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Ken Kraft on Leadership and Ethics Training in Financial Institutions

Series: Just Business
From: Carnegie Council
Length: 00:26:31

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The two most important leadership attributes are empathy and humility, says Ken Kraft. He works with Bank of New York Mellon employees in 36 countries around the world to promote a culture of leadership and ethics within the organization. Read the full description.

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Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.

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Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.

Transcript

JULIA KENNEDY: Welcome to Just Business, a series of interviews on global business ethics.

Today I'm talking about leadership and ethics training in financial institutions with Ken Kraft. He has worked in leadership development and training at Wachovia Bank, Bank of America, and now he is vice president of learning and an organizational development consultant of Bank of New York Mellon.

He works with BNY Mellon employees across the country and across the globe to promote a culture of leadership and ethics in the organization. And it's a big job. After all, the bank holds $26.3 trillion in assets and has more than 100 locations across 36 countries.

Ken Kraft, welcome to Just Business.

KEN KRAFT: Thank you.

JULIA KENNEDY: How does leadership training work in financial institutions? Let's start with a very broad question.

KEN KRAFT: That's fine.

Leadership training is actually pretty...
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Additional Credits

Deborah Carroll - Producer
Julia Kennedy - Producer/Host of Just Business
Robert Smithline - Editor
Terence Hurley - Editor
Gusta Johnson - Production Assistant

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