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David Partain
SVP Head of Brand Activation and AdministrationFlexShares Exchange Traded Funds
Member Since June 2021
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David Partain is SVP Head of Brand Activation and Administration at Northern Trust. He has over 15 years of marketing, sales, and finance expertise and was named one of the “20 Rising Stars in Finance” by the Gramercy Institute.
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Feb 27, 2024
There are a number of smart moves people can make to hold up while planning an exit strategy.
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When people compare successful businesses with those that aren’t, the differentiator is often the ability of the company to execute. Can leaders and their teams complete tasks and follow through on their plans?
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Optimizing an email marketing strategy can help a business deliver messages to the right people at the right time.
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To make work-life balance more tangible, organizations must consider the course correction of expectations, the need to identify distress, and the demand for good modeling and prioritization.
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Tracking employee engagement well isn’t the norm, but doing it can help leaders improve a full range of business outcomes.
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Businesses can tap in to educate people and open up new sales potential by creating and distributing the podcast strategically.
Company details
FlexShares Exchange Traded Funds
Company bio
Northern Trust is one of the world’s leading investment firms and a premier index manager. Our investment solutions framework focuses on the fundamental investor needs of growing assets, managing risk, providing liquidity and generating income. Our principled focus on long-term investor needs serves as a solid foundation for the portfolio construction process.