Legg Mason | Smart Money Talks With An Accent

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Legg Mason is a global asset management firm with nearly $1 trillion in client assets. It tapped Joe Timmins to create Human Resources programs and practices that would assure the seamless delivery of services. Joe developed a strategy and a structure to accomplish that — twice! First, for the Legg Mason he joined in 1997 and then, again, when Legg acquired Citigroup's $2 billion Asset Management Division with employees in 18 countries and simultaneously divested its 3,500 employee brokerage business. Recognizing that strategies and structures are only as good as the implementation efforts of the organization's people, Joe didn't just create the plan — he managed the process.