Future-Ready Leadership

In this episode of Leaders in the Arena, hear from Kristin Leydig-Bryant, Founder and CEO of Clarity at Work, as she discusses the power of foresight methods for the C-Suite, and how a practice of understanding future trends can not only help your organization weather whatever may come, but thrive.

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How I Used Faith & Failures to Overcome My Fears

Fear can often be the biggest hurdle keeping us from success. In this webinar, hear from Virginia Murphy, CEO of Waste Water Industrial Solutions, as she tells her story and the experiences that shaped her. Join us as Virginia shares her insights on how she overcame the fear of being a woman in a male-dominated industry through both learning from failure and her faith.

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Reinventing the Entrepreneurial Journey

Entrepreneurship has evolved from a once-or-twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity to an activity which can be engaged in multiple times, right now. Join Adam Wolcott, Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at University of Tennessee Chattanooga, as he discusses how innovation, specifically technology, has impacted the activity of entrepreneurship itself. Learn how who are we as individuals—our skills, resources, intentions, and commitments—impact the success of our ideas.

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Cultivating Flexible, Skills-Based Talent

Johanna Thoma, Unum AVP, Skills & Talent Development gives a brief on Unum’s shift to a skills-based talent management approach. During the session, Johanna shares highlights of how Unum is taking a strategic, proactive approach to identifying and building skills to retain, develop, and engage employees and enable cross-functional talent mobility.

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Inspire SeriesMark Erickson
Authentic Leadership: A Continuous Journey

So many leaders want to ignore crucial steps to building behavioral integrity, but at the heart of GREAT leadership is: vulnerability, curiosity, self-discovery & awareness, authenticity, respect (for others and oneself), and EQ/PQ. Join Brooke Elliott, Founder and Certified Coach of BE Complete Coaching & Consulting, LLC. for guidance on how to be successful on your leadership journey.

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Crafting an Elegant Customer Experience

First Horizon's Strat Parrott, VP Design Director, Experience & Innovation, shares his insights on the how to deliver elegant, omni-channel customer experiences. A recent study from Gartner shows that over 80% of organizations expect to compete mainly based on Customer Experience. Learn tips for design strategy, visual interface, and service design to create the optimal experience ecosystem for your business.

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Mark Erickson
Innovation for Social Impact

How might innovative methods traditionally used to develop profitable products and services benefit those striving to make an impact on social issues? Emily Rose Skywark, MPH and Consultant with Bridge Innovate shares her story tips for adapting design thinking and strategy tools for social impact in both the industry and academia.

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Mark Erickson
Lead Out Loud: How to Adapt Your Excellence Using Emotional Intelligence

Vincent Phipps has two goals for you: 1) for you to understand your leadership and communication style, and 2) for you to understand the EGO of the four styles.

Vincent Phipps is the author of Lead Out Loud. As owner of the award-winning training company, Communication VIP, Vincent specializes in how emotional intelligence impacts communication, conflict resolution, and leadership. Vincent is featured in the top 1% of the world’s best motivational presenters. Vincent’s philosophy: “If I can get you to laugh, I can get you to listen. If I can get you to listen, I can help you amplify!”

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Mark Erickson
Practical Innovation: Turning Innovative Ideas into Operational Solutions

Kristi is a dynamic explorer of strategic innovation that drives transformational change. She is the executive leader of Kenco Innovation Labs, a dedicated team focused on industry digital transformation and innovation, identifying over $60M in cost saving opportunities in the previous five years. With 30+ years of logistics and supply chain experience, Kristi leads the combination think tank and practical working physical lab partnering with entrepreneurs and startups to pilot solutions and deliver business value through practical application of innovation for the 200+ customers that Kenco serves in North America.

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Mark Erickson
Why Good Leaders Fail

Lee Ambrose is a recently retired Army Commander and Apache Pilot. He served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan to include the initial invasion of Iraq, both surges, and the mission that killed Uday and Qusay Hussein. He commanded small and large organizations as a Captain, Major, and Lieutenant Colonel. He recently retired to the Atlanta area with his family and is the Director of Military Programs at International Display Consortium.

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Mark Erickson
The Value Proposition Canvas: A Tool to Understand Customer Needs

As a member of Bridge's sprint team, Hannah Lancaster has experience in facilitating design thinking sprints, foresight scouts sprints, innovation jams, and nonprofit strategy sprints. She has also completed Bridge's strategic agility leadership series encompassing business insights, creative problem solving, and design change. Consistent with her commitment to social impact, she has served as a team member with the student Bright Spark™ design challenge.

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Bryony Melhuish