Nancy Duarte

Nancy Duarte is a CEO and author of six best-selling books. For over 35 years, Duarte, Inc. has worked with the highest-performing brands and executives in the world. The insights from those engagements get transformed into training everyone can learn from. Duarte is a communication expert who has been featured in Fortune, LA Times, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Cosmopolitan, and CNN. Nancy has spoken at American Express, Apple, Cisco, Degreed, Google, LinkedIn, McDonalds, Microsoft, Pfizer, and Qualcomm. Her TED talk has had over 3 million views. She writes for HBR, MIT-Sloan, and Forbes regularly. She has won several awards for communications, entrepreneurship, and her success as a female executive. She’s ranked #67 on the list of top 250 Women in Leadership and is the #1 Global Communication Guru. Her videos are baked into online courses at Harvard, she lectures at Stanford University, and her books are used at almost every top business school in the world. Her HBR book sold so many copies it is listed on the HBR Press Ideas with Impact List, and her work is featured in HBR’s 10 Must Reads for Business Students. As a persuasion expert, she cracked the code for effectively incorporating story patterns into business communications. Oh, and she has two grandsons.

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Your audience is the hero of your story...not you, not your product, not your company. 

Here are three ways to obsess over your audience so your message actually sticks.

#BusinessStorytelling #AudienceEngagement #PresentationSkills

A strategic human resources leader & leadership coach with over 25 years of bringing people-focused solutions to the most niggly business challenges to achieve results. With experience across the spectrum of HR practices, David’s specialities include:  talent management, executive coaching, process improvement, organizational change and transformation and leadership development.

Dave cofounded “get keep grow inc” a  Canadian employee engagement and retention professional services corporation.




Please note views and opinions expressed are my own and do not represent the views of my employer

David McLean

How many hours per year do you spend in meetings?  If I could improve one thing in any organization…I would focus on meeting effectiveness.  Frequently organizations would benefit from discplined meeting planning- including having real clarity around who should be in the room and what are their responsibilities and role in the room?

Confused Responsibilities? Try the RASCI Matrix 

Ever worked on a project where no one was quite sure who was supposed to do what? 
That’s where RASCI comes in - a simple framework to bring clarity and accountability to roles within any team or initiative. 
  

What Does RASCI Stand For? 

🔹 Responsible: Who executes the task? 
🔹 Accountable: Who owns the result and signs off? 
🔹 Supportive: Who provides assistance or resources? 
🔹 Consulted: Who needs to be involved before a decision is made? 
🔹 Informed: Who should be kept in the loop? 
 

Why and When to Use it? 

➡️ Each role has a specific purpose. Confusing “responsible” with “accountable,” for instance, is a common pitfall that leads to delays, blame games, or unclear ownership. 
➡️ It prevents overlapping efforts and fosters alignment while accelerating decision-making through explicit ownership. 
➡️️ Use it for project planning, strategic initiatives, cross-departmental collaborations, and complex workflows involving multiple contributors. 
   

💡 Some Advice 

Keep It Lean: RASCI should help - not overwhelm. You don’t need to assign every role to every task. Focus on what’s essential to move things forward with clarity. 
  
Have you used the RASCI matrix before? How do you make roles and ownership clear in your team? 


✴️ I highly recommend following Timothy Timur Tiryaki, PhD on LinkedIn 


Acknowledgment: original post and infographic by Timothy Timur Tiryaki, PhD  



#hr #chro #leadership

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McLean & Company's new HR Trends report is live and shows some significant shifts in HR and organizational priorities for the coming year:

✅ Innovation jumped from #10 in 2025 to #2 in 2026—HR is now a key driver of transformation.
✅ Leadership development remains the top priority, but the focus is expanding to employee experience and AI adoption.
✅ HR is moving from reactive support to strategic leadership, shaping culture and enabling change.
📌 Bottom line: HR leaders must embrace innovation, tech, and cross-functional collaboration to stay ahead.



✴️✴️✴️ If you're interested in accessing the report, there is a link in the comments box below 


Acknowledgement: McLean & Company  


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#chro
#FutureOfWork 
#Leadership 
#Innovation 
#AI 
#StrategicHR

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