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Jane Fraser Quotes
22 quotes from Jane Fraser — CEO of Citigroup — the first woman to lead a major US bank..
“There is some crazy pressure on women, and on men, to almost be superwoman or superman, and that's just not realistic.”
“The advice to everyone is, you can have it all, but don't expect to have it at exactly the same time.”
“Your career is going to be measured in decades, and you'll probably have many careers in your life, so make sure that you really enjoy each period of your life and make the most of it.”
“Don't try and achieve everything at the same time and put so much pressure on yourself.”
“That was a game-changing piece of advice for me, because then I started doing completely different jobs and ones that weren't necessarily logical to most people's thinking.”
“If we didn't put our people's health and safety first ... I think we would have done a very poor job managing the bank.”
“Our employees have then rewarded us incredibly because, secure in that and knowing that they were going to be okay, then meant that they would focus on our clients and look after them too.”
“We will invest in our infrastructure, risk management and controls to ensure that we operate in a safe and sound manner and serve our clients and customers with excellence.”
“I knew it was going to be multiple years and I knew I had to get a move on: to be bold around it and take tough decisions that hadn't been made before.”
“We are not done and we've still got a way to go. There is no victory being declared, but there is very clear, demonstrable progress.”
“There was a lot of pride in some of these retail businesses and it has been hard to let go of them from a cultural point of view.”
“There is some crazy pressure on women, and on men, to almost be superwoman or superman, and that's just not realistic.”
“The advice to everyone is, you can have it all, but don't expect to have it at exactly the same time.”
“Your career is going to be measured in decades, and you'll probably have many careers in your life, so make sure that you really enjoy each period of your life and make the most of it.”
“Don't try and achieve everything at the same time and put so much pressure on yourself.”
“That was a game-changing piece of advice for me, because then I started doing completely different jobs and ones that weren't necessarily logical to most people's thinking.”
“If we didn't put our people's health and safety first ... I think we would have done a very poor job managing the bank.”
“Our employees have then rewarded us incredibly because, secure in that and knowing that they were going to be okay, then meant that they would focus on our clients and look after them too.”
“We are not done and we've still got a way to go. There is no victory being declared, but there is very clear, demonstrable progress.”
“Having experience of different parts of the bank gives you a lot of courage and conviction, to get clarity quickly about what needs to be done and stick to the plan, even if it's difficult.”
“We will invest in our infrastructure, risk management and controls to ensure that we operate in a safe and sound manner and serve our clients and customers with excellence.”
“I knew it was going to be multiple years and I knew I had to get a move on: to be bold around it and take tough decisions that hadn't been made before.”