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This month, 35 years ago I started my career in the insurance industry - I know, I know you must all be saying - I don’t look old enough 🤣!! Seeing the increase in diversity, especially ethnic diversity in the city compared to what it was 35 years ago, is truly something. This post is not about my woes and challenges, it is to say thank you to my friends and colleagues who have at some time over these past 35 years, helped and supported me … you know who you are and I thank you so much 🥰. I also want to shout out to Equity City, iCAN: The Insurance Cultural Awareness Network and The LTL Collective and specifically Junior Garba ACII , Godwin Sosi Cert CII, Kishan Mangat, Ajay Mistry ACMA and Teniola Tijani for creating these spaces and for all of the incredible work you do - I have truly benefited 🫶🏾. I am often asked, what would I have told my younger self when starting my career … so here you are: 1. Find the right mentor / sponsor who will give you a different perspective, help you to remove blockers and unleash your confidence. 2. Join networks … they are a great safe place to make meaningful and long lasting and trusting connections. 3. Don’t get stuck - seek out opportunities where you can support on projects, CRG’s (sometimes this might have to be from the side of your desk!) job shadowing or secondments 4. Speak to people (in and outside of your org) who are doing the role you see yourself doing in the future. So … here’s to even more years in this industry, I doubt however it will be another 35!
Congratulations and thanks for sharing tips too! Very helpful 👏
And I was there, well, at one of those early employers. You were always an amazing colleague and work pal, with so much intelligence, personality, class and flair, I could always see you would be an amazing success, whatever you chose to do. And 35 years in this industry hey, not sure about you but I still feel like I’m just getting started.
So much I want to say, but to keep it brief, we love you!🩷
Marcia, many congratulations on reaching this milestone. Like Walmsley, Brewis and Meiras I have vivid memories of 35 years ago. You were a bright, intelligent and ambitious colleague. You were engaging committed and professional and I’m so proud of you and of you’re achievements. Well done Marce.
Is it really 35 years ago that you started your career at the young age of 12 years old? You were shining then; by now you are dazzling! And, as I’d expect, your sentiments are spot on.
Congrats Marcia...child labour obviously!
Congratulations celebrating 35 years 🎈
Hard to add to the comments here Marcia, which are all so very true. Yet you’re so humble with it, which is inspiring!! I think the word I’ll use is…. LEGEND!! 👍🏾😊👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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1wHi Marcia, huge congratulations on what you have achieved, so far !! Can't believe its 35 years. By my reckoning i think we met at Aetna just 6 months in when I was already well into my career, so imagine how old I feel?!!! An energised hard working positive person, you made an immediate impact with all around you in your first role in insurance. You were always going places, and you have !! On the way you've clearly made a difference to many people's lives. Great to see how you' had a broader cultural impact with modernising attitudes in this very traditional sector, becomr a role model, and I'm sure along the way you've made alot of people smile... Your list of lessons learned resonates, and your positive, can-do attitude always came across from word go. The impact of that teenager starting out in 1990 has been fantastic to see and you must have inspired many, many others. Always a star!