Lehman Broker

Josie Esquivel, a star analyst on Wall Street, built a career based around principles she learned at an early age from her parents. She developed a leadership brand that defined her identity and set her apart from others. She was recognized early in her career for her strengths and ambition, and was able to stay true to those characteristics throughout her successful career. Josie was goal orientated from day one and continued to be throughout her life. This would become her overall driving motivation that she leveraged with her strengths. She was taught at an early age that hard work is rewarded when you accomplish your goals. She started her career right after high school taking a job at a department store while attending college. The general manager taught her the fundamentals of managing a store as well as encouraging her to take business classes to further her development. From this experience she realized her passion and talent for the fashion and apparel industry. She accomplished early success and soon realized she needed more challenge and reward. She then decided to pursue an MBA from Harvard. Her Professor described her intelligence as average for Harvard, but she had street smarts and a strong personality from her experiences and upbringing that set her apart from others. She was able to stand her ground and prove she belonged. In Josie’s first job out of business school she took a position at J.P. Stevens to work for an executive that took notice of her in school. He described her as setting a high standard for herself, and possessed a great combination of tenacity and drive to achieve. He continued to say that she had a fiery personality and was always critiquing herself and others to find ways to improve. She had a blunt personality and was very outspoken. Josie’s passion to succeed, goal orientation, savvy street smarts, strong will, industry knowledge, and trustworthiness were her unique strengths and characteristics. These traits are