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Ep 207: Deedee Benyi on Understanding the Business and Supporting Multiple Executives

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Deedee joined The Hartford in 2004 and has spent most of her tenure supporting claims leaders until her move to support the Chief Data Science Officer in 2019. She came to this role after a varied career path including Automotive Service Management in addition to Real Estate and Vacation Planning in the USVI.

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Ep 251: Maria Smith on the Science and Benefits of Goal-Setting

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Maria graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Political Science, won the title of Miss Kentucky and competed in Miss America in 2004.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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In 2004 Blakely tackled another hurdle when she appeared on a reality show with Richard Branson called The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best , a sort-of cross between The Apprentice and The Amazing Race. When she eventually let people in on her secret, many thought she might have lost her marbles.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. When presented with two identical summaries—one for a candidate named John, the other for a candidate named Jennifer—faculty members at six U.S. Progress, however, has been slow.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

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In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. In a Harvard Business Review interview , Harvard psychology professor Ellen Langer defines mindfulness as “the process of actively noticing new things. When you do that, it puts you in the present. It’s the essence of engagement.

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Quiet Quitting = Suffering in Silence. Silence isn’t good. Period. By Bonnie Low-Kramen

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Back in 2004, quiet quitting was called “ presenteeism.” In it, I discuss that the real reasons are rarely in letters of resignation or spoken aloud at exit interviews. On top of that we have been reading endlessly about the Great Resignation and the YOLO economy – you only live once – causing staff to jump ship.

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A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen

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No one got hired without Olympia’s approval and so my interview was on a snowy night since that was the only time she had. My job was to write press releases about the plays we were presenting which included classics by Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Williams and musicals by Kander and Ebb. Be Present. Be here now.

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