Who We Are
About Alvista Loop
Stephanie S. Hockman
Stephanie Hockman founded Alvista Loop to address the financial services industry’s need to attract, grow, and retain top talent. With over 30 years of finance industry experience, she has utilized her knowledge and understanding to assist early career professionals, mid and senior level executives, and women excel in their financial services career. She has a proven ability to coach individuals, build teams and business lines, and work with employers at investment banks, private investing firms, alternative investment vehicles, and startups to enhance performance, improve productivity and drive long-term success.
Prior to launching Alvista Loop, Stephanie was the inaugural Program Director for the Traub Careers in Business and Finance program at Amherst College where she coached, advised, and prepared thousands of students for careers in finance. In addition, she collaborated with employers to develop recruiting processes that attracted diverse, top talent. Through her efforts, over one-third of the student population secured jobs in finance, consulting or general business and increased employment opportunities by 30%.
Prior to Amherst College, Ms. Hockman spent 23 years working in the financial services industry. She worked at BNP Paribas as a Managing Director in Global Equities and Commodity Derivatives (“GECD”) leading teams in New York, London, and Hong Kong. She was an inaugural member of the Women’s Leadership Initiative, was a member of the GECD Executive Committee, founded the Women in Global Markets group, and led the GECD Summer Internship Program. Prior to BNP Paribas, Ms. Hockman was a Principal at Banc of America Securities where she led the U.S. Prime Services client relationship management team. Through her tenure at Banc of America Securities, she increased client profitability and optimized resources to best align services and profitability and built a strong team culture of client service that received #1 ratings in industry surveys. She was also instrumental in transitioning almost 700 clients and over 300 employees from Bank of America to BNP Paribas at the height of the financial crisis. Ms. Hockman started her career at Arthur Andersen providing tax consulting to hedge funds and investment partnerships and developed a growth strategy for the hedge fund advisory group. She was also the lead recruiter for the internship and full-time programs within the hedge fund practice. Stephanie has a proven track record of developing people, teams, and business lines and being leading figure for women in organizations.
Stephanie received her Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Masters in Professional Accounting (MPA) from The University of Texas at Austin and completed the Authentic Leadership Course and Leading with Finance Certification from Harvard Business School. She is a Board Certified Coach, Hogan Assessments certified, and MBTI certified. In addition to 10 years as a career coach, she has also completed specialized coaching certifications in strategic planning and execution, power and influence, time and productivity leadership, communication impact, change leadership, perceptual shift, and culture change.
Stephanie enjoys watching sports, coaching basketball, and spending time with her husband and two children.
The Alvista LOOP Approach
Alvista Loop uses a 4-step continuous process to help individuals and companies optimize their strengths and create action plans to enhance areas of improvement. The LOOP approach includes:
Through active listening, the LOOP approach helps individuals and organizations enhance communication, build strong relationships, improve problem solving, facilitate learning and development, increase productivity, enhance conflict resolution skills, and boost overall leadership abilities.
The LOOP approach gains a strong understanding of individuals and organizations through assessments and other tools. This is used to help individuals and teams identify areas for improvement. By leveraging observation, individuals can accelerate their career progression and enhance their leadership capabilities; positioning themselves as effective and adaptive leaders.
The LOOP approach optimizes performance.
For individuals, optimization means delving into tough questions, utilizing insightful feedback, setting SMART goals, seeking continuous improvement through feedback and intellectual curiosity, and prioritizing physical and mental health.
Corporations optimize through utilizing data to create OKRs while being agile to respond to changes, setting clear vision and effectively communicating it, and fostering an innovative and engaged culture where everyone feels they and their ideas are valued.
The LOOP approach inspires action. In this phase of the LOOP process, we work collaboratively to create action steps that address issues; fostering continuous improvement through engagement and empowerment.
Active listening is the cornerstone of effective leadership and growth. It is the way to enhance communication, build strong relationships, improve problem solving skills, facilitates learning and development, increases productivity, enhances conflict resolution skills, and boosts overall leadership abilities.
Paying close attention to others and the dynamics within your team or groups will help you better understand the context in which others operate and identify areas for improvement. By leveraging observation, individuals can accelerate their career progression and enhance their leadership capabilities; positioning themselves as effective and adaptive leaders.
To elevate yourself, your team, and your organization you must encourage improvement in processes and solutions. For individuals, optimization involves asking insightful questions, providing insightful feedback, and fostering an environment where continuous improvement is valued. It includes setting SMART goals, strong time management, continuous learning through feedback and intellectual curiosity, and prioritizing physical and mental health. Corporations will optimize through utilizing data to create OKRs while being agile to respond to changes, setting clear vision and effectively communicating it, and foster an innovative and engaged culture where everyone feels they and their ideas are valued.
Inspire action by driving forward and motivating yourself and your team. In this phase of the LOOP process, you need to take all your information and move forward with implementing the solutions and action steps. Propelling includes defining your vision and mission and fostering continuous improvement through engaging and empowering yourself and others.
