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Leadership & the Workplace
MetLife's head of group benefits offers an open enrollment roadmap

Todd Katz, head of group benefits at MetLife, shares the strategies benefit managers can implement during this year's open enrollment.

How to evolve your mental health benefits for today's workforce

Lyra Health shares the latest trends shaping the mental health benefits space, and why employees still need support.

How to advise each generation for retirement

Nicole Cope, director of Ally Invest Advisors, explains the challenges and benefits of working with each generation on their retirement savings, from baby boomers to Gen Z.

Investing in women CEOs with Patricia Lizarraga of Hypatia Capita

The founder of an ETF that tracks all American public companies with female CEOs sits down with American Banker Editor-in-Chief Chana Schoenberger to discuss why it matters if a company has a woman as CEO.

Anne Lester on the future of retirement

Anne Lester, who led JPMorgan's Retirement Solutions department for 20 years, talks about how to overcome the psychological barriers to saving.

July 6
Why investing in women matters

Ellevest CEO and co-founder Sallie Krawcheck joins Chana Schoenberger, editor-in-chief of American Banker, to discuss how the investing world is changing and how women in banking and finance can succeed.

How to get better at advancing women

Nikkee Rhody, chief of strategy at Central Payments, and Shannon Huether, vice president of project management and implementations, explain how the company tailored every aspect of its hiring practice to make sure it reaches the talented women that other fintechs overlook.

How Citi thinks about innovation, customer experience, and employee retention
Titi Cole, of the Most Powerful Women in Banking, talks about designing from the ground up, keeping employees happy and proud, and what U.S. banks can learn from other countries.
Inclusion: What it Means and How to Implement

Experts discuss the proliferation of chief diversity officers across the industry and what it may mean for future progress in diversity.

December 21
Team over everything: Taking care of employees during times of uncertainty

As the pandemic continues to weigh on us all, BlueVine shares how it is putting employees first.

Five Ways Women are Delivering on the Leadership Promise

It's been proven time and again that women look at problems differently than male counterparts. It's part of what makes balanced teams critical to the success of any organization.

December 22
Emerging Technology
NYC's Chief Technology Officer Shares How Artificial Intelligence is Modernizing America's Largest City

The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived. NYC's CTO, Matthew Fraser, tells American Banker's Executive Editor of Technology, Penny Crosman, how new technology is shaping policy in America's largest city.

How to make your AI dreams a reality
One banks journey of taking an AI idea from inception to experience. How organizations can ensure the shift from pilot projects to full-scale AI fluency goes right