Rising from the Mailroom to the Boardroom

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Packing a Pistol in the Mailroom

Business skills are vital to the success of governance, risk, compliance, and assurance professionals in the modern business world. Learning an industry from the ground up can help to launch a successful career through well-rounded grassroots experience, though an untrained teenager carrying a pistol is unlikely to fit within contemporary risk tolerance levels. This chapter highlights emotional intelligence, passion for learning, risk comprehension, and an innovative mindset as crucial levers in forging a pathway to success … and it also signals the value of heeding life lessons, like punctuality, given a career was almost extinguished on “day one” upon arriving late to an induction session. It highlights ...