“Christine Archer recently delivered a session at our annual conference on early talent development and held the room captive. She's articulate and funny, clearly explaining innovative ideas in the early talent space while interspersing personal anecdotes that kept the crowd smiling and glued. She's clearly passionate about talent development, and brings authority with approachability. We're glad to have her as a member of our community!”
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SPHR-certified and with over 20 years of experience in talent development, career…
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Here's how you can delegate tasks to meet deadlines without sacrificing quality.
There will never be a shortage of work to be done, so the ability to triage tasks and know how to prioritize is paramount. From that lens, as a leader you can also identify where there are opportunities to mindfully delegate to-do items to your team. An assignment with a flexible deadline and/or wiggle room for several iterations could be a perfect stretch assignment for a developing team member who needs a safe space to experiment and make mistakes. If there are tasks that can only be done by people with certain expertise, allow someone else to shadow so perhaps next time they can tackle the challenge. Finally, understand that all of the above can only be successful when you know your team - their strengths, their interests, their needs.
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You want to improve your team’s performance. How can you make sure everyone is working at their best?
Be a human above everything else. Leaders can sometimes mistakenly assume that the title and responsibility means they need to be stoic, robotically perfect and void of any emotion. Nothing will impede your team’s comfort level being open and honest with you more than being completely unable to relate to you. While it’s true that leaders are rightfully held to a certain level of professionalism, this can be done while embracing being imperfect. Role model the behaviors and culture you want to see. Tell them how you’re doing, admit to mistakes, ask them how they’d handle certain situations (where appropriate) and reiterate to them that the same topics are also welcome in return. Check in with them. Remember what they tell you. Be human.
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You want to improve your team’s performance. How can you make sure everyone is working at their best?
Start with a deeply rooted belief that everyone wants to like their job and perform it well. Armed with that mindset, open the lines of communication to invite your team to tell you what brings the best of them. What are their ideal working conditions? What topics most interest them? Are they an idea machine or are they an execution genius? While we can’t necessarily hand pick every aspect of the job, and there will always be a need to stretch in uncomfortable or even undesirable topics, there is also a decent amount of opportunity to thoughtfully align tasks and ownership where it will thrive best across the team. When hard workers get to do work they’re aligned to and that they’re passionate about, amazing things happen!
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What do you do if your career setback becomes a catalyst for success?
If there is a stronger, more aware, more informed "you" on the other side of that setback, then I think it's a win. That only happens if you remain curious and open-minded, and if you don't fear challenges. Embrace the bumps in the road and seize every lesson they provide - when navigated constructively, those setbacks become beautiful pages in your career story.
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Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy with SAP! In today's fast-paced digital landscape, confidently adopting a cloud-first approach is crucial to driving…
Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy with SAP! In today's fast-paced digital landscape, confidently adopting a cloud-first approach is crucial to driving…
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Outfit? Check. Ambition? Check. Award-winning SAP iXp Program? Check. 🚀 Create, learn and grow with us. Join a global community of 11k+ Early…
Outfit? Check. Ambition? Check. Award-winning SAP iXp Program? Check. 🚀 Create, learn and grow with us. Join a global community of 11k+ Early…
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...love this message. Have received so much feedback through my career, from too soft, too much colour, too much emotion - to too tough and too…
...love this message. Have received so much feedback through my career, from too soft, too much colour, too much emotion - to too tough and too…
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SAP
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Leveraging Different Perspectives
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
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Navigating Strategic Inflection Points
Columbia Business School
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Expanding Your Data Fluency
UVA Darden Executive Education & Lifelong Learning
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Communicating Strategy
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Credential ID 1-89441-262989-1653405955
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Build Your Personal Brand
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CV/Resume Writing
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Career Planning
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Innovation at Independence Blue Cross
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Management Essentials
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Managing Change
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New Associate Orientation
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Honors & Awards
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Campus Recruiting Choice Awards - Exceptional Leader (Large/Tech Companies) Runner Up
Ripplematch
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Organizations
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LDP Connect (Leadership Development Program Connect)
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LDP Connect is a membership organization of professionals focused on early talent development. We provide research, events, and thought leadership to the global community of leaders who manage, support or recruit for talent development programs for early career hires.
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POWER (The POWER of Professional Women)
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POWER’s mission is to develop the next generation of women leaders in the greater Philadelphia region through education, mentorship and purposeful connections.
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SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)
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SHRM is a member-driven catalyst for creating better workplaces where people and businesses thrive together. As the trusted authority on all things work, SHRM is the foremost expert, researcher, advocate, and thought leader on issues and innovations impacting today’s evolving workplaces.
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