As we confront and battle to defeat the awful COVID-19 disease whilst each of us is doing our best to protect our loved ones and communities, it can be difficult to assimilate and process the plethora of information, demands and priorities we now face in such unprecedented times.
Young officers in the British Army have the wise words above from a Prussian Field Marshall and military tactician instilled into them from the outset of their training. Covid-19 is our enemy and it has wrecked plans which now need new strategies.
Career planning in financial services is always time well spent as one certainty is that career certainties are rare. It is now even more so as we move back into a turbulent stretch and akin for many of us to the 2008 global financial crisis. Back then names such as Lehman Brothers, RBS and Bear Stearns were common parlance far beyond the Square Mile and Canary Wharf. From 2020 we are all going to be adding the names Covid-19 and Coronavirus into everyday discussions and how it affected our families, our lives and our careers. Without doubt its impact on financial services careers will be significant. To help try and mitigate some of the risk ahead, Eiger Regulatory Partners will be posting some articles to hopefully benefit and inform those within the regulatory community who might be seeking advice on how to navigate in the choppy career seas ahead.
We do not seek to divert attention away from our number one priority which is keeping ourselves and others safe, rather it is to consider what re-calibration might be needed and how best to adapt career plans and strategies.
