations.

What are the three tenets that define your leadership style?

Focus on culture, communicate frequently and with absolutely clarity about mission, and try as much as possible to embody the principles of servant leadership.[…] Continue Reading »

“Too many laws, too few examples.” That aphorism, attributed to poet and French revolutionary Louis de Saint-Just, neatly describes the state of financial-regulatory-reforms efforts both in the United States and around the world.

On the one hand, there is no question much of the new regulatory rule making confronting the financial-services industry is a necessary and critical part of making the financial system safer, stable and more secure, and has already played a role in significantly reducing the level of risk embedded in the global financial system.[…] Continue Reading »