In 1994, a group of senior women expressed their concern to TD management about the lack of women at the highest levels of the organization. The result of the specially created Task Force for the Advancement of Women was Advancing Together, a comprehensive initiative covering career development, succession planning, respect, and flexibility. Now broadly applicable to all TD employees, the initiative maintains a special concentration on women. Another is to give all employees cross-functional experience, training, and support for their personal and professional development. Perhaps more impressive, however, is the fact that 12 percent of their senior vice presidents are now female, up from none before 1994.
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