What is Protiviti?
Protiviti is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach, and unparalleled collaboration. We help you confidently address challenges and opportunities in technology, finance, transformation, business process, risk, compliance, transactions and internal audit.
What is the Partner Benefit to the Member?
Founded in 1938 to increase the opportunities for women in all fields of accounting and finance, members of the Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA) and the companies they work for continue to benefit from this organization. With a focus on providing resources that accelerate professional growth, the AFWA has played an important role in helping the industry – and the women who work in it – evolve over the past 83 years. Protiviti and Robert Half maintain a partnership with the AFWA. In fall 2021, Protiviti employees attended the AFWA conference – here’s some of what our team learned there:
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Women have made gains in closing the pay gap; however, women still earn only and estimated 82% of men’s average wages.
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To help build your credibility, avoid self-deprecation. Don’t plant any seeds of doubt.
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Practice expectation management by being a master communicator – be direct, clear, timely, persuasive, and gracious.
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Some tools to mitigate cognitive biases and improve our decision making include awareness, good design principles, and checklists.
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Be intentional about your actions!
Contact:
Amber Acosta, Manager – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, amber.acosta@protiviti.com
Testimonial:
“One of the highlights of the conference for our team was attending a session hosted by Jason Swiergol, a managing director from Protiviti’s Phoenix office. Jason’s session, Cognitive Biases – Lessons for the Workplace – focused on cognitive biases and decision making. During the session, Jason shared techniques to utilize biases and heuristics to improve decision making, stressing the importance of understanding these biases and using errors of judgement to improve decision making.”
– Julie Nadig, Manager – Risk & Compliance, Chicago
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