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" An employee, even a very junior person, if they can articulately summarize a meeting, if they can put together a presentation and even emails that are really salient and to the point, they are so valued. "

Julie Sweet

Meeting

Together

Person

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Clients

Work

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Julie Sweet

Innovative

Smarter

" The government needs to invest in raising digital fluency of its citizenry. "

" I personally feel I will have failed if I do not make progress toward making us the most inclusive and diverse workforce in the U.S. "

Julie Sweet

Will

Progress

" The U.S. may be behind on family-friendly benefits, but I see it's changing, because we're all facing a talent war. "

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" You can't expect leaders and people to be intentional, take the steps that are needed, and be a part of making progress if you're not willing to be transparent about where we are and where we want to go. "

Julie Sweet

Expect

Progress

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