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ICN Seekers & Allies Virtual Meetups
2x Monthly on Mondays on Zoom
Monday, November 16, 2026
10 AM PT | 12 PM CT | 1 PM ET
Your Influence Starts Before You Speak
Tracy Paukstys, Clear Path Coaching and Consulting
📅 Insights Career Network’s Monday meetup on November 16, 2026 will feature Tracy Murphy Paukstys. This is Tracy’s second ICN event in November On the 5th she is hosting a workshop on personal branding – see link in comments to learn more.
On the 16th, she will lead us in a practical, thought-provoking session for Consumer Insights professionals who want their expertise to come through with greater clarity, confidence, and judgment – so stakeholders trust them to help shape decisions and strategy.
This practical session explores how our internal thoughts and perceptions can shape how we communicate, especially under pressure. Using the STEAR framework, Consumer Insights professionals will examine how their own “internal operating system” can strengthen or undermine clarity, confidence, and judgment with stakeholders. Participants will apply the framework to a real situation and identify one shift they can make to communicate with greater impact and influence.
Tracy Paukstys is the Founder and CEO of Clear Path Coaching & Consulting, a leadership development and organizational effectiveness firm that helps technical and analytical professionals turn expertise into greater influence and business impact.
Before becoming an executive coach, Tracy spent more than 20 years in Consumer Insights and Analytics leadership roles with organizations including PepsiCo, SC Johnson, Johnsonville, and Yankee Candle, where she served as Vice President of Consumer Insights & Analytics. Today, she works with leaders and teams to strengthen the clarity, confidence, judgment, and executive-level communication needed to shape decisions, influence stakeholders, and lead more effectively.
💻 Join us for the conversation moderated by Dr. Lori Walker
🔹 Insights Career Network (ICN) Event | Nov. 16, 2026🔹
🕘 10AM PT | 12 PM CT | 1 PM ET
Plus:
💼 Fresh job updates from the ICN referral list
💬 Breakout sessions to make new connections, swap ideas and get feedback from peers
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On December 15th, we welcomed our new board of directors and volunteer leads, and thanked our six founders for building this very special organization.
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The Insights Career Network is a community of marketing, consumer, user, and business research professionals volunteering their tools, experience, and networks to help each other develop their careers.
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Insights professionals are knowledge workers and they can be found in every industry and sector. Insights workers are known by many names like marketing and market researchers, behavioral scientists, user experience researchers (UX), customer experience experts(CX), public opinion analysts, and even library scientists.
Anyone who conducts research on customers, the market, or organizational performance to inform business decisions is an insights professional.
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