How Women Can Be Master Bankers, Especially With Singaporean Advantages - Building Gender Balanced Business

• Tough as it is for women to succeed in banking, what with the emphasis on long hours and full focus on career, women should note the advantages they bring automatically:

1. Personal touch
2. Empathetic skills

• Singapore in particular has some advantages, according to The Business Times and based on interviews with 19 top female bankers in the city state:

1. National emphasis on meritocracy can offset other discrimination
2. Small size of Singapore allows greater flexibility for child care
3. Close-knit families increase care options
4. Domestic service is easily and widely available

• The authors, who wrote an assessment as they completed business school, conclude, “To maximise human capital from the female gender, banks can be more forthcoming about institutionalising flexi-work schemes, establish mentorship programmes, and be open to and celebrate different models of success in the workplace”

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