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b'Cynthia Plouch\\xe9 has been an Independent Board Director for more than fifteen years and has more than twenty-five years of experience as a Senior Investment Portfolio Manager. Her areas of expertise include risk management, finance, and governance. She has a Wharton MBA and a Harvard University undergraduate degree and currently serves as the Governance Committee Chair for the Northern Funds and Northern Institutional Funds in Chicago and has board oversight for portfolio assets that exceed $140 billion.\\n\\nLEADERSHIP INSIGHTS\\n\\n- Take risks, but make sure they\'re measured\\n- No one gets to a leadership role by flying solo\\n- Be able to see multiple sides of an issue\\n- Share your opinions but have a level voice\\n- If you have adversity in your life, own it\\n\\nQUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION\\n\\n- What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? For organizational leadership: Join, learn, lead.\\n- Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: \\u201cA leader is\\u2026\\u201d Inclusive, approachable, and decisive.\\n- What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What do I want my legacy to be?\\n- What book would you recommend to leaders? My American Journey, Colin Powell\\n- If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Do something outside of your comfort zone - preferably not in isolation.\\n- As a general life principle, is it better to ask \\u201cwhy?\\u201d or \\u201cwhy not?\\u201d "Why not?"'