CEO of Clearstem, Kayleigh Christina, On the Value of Education for Brands
Kayleigh Christina is creating a paradigm shift in skincare as the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of CLEARSTEM, the only clean skincare brand that targets acne and aging simultaneously.
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In the dynamic world of career transitions, Jenny Galluzzo offers a refreshing take on how women can navigate the daunting process of shifting from one professional phase to another.
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Author, Journalist, Founder and Executive Director, MAMA – Mothers Against Media Addiction - Julie Scelfo on the Women Who Made New York
She is an award-winning journalist, a former New York Times staff writer, a media ecologist, and a parent.
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Investor Aihui Ong on Mastering the Art of Fundraising
Aihui Ong (pronounced i-we) is a software engineer turned entrepreneur turned investor.
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Executive Leadership Coach & Author Hortense le Gentil on The Birth of a Mindtrap
Hortense le Gentil is a world-renowned executive leadership coach, speaker, and author.
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Khartoon Weiss On Unlocking Brand Growth: TikTok Shops and the Future of E-Commerce
Khartoon Weiss is the VP, Global Business Solutions at TikTok.
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The 3rd Annual 2M Mentor Minutes Once Again Showed the Power of Community to Raise Up New Leaders
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Dr. Eliza Filby on the Great Wealth Transfer
Dr. Eliza Filby is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author, and one of the world’s leading experts on generational change.
CNN Anchor Zain Asher on Gratitude as a Practice
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Goal Setting For The New Year
Every year we debate the value of setting New Year's Resolutions but time management coach, Elizabeth Grace Saunders, believes they’re very much worth your time, even in the midst of uncertainty.
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Learn to Lead Your Way With Kristine Steinberg
Kristine Steinberg, MA, ORSCC is a CEO and Executive Coach focused on behavioral change and the human elements of leadership. She brings 23 years of combined professional coaching and business experience to help build and sustain strong executives, business teams and successful organizations.
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Holding the Doors of Opportunity Open with NPRs Audie Cornish
Audie Cornish has spent the last two decades becoming a trusted voice in journalism. Her interview subjects have ranged from pop stars such as actor Richard Gere, to political figures such as former First Lady Michele Obama, to literary icons like Ta-Nehisi Coates. Her career in journalism began at the Associated Press in Boston in 2001.
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Optimize ‘Work From Home’ At The Office
Set up a specific, separate place to do your work at home.' This is the advice many were given when we first started working remotely. It stems from the idea of replicating the one desk, one person model most offices implement.
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Five Ways To Become A Feedback Magnet
After interviewing many top executives, Shivani Berry, founder and CEO of Ascend noticed a pattern - that the best leaders not only welcomed but sought out feedback. Knowing what other people thought of them was the key to better working relationships and more lucrative external partnerships. It provided opportunities to uncover blind spots and drive growth.
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Tata Harper: Powered By Trust And Led By Principles
Clean beauty heroine Tata Harper is a Colombian entrepreneur who founded an eponymous luxury skincare brand in 2007. Her proprietary, handcrafted formulas include fresh herbs grown on her own Vermont farm.
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Chrisa Zindros Boyce On The Art of Difficult Conversations
As Chief Strategy Officer for Handel Group, Chrisa Zindros Boyce brings over a decade of management and executive-level leadership. Throughout her career, she has worked on building brands and creating business driving initiatives that have positively impacted sales, profit, and employee retention for large and small companies.
MARKETING
Alana Mayo On Using Your Superpower To Tell A Unique Story
Alana Mayo is the President of Orion Pictures, where she was hired to relaunch the MGM label to focus on underrepresented voices. She was previously Head of Production for Michael B. Jordan's production company, Outlier Society, where she oversaw the production of movies and TV shows including Just Mercy, Without Remorse, Fahrenheit 451, David Makes Man and Raising Dion.
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How To Convince Yourself To Do Hard Things
The end of the year is approaching and we're all feeling tired and burned out by the many pressures of work and family life. When our mental energy is drained, our brains cope with that fatigue in the same way.
MARKETING
Tina Wells Guide To Perfecting Content And Attracting New Customers
Tina Wells author, marketing expert and business strategist. Tina Wells is an author, marketing expert and business strategist recognized by Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business, Essence's 40 Under 40 and more.
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Meena Harris on Linking Entrepreneurship and Activism
Meena Harris is an American lawyer, children's book author, producer, and founder of the Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign, a company that creates statement fashion to support charitable causes.
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Alison Wyatt On The Journey To Profitability
Alison Koplar Wyatt is the co-founder of Female Founder Collective (FFC), which she launched with Rebecca Minkoff. A veteran of the start-up world, she has worked in a leadership capacity at culture-shifting companies such as Goop and Refinery29.
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How To Learn New Things Quickly
Researching via the internet has become the default method for expanding our knowledge and exploring new areas of interest. However there's a wealth of unexplored knowledge right at our fingertips and it sits within our networks.Eilon Reshef, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Gong has created a 5-step personal growth tool called the Spiral Method that utilizes informational conversations with people in and adjacent to our networks, to help facilitate excellent depth of learning and allowing anyone to become an expert in any subject at a rapid pace.
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When Positivity Goes Too Far from Brene Brown
We all know there are benefits to being optimistic and maintaining a sunny disposition. However, when life presents us with challenging and painful circumstances, ignoring difficult emotions in favor of a cheerful facade isn't the most healthy coping mechanism.
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Kisha Imani Cameron On Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Kisha Imani Cameron has walked the walk as an accomplished content producer, studio executive, champion of talent, and most recently, an accredited professional executive coach.
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Priya Chaudhry On Standing Up to Bullies And Following the Truth
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Vanessa Liu on the State of Entrepreneurship, AI and How to Pivot
Vanessa has worn numerous hats, most recently as CEO of SugarWork.
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Maja Hazell on DEI, Leadership and the Year Ahead
2024 will be a year that provides a lot of answers about what a commitment to DEI really means.
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Geren Lockhart on How To Move Seamlessly Through Industries
Geren Lockhart focuses on building brands that encourage positive change through everyday choices.
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Megha Desai on Leadership, Pivoting, and Board Seats
Megha is President of the Desai Foundation, a public non-profit that elevates the health, livelihood and menstrual equity of women and children through community programs in rural India.
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Kat de Haën, Co-founder of The Fourth Effect, on Board Seats and Community
Kat de Haën is a co-founder of The Fourth Effect, a board marketplace dedicated to closing the gender power, wealth and funding gap.
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Regan Robinson on the Future
The biggest mistake is waiting until it's too late to see about the future.
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Mona Sinha on The Future of Women in Business and the World
S. Mona Sinha is the Global Executive Director of Equality Now, an organization that campaigns for legal and systemic change around the world to address violence and discrimination against women and girls.
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Lipi Roy, MD, on the Power of Laughter and the Misconceptions of Addiction
Dr. Lipi Roy is an internal medicine physician board-certified in addiction medicine, a sought- after international speaker, media personality, entrepreneur and host of the YouTube series, Health, Humor and Harmony.
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Grace Zuncic on Board Readiness and People Management
Grace Zuncic is Cotopaxi’s first Chief People and Impact Officer. She brings to Cotopaxi a passion for creating transformational experiences at inclusive, purpose and mission- driven organizations and in ensuring organizational impact in the areas of sustainability, impact, culture, and corporate strategy.
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Kimberly Lee Minor on Leadership, in Retail Landscapes and All Landscapes
Kimberly Lee Minor is an esteemed leader in the retail industry. She has had a career spanning over 30 years, building brands, achieving operational excellence, and strategizing for business competitiveness.
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Becca Parrish, CEO of Becca, On Leadership And Communications
Following her new partnership with Prosek, Becca Parrish shares her lessons in leadership.
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Palak Patel on How Food is Love and Leadership Is Opportunity
Palak Patel is a classically trained chef, Atlanta restaurant owner, and two time food network champion winner of Food Network’s famed shows Chopped and Beat Bobby Flay.
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Reshma Saujani On Prioritizing Yourself and Your Mission
Reshma Saujani is a leading activist and the founder of Girls Who Code and founder and CEO of Moms First (formerly Marshall Plan for moms).
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Nikki Porcher on Why You Need to Buy From A Black Woman
Nikki Porcher is an advocate for Black Women and the Founder of Buy From a Black Woman.
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Mita Mallick on Reimagining Inclusion and Debunking the Myths That Hold Us Back
Mallick is a LinkedIn Top Voice, a contributor for Harvard Business Review, Adweek, Entrepreneur and Fast Company.
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WIE Suite Tastemakers' Holiday Must-Have Items
This holiday, the WIE Suite asked tastemaker members for their holiday must-have gifts.
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Vanessa Bismarck on the Luxury Market and the Future
Vanessa von Bismarck is a co-founding partner of BPCM, a strategic consulting and communications agency, and one of the most established and respected voices in public relations.
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Margaret Molloy on CMO Trends
Margaret Molloy is Global Chief Marketing Officer at the global brand experience firm Siegel+Gale and hosts the "How CMOs Commit" podcast.
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Kit Krugman, SVP of People and Culture at Foursquare, on Organization Excellence, People and Culture
Kit Krugman is the SVP of People & Culture at Foursquare.
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Gloria Calderon Kellett, Hollywood Powerhouse, on the State of Hollywood for Latinas
Gloria Calderón Kellett is an award-winning writer, producer, director, actress and activist. She was an executive producer, co-creator, co-showrunner, director, and actress on the Emmy-winning sitcom “One Day at a Time”. Her critically acclaimed Amazon Original series, “With Love” just released its second season on Amazon. Along with Blumhouse Television, Gloria also executive produced “The Horror of Dolores Roach” based on the hit podcast reuniting her with star Justina Machado.
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Dr. Joan Fallon on Healthcare and Innovation
Dr. Joan Fallon, Founder and CEO of Curemark, is considered a visionary scientist who has dedicated her life’s work to championing the health and wellbeing of children worldwide. Curemark is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies to treat serious diseases for which there are limited treatment options.
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Susan McPherson on Writing, Community and Connection
Susan McPherson is a serial connector, angel investor, and corporate responsibility expert. She is the founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, a communications consultancy focused on the intersection of brands and social impact. She is the author of The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships (McGraw-Hill).
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Lisa Weinert on the Power of Narrative Healing
Lisa Weinert is the author and creator of Narrative Healing: Awaken the Power of Your Story (Hachette Go!). She has taught and lectured on the power of storytelling at institutions such as Wesleyan University, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, and Fortune 500 media companies.
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Tricia Montalvo Timm on Board Seats, Investing, and Wearing Many Hats
Tricia Montalvo Timm is a first-generation Latina board director, venture investor and speaker. She is on a mission to inspire anyone who has ever felt like an “other” in the workplace to embrace their true selves, own their identity and achieve success and fulfillment in their life and career
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Stephanie King, CEO and President of Kitchen & Market, on Giving the Customer What They Need
Stephanie King, CEO and president of Kitchen & Market, exemplifies what happens when you follow a hunch and pursue your passion. King created her dream grocery store after a career spent in private-label grocery building programs for national retailers, where days were long and “what’s for dinner?” was a dreaded question–and typically, an afterthought.
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Anjarae (Washington) Hamilton, Head of Retailer Sales at Faire, On Small Business Trends
Anjarae Hamilton is the Head of Retailer Sales and Account Management at Faire, where her team transforms the retail landscape by helping over 100,000 brands sell millions of products to hundreds of thousands. Faire’s data-driven approach to wholesale lets retailers try-before-they buy, and straightforward financial terms eliminate inventory risk and provide access to capital—leveling the playing field in two key areas that previously prevented many small businesses from successfully competing against major retailers and e-commerce giants. With the help of Anjaree’s leadership, Faire has facilitated over 7M new connections between independent retailers and brands on the marketplace.
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Stacie Henderson Capece Minutolo, CMO of the Americas at Tod's, on the Future of Luxury
Stacie Henderson Capece Minutolo has spent over 15 years working for global luxury fashion brands such as Versace, Ferragamo, and Tod’s Group. Her expertise includes Marketing, E-commerce, and Digital. Stacie introduces technology to retail and global brands while developing dynamic growth activities that blend online and offline strategies. As an early digital adopter, she oversaw the launch of Versace’s e-commerce business in the US and initiated global digital initiatives such as social media, influencer programs, and live streaming for the brand.
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Karen Robinovitz, CEO of the Sloomoo Institute, On Being Fearless
Karen Robinovitz is a media veteran who launched Digital Brand Architects (DBA) the first talent management agency for digital influencers. Largely credited for creating the social media influencer market, Karen has been listed as one of 80 Women of Power by Variety and Forbes has called her one of the best-branded women in social media. Before DBA, she created social media strategies for brands such as Tiffany & Co., Tory Burch, Coach, and Estée Lauder Companies. She spent a decade as an accomplished journalist, contributing to the New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, and Marie Claire amongst others, and was on-air talent on VH-1, E!, MTV and more. She has authored three books, all of which went into over seven printings.
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Bethann Hardison, American Model and Activist, On Going After What You Want
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The Competitive Advantage of the Win-Win Workplace with Dr. Angela Jackson, Director of the Future Forward Institute
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Just the Facts... On DEI
Diverse companies are better companies.
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Manisha Thakor on Finding Your Enough - Lessons in Wealth and Money Management
Manisha Thakor has worked in financial services for more than thirty years, with an emphasis on women’s economic empowerment and financial wellbeing.
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The WIE Suite Launches a Holiday Shop with Lingua Franca
On November 30th, the WIE Suite launched our holiday shop at the Lingua Franca Townhouse in NYC.
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Listen to These Podcasts in 2024
If you are short on time and your attention is slowly waning, podcasts are the perfect side companion to get yourself into the zone.
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Why Curiosity Matters in Conflict Resolution and Problem Solving (and How to Start by Looking Within)
An excerpt from “Don’t Feed the Elephants: Overcoming the Art of Avoidance to Build Powerful Partnerships” by Sarah Noll Wilson
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Executive CV vs. Board Resume
When you are looking for board positions, you might wonder what is the difference between a career resume and a board resume?
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Early Lessons From My Radical Sabbatical
Daisy Auger-Domínguez shapes organizational transformations on the leading edge of culture. As an executive, workplace strategist, inclusion revolutionary, author, speaker, and board member, Daisy inspires and equips global businesses, organizations, and leaders to build workplace cultures firmly grounded in human-centric values and purpose.
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Unpacking the Mythology of the Alpha CEO
When you hear the word “alpha,” you probably conjure up an image of wolves fighting for the role of leader , or men vying it out for supremacy... which brings us to the topic at hand, the “Alpha CEO.”
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Learning The Power of Yes: U.S. Banks Gunjan Kedia
Gunjan Keida, the Vice Chair of Wealth Management and Investment Services, was named America's most powerful woman banker by American Banker in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and recently joined PBS's Board of Directors. Keida recently sat down for a fireside chat with The WIE Suite Founder, Dee Poku, to discuss everything from how the pandemic has made her rethink typical bank culture formalities to why women need to say yes more often.
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Julie Wainwright Founder Of The Real Real On Recovering From Failure And Trusting Your Instincts
Julie Wainwright has always had a penchant for businesses that meet at the intersection of tech and commerce, but after the dot-com bust of her company Pets.com, she had a hard time moving forward and was repeatedly turned down for funding for her resale platform idea, The Real Real.
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Women Are Still Too Polite. Are You?
Can you relate to any or all of the following? You politely side-step a perilous situation instead of standing up for yourself because it's easier; you say nothing when someone says something un-called for, or (even worse) apologize for things that aren't your fault or that don't actually require an apology?
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Processing A Lonely Society
Noreena Hertz is a renowned thought leader, academic, and broadcaster. She was named one of the world's leading thinkers The Observer, and by Vogue as one of the world's most inspiring women.
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Clare Vivier on how prioritizing diversity and sustainability is good for business
Clare Vivier grew her company, Clare V., by meeting the needs of her target audience and through serendipitous collaborations. From the beginning, Clare focused on creating locally in order to generate jobs and to reduce her carbon footprint, things that weren’t huge consumer concerns when she started, but have proven to be an admired and sustainable business practice.
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The Downside of Being Effective
The Pareto Principle or the 80/20 Rule dictates that you advance better in life by focusing on the things that bring you the most success. If 20% of your customers drive 80% of your revenue then you concentrate your efforts on that lucrative subset.
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Adaptability Breeds Confidence
The temptation to “look good” may be hindering us from actually “getting good.”
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Jenni Konner On Making It In Hollywood
Jenni Konner is an American television writer, producer and director. Konner is no stranger to working in television as her mom wrote for Hart to Hart and Cagney & Lacey, and her dad has been writing for television since 1976.
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Recognizing The Need For Tough Compassion
Tough compassion is a term that's been resurfaced due to recent world events. The typical rosy-colored compassion has not been sufficient to address the challenges posed by the pandemic, widespread inequality and climate change.
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Black Lives Matters Ayọ (fka Opal) Tometi On Being A Force For Change
Ayọ (fka Opal) Tometi co-founder of Black Lives Matter and founder of Diaspora Rising Ayọ (fka Opal) Tometi is one of the three women co-founders of the Black Lives Matter digital platform and chapter-based network.
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The Perks of Implementing Soft Deadlines With Teeth
Many people’s relationships with deadlines are similar. Deadlines are craved yet resented, necessary yet avoided. However, time-sensitive obligations add both structure and suspense to our lives.
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Making Online Shopping Social with Tracy Sun
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Using Mimetic Desire To Your Advantage
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Creating An Intentional Body Of Work With Lindsay Peoples Wagner
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When Positivity Goes Too Far from Brene Brown
We all know there are benefits to being optimistic and maintaining a sunny disposition. However, when life presents us with challenging and painful circumstances, ignoring difficult emotions in favor of a cheerful facade isn't the most healthy coping mechanism.
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Alison Wyatt On The Journey To Profitability
Alison Koplar Wyatt is the co-founder of Female Founder Collective (FFC), which she launched with Rebecca Minkoff. A veteran of the start-up world, she has worked in a leadership capacity at culture-shifting companies such as Goop and Refinery29.
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How To Convince Yourself To Do Hard Things
The end of the year is approaching and we're all feeling tired and burned out by the many pressures of work and family life. When our mental energy is drained, our brains cope with that fatigue in the same way.
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Chrisa Zindros Boyce On The Art of Difficult Conversations
As Chief Strategy Officer for Handel Group, Chrisa Zindros Boyce brings over a decade of management and executive-level leadership. Throughout her career, she has worked on building brands and creating business driving initiatives that have positively impacted sales, profit, and employee retention for large and small companies.
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How To Strenghten Your EQ
Growing our emotional intelligence is how as leaders, we can make our emotions work in our favor instead of against us. Over the years author, speaker and consultant Justin Bariso has taught many people how to improve in this area and has crafted a list of rules to illustrate his message. Consider implementing them into your work process.
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Dr. Barbara Sturm Explains The Science Of Aging
Dr. Barbara Sturm German aesthetics doctorDr. Barbara Sturm is a German aesthetics doctor, widely renowned for her anti-inflammatory philosophy and her non-surgical anti-aging skin treatments.
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Building Personal Wealth with Lisa Erickson
As Head of the Traditional Investments Group, Lisa Erickson is responsible for directing all aspects of traditional investment research and fund manager selection for U.S. Bank Wealth Management. She is a frequent spokesperson for Wealth Management and regularly appears on CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg TV, Fox Business, and print media such as The Wall Street Journal.
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Breaking The Silence On Menopause
Michelle Kennedy is the founder and CEO of Peanut, one of the fastest-growing apps for mothers. She began her career as an M&A lawyer and later joined dating app Badoo, where she rose to Deputy CEO.
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CAREER
In Focus: Four Ways Leaders Can Combat Pandemic Fatigue + Rethink Moving Forward
As we pass the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 quarantine lock-downs and the continuing challenges, especially at the intersection of women and business, good compassionate, forward thinking leadership matters more than ever.
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Fostering Team Effectiveness In Todays Virtual Workplace with Dr. Esther Sackett
How do you manage teams and create cohesion? How do you navigate productivity and emotions and all the nuances, especially in today’s virtual work landscape? Dr. Esther Sackett has some answers.
CAREER
7 Steps To Mastering Difficult Conversations
Chrisa Zindros Boyce is the Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Executive Coach at the Handel Group, a renowned executive life coaching company. Her work helps support growing companies and industry conglomerates to design cultures and structures that lead to increased employee retention, engagement and profitability.
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Ready for a Pandemic Career Pivot? 6 Reasons Why Now Is a Good Time + How to Prepare
Women's careers rarely follow along a narrow, pre-determined path, but often veer off on different trajectories, including for some, time OOO to raise and take care of families. Now that the pandemic has upended all that was normal and perhaps even cost you your job, is it time to consider getting a new one, or even switching careers? Because most businesses are undergoing radical change, now could be opportune.
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What Bad Career Advice Should You Ignore?
No matter what stage they're at in their careers, women continue to be bombarded with well intentioned but overused advice about how to make it in business.
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6 Steps To Getting The Right Stuff Done
What does it really mean to be productive and what is the difference between being busy and actually producing desired results?Lisa Skeete Tatum is the founder and CEO of LandIt, a personalized career pathing platform designed to increase the success and engagement of women and diverse groups in the workplace.
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How I Dealt with Career Risk: A WIE Suite Women Roundup
With risk comes reward but also the potential for failure. When we take on an entrepreneurial role or ascend to corporate positions with greater responsibility, they often go hand-in-hand .
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Lisa Skeete Tatum On How Every Job Prepared Her For Her Dream Role
Lisa Skeete Tatum has had many career highlights: she broke into the world of venture capitalism and became a general in two years; she serves on boards in a variety of industries; and started Landit a company that unlocks the talent and brings to fruition the dreams of others.
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How Underfulfilled Overachievers Can Find Career Satisfaction
Megan Hellerer is the founder of Coaching for Underfulfilled Overachievers and the author of the forthcoming book, Directional Living: The Underfulfilled Overachiever’s Path to Fulfillment in Work and Life (2022).
CAREER
What It Means To Truly Belong In The Workplace
Daisy Auger Dominguez is Chief People Officer at Vice Media Group. She has also designed and executed organizational transformations at the likes of Moody’s Investors Service, Disney, and Google.
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Making the Most of Focused Hours
Despite 8 hour workdays being the norm, studies show that the average person only focuses for four to five hours throughout the day. According to behavioral neurologist Borna Bonakdarpour, most people get by because even though we are mentally fatigued, most jobs do not require 100% focus for the entire workday.
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Unlocking Your Creative Brain
Artists are not the only stewards of creativity. Leaders exercise it regularly to solve challenging problems, develop new technology, and find better ways to communicate. The old explanation of “right-brain thinkers” versus “left-brain thinkers” has been debunked as an oversimplified view of the relationship between the brain and creativity.
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Resisting Collaboration Overload
There are many benefits to working from home, but one downside has been what Harvard Business Review refers to as collaboration overload and there are two main culprits.
CAREER
Maybe It's Not About You
How many situations have we been in where we felt hurt, neglected, or offended by another person? During those moments of what seems like betrayal, it often boils down to ego.
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The New Way To Work Is About Outcomes Not Hours
We've all heard about (and most likely discussed) how the work model has changed with the pandemic and what it will look like going forward.
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Managing the Micromanager
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Kisha Imani Cameron On Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Kisha Imani Cameron has walked the walk as an accomplished content producer, studio executive, champion of talent, and most recently, an accredited professional executive coach.
CAREER
How To Learn New Things Quickly
Researching via the internet has become the default method for expanding our knowledge and exploring new areas of interest. However there's a wealth of unexplored knowledge right at our fingertips and it sits within our networks.Eilon Reshef, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Gong has created a 5-step personal growth tool called the Spiral Method that utilizes informational conversations with people in and adjacent to our networks, to help facilitate excellent depth of learning and allowing anyone to become an expert in any subject at a rapid pace.
CAREER
Why You Should Budget For Breaks In Your Career
Thanks to modern medicine, people are living longer than ever though while it is wonderful to have more time to watch your family grow, it also means being in the workforce longer. At least a 50-year career is wholly plausible. That’s a long time.
CAREER
Optimize ‘Work From Home’ At The Office
Set up a specific, separate place to do your work at home.' This is the advice many were given when we first started working remotely. It stems from the idea of replicating the one desk, one person model most offices implement.
CAREER
Goal Setting For The New Year
Every year we debate the value of setting New Year's Resolutions but time management coach, Elizabeth Grace Saunders, believes they’re very much worth your time, even in the midst of uncertainty.
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Revlon CEO Debbie Perelman On Seizing Opportunities
Debbie Perelman is President and Chief Executive Officer of Revlon and a member of its Board of Directors. Debbie is breaking paradigms to compete in today's digital and consumer-first environment.
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Karen Kosiba Edwards On Joining A Corporate Board
Karen Edwards has 30 years of experience consulting with boards, CEOs and government on a range of strategic matters. She draws on her experience serving as a public company director and as a C-level executive to help clients build diverse, high-performing leadership teams and boards of directors.
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Building A Strong Foundation For Your Board Of Directors
As a founder running a busy company and what feels like a million responsibilities, you might be forgiven for seeing board meetings as a distraction. Pete Flint, a General Partner at venture firm NFX, believes that’s only the case when they’re not well managed and focused. There’s actually huge value to be found in board meetings if you run a tight process.
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The Future Of Work
Kweilin Ellingrud is a Senior Partner and the leader of the life insurance practice in North America at McKinsey & Company. She has broad experience designing and implementing global performance transformations.
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Equity In The Office: A World You Can Shape
What is our role as leaders within companies to ensure that our worlds are places of inclusion? First, we should understand that our organizations are microcosms of society, affording leaders control over cultural norms, procedural rules and levels of incentives and investments.
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Enhancing Employee Well-Being
Rachel Hodgdon is President and CEO of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), a public benefit corporation with a mission to improve human health and well-being through people-first places.
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Removing The Chains Of Objectification
In Karl Marx's essay 'Estranged Labor,' he described capitalism as a machine that made people deeply unhappy because it removed the personality from the person and reduced them to what they were able to produce.
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No Discomfort No Growth
“No discomfort, no growth” is a mindful approach to the popular expression “no pain, no gain.” Author and professor of behavioral science and marketing, Ayelet Fishbach, came to that conclusion after taking a class at The Second City, Chicago’s famous improvisational club.
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The Art Of Curating The Best Talent
Tyler Cowen is an American columnist, economist, and professor with a global reputation for spotting and nurturing incredible talent who go on to attract international recognition for their work and achievements. For anyone in the business of building and managing organizations, it's worth studying Cowen's ability to discover and enable the most talented people before anyone else notices them.
Activist and CEO Reshma Saujani on Her New Podcast My So-Called Midlife
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STARTUP
Karen Cahn Struggled with Raising Capital So She Pivoted to Help Other Women Get What They Deserved
Karen Cahn, a veteran of Google and YouTube, has had a career of ups--being a Google Intrapreneur for 10 years and launching the branded entertainment portion of YouTube (her team was the first to connect brands with content creators--ie what we call native video advertising today), and downs--getting fired for making too much money (yes, you read that correctly), and, launching a company post Google that was a bust.
STARTUP
From Bootstrapping To Multimillion-Dollar Business the trajectory of Carol’s Daughter
This week for our Masterclass Moment we are going to discuss the trajectory of Carol’s Daughter. Founder, Lisa Price’s story is a shining example of building at one’s own pace.
STARTUP
First Black Unicorn Founder Julia Collins Shares Fundraising Secrets
Julia Collins is a serial entrepreneur who has spent her career building food companies. In 2015 she co-founded Zume Pizza, and became the first Black woman to co-found a unicorn company.
STARTUP
Melanie Goldey and Jemma Wolfe On Planning The Perfect Exit Strategy
Melanie Goldey is the COO & CFO at TMRW Life Sciences, Inc. She was previously CFO at Refinery 29, where she was instrumental in the company’s merger with VICE Media Group.
STARTUP
Meena Harris on Linking Entrepreneurship and Activism
Meena Harris is an American lawyer, children's book author, producer, and founder of the Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign, a company that creates statement fashion to support charitable causes.
STARTUP
Marina Khidekel founder of Hugimals on How to Launch A Company.
Marina Khidekel is the founder of Hugimals, a TIME Best Inventions- winning line of weighted stuffed animals for kids & adults that 'hug you back' to ease anxiety, which has been recognized in Goop, People, NBC News, Real Simple, and many more.
STARTUP
How to Build an Inclusive Brand on Social Media Insights from Rakia Reynolds
One of the most sought-after minds in strategic communications, Rakia Reynolds is a thought leader, tastemaker, and branding expert who advises name brands on creative strategy.
STARTUP
Anne Fulenwider Demystifies Menopause
Anne Fulenwider is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Alloy Women’s Health. She is a former magazine editor and a believer in the power of storytelling. She began her career at the literary magazine The Paris Review, spent ten years at Vanity Fair editing such writers as Carl Bernstein and Dominick Dunne, and in 2009, was named editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, overseeing all content and brand extensions in the United States.
STARTUP
Marianna Sachse On Circular Clothing
Marianna Sachse is the founder and CEO of Jackalo—America’s first circular children’s clothing brand. Jackalo makes long-lasting essentials for little change-makers. Prior to launching Jackalo, Marianna spent over a decade advising national and global foundations and nonprofits on communications to support health and environmental change. She is a mother of two active kids, a dog lover, and a cancer survivor.
STARTUP
How to Value a Startup from VC Joy Marcus
Joy is currently co-founder and Managing Director of Brilliant Friends Investing, an early stage venture group that invests in women-led, tech enabled businesses. She is a Lecturer at Princeton University, where she teaches the foundational entrepreneurship classes and also serves as a Venture Fellow at JVP, a large venture capital firm. Previously Joy was Executive Vice President and General Manager Digital Video at Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE), a subsidiary of Conde Nast, the publishing giant whose properties include Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair.
STARTUP
Chef and Entrepreneur Jing Gao Offers Advice for Founders
Jing Gao is a chef, entrepreneur, and renowned expert on Chinese cuisine, and she’s on a mission to bring uncensored Chinese flavors to the global table. She was born in Chengdu, Sichuan.
STARTUP
Entrepreneur Sarah Anyieth of Nhair Chocolates Shares Tips for Those Scaling A Side Hustle
Sarah has over 15 years of experience in accounting and financial leadership roles including leading large-scale transformations programs, adoptions of new accounting pronouncements, and targeted close acceleration/cycle reduction projects focused on the record-to-report process.
STARTUP
Christina Stembel CEO of Farmgirl Flowers On Bootstrapping Your Way to Success
Christina Stembel is the CEO of Farmgirl Flowers, Inc., the only large-scale, female-founded (and 80% female run!), direct to consumer e-commerce floral delivery company in the US.
STARTUP
Stephanie Nadi Olson on the Toll of Founding a Company on Her Health and More
Stephanie Nadi Olson is an innovator and disruptor, aiming to change the world's perspective on the future of work and what it means to be inclusive in the workplace. Olson, a former advertising executive, founded We Are Rosie in 2018, before the pandemic made remote and flexible work mainstream.
STARTUP
Aishwarya Iyer Founder and CEO of Brightland on Starting Small and Scaling
Aishwarya Iyer attended New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study where she graduated with a degree in Media and Globalization with an emphasis on South Asian Gender Studies. Following graduation, Aishwarya spent many years working for various startup and tech firms in New York while indulging in the diverse culture of the city during her evenings and weekends.
STARTUP
Chloe Harrouche CEO of The Lanby Shares Tips on Fundraising
Chloe Harrouche is a Co-Founder of The Lanby, a wellness-forward primary care members club.
STARTUP
Rachel Johnson on How to Set Up Your Company for a Successful Acquisition
Rachel Johnson is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of J&O Law, a firm focused on representing high-growth companies as they scale. Since founding J&O in 2014 with her Co-Founder, Christina Oshan, the firm has grown to a team of 20 with offices in both New York City and South Florida.
STARTUP
Cindy Gallop On Why Women Need To Make A Ton Of Money
Cindy Gallop is an advertising veteran, equality rights activist, and the founder of MakeLoveNotPorn.
WIE SUITE WOMEN
Sarah Harden On How Hello Sunshine Is Building A Media Company With A Difference
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LEADERSHIP
How Not To Be Afraid Of Your Gen Z Workers
Younger generations bucking old traditions is nothing new. What’s unique to those born between 1997 and 2012 is the boldness with which they dictate change.
LEADERSHIP
How Rent The Runway’s President Builds Operational Best Practices
Anushka Salinas serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Rent the Runway. She leads a team of tech, product, marketing and analytics employees to achieve the long-term vision of disrupting the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by becoming the starting point for circular fashion.
LEADERSHIP
Editorial Strategies from Goop's Beauty Director
Jean Godfrey-June, Goop Beauty Director Called 'one of the most influential beauty journalists in America,' Jean Godfrey-June has a two-decade-long career as a beauty and style editor in print and digital media, with experiences at Elle, Lucky, and Wall Street Journal Magazine.
LEADERSHIP
The Joy Of Uncertainty
We live in liminal times, characterized by the uncertainty that accompanies transitions and transformations. Liminal comes from the Latin word limen, meaning threshold. It can be likened to standing on the cusp of something new but unaware of what that something is.
LEADERSHIP
Effective Communication & Collaborative Problem Solving
Bridgett Lindsey is an accomplished business and people leader with an undeniable sense of purpose for guiding organizations through change and building infrastructures that can scale across a diversified workforce. She has successfully championed culture change in both start-up and large matrixed organizations by providing intellectual and strategic insight to help leaders think differently. Her specialty is in leading teams through significant organizational restructures, culture shifts, and towards evolving, yet ambitious goals.
LEADERSHIP
Daisy Auger-Dominguez On Igniting An Inclusion Revolution
Daisy Auger-Dominguez has made it her mission to make workplaces more equitable, compassionate and inclusive. A human capital executive and workplace culture strategist, Daisy inspires and equips global organizations to think inclusively, lead with purpose, embrace courage and shape the future of work.
LEADERSHIP
Building Financial Models
Holly Howard is the brain behind Ask Holly How, a business consultancy founded on the principle that successful entrepreneurship resides at the intersection of self-evolution, business growth, and the creative pursuit. Holly works with creative entrepreneurs who are building locally and growing globally. They are risk-takers by nature, with an expansive mindset for growth, driven by a sense of possibility.
LEADERSHIP
Fran Hauser On Scratching the Entrepreneurial Itch
Fran Hauser is an author, keynote speaker and startup investor at the intersection of women’s empowerment, career fulfillment, and collective wellbeing. As a long-time media executive, Fran has always championed the power of content in shaping culture, educating the public, and driving awareness of important issues.
LEADERSHIP
Preparing For The Next Evolution Of Leadership
Leaders of today need an updated playbook to take teams into the 'next normal'. This next evolution of leadership must include an ecosystem of engagement to define how to solve complex problems and to dictate what work takes priority during an ongoing pandemic.
LEADERSHIP
Managing Celebrity And Influencer Partnerships
Sharon Ainsberg is the co-founder of a bicoastal MarkComm agency specializing in celebrity and influencer integration for global brands. Ainsberg's career began in the music business working with award-winning composer, Philip Glass, and his record label, Point Music (PolyGram). After leaving Point Music, Ainsberg became a talent manager, working with veteran music manager Louis Levin, who has managed everyone from AC/DC and Michael Bolton to Michael Jackson.
LEADERSHIP
Geena Davis Talks Gender Parity In Film
Geena Davis is an American actor, activist, producer and former model. She’s received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a British Academy Film Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2019, she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her work fighting gender bias on and off-screen in Hollywood through the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. In the following discussion, she discusses why it's essential to have more women visible both on the screen and behind the scenes.
LEADERSHIP
What Is Virtual Intelligence In The Workplace and How Do We Develop It?
We all know about IQ and we’re very aware of EQ but what about VQ? The new metric “virtual quotient” or VQ, measures one’s virtual intelligence. The rise of work-from-home and hybrid positions has generated a need for a new set of skills. The evolving nature of virtual spaces and the assortment of tools used to facilitate teamwork is what makes these new working conditions so complex.
LEADERSHIP
Maria Borromeo Shares Her Secrets to Building A Better Brand
Maria Borromeo is the Founder & CEO at ClHu (pronounced 'clue'). She is the former co-founder and CEO of Thakoon and CEO & President of Hudson Jeans. An expert in building brands and scaling companies, she launched ClHu to support a gap in the gender neutral fashion category.
LEADERSHIP
Alexa Adams Shares Her Secrets for Spotting Trends.
Alexa Adams is the co-founder of barrière and was co-founder of fashion brand Ohne Titel. She has worked for Helmut Lang, Nike, and Karl Lagerfeld amongst others.
LEADERSHIP
Kristin Patrick - Making the Leap - CMO to CEO
This week's MasterClass with Kristin Patrick explored how to be a CEO with the heart of a CMO, and how to make the leap from CMO to CEO. From talking about ZAlphas to exploring phygital spaces, she offers a candid view of her life in the C-suite. Kristin is a forward-thinking executive, who has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Claire’s since March 2021. Building on the fashion brand’s more than 50 years of leadership as a global creator and influencer of youth culture, Kristin plays a vital role in taking the brand into the future.
LEADERSHIP
Corley Hughes On How to Think Like A CFO
As Chief Financial Officer for SonderMind, Corley Hughes leads the finance, operations, and people functions with a builder’s mentality, strengthening the business delivering high-quality mental and behavioral health care while creating a career-defining place to work. Previously she held executive roles at &Then, Glossier, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and Product Hunt.
LEADERSHIP
Start-Up to Corporate: Three Experts on What You Need to Know and What to Avoid to Make the Leap
Navigating through career pivots can feel exciting and - let’s face it - a little treacherous, especially when you’re making a drastic change in organizational culture, size, or environment. We spoke with three leaders – Laura Brounstein, Nicole Loher, and Benish Shah – who are well-seasoned in navigating transitions from start-up leadership to corporate, and vice versa; they shared their knowledge of common pitfalls along with their best advice for avoiding these stumbling blocks.
LEADERSHIP
Megan Gerhardt On Mastering Gentelligence
Megan W. Gerhardt, Ph.D. is a Professor of Management and Leadership at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University, where she also serves as Director of Leadership Development for the Farmer School and the Robert D. Johnson Co-Director of the Isaac & Oxley Center for Business Leadership.
LEADERSHIP
Anat Baron Tells the Future.
Anat’s career path has taken her around the world. An innovative leader, Anat has worked as a corporate executive with well-known hotel brands including Four Seasons, Holiday Inn and Radisson.
LEADERSHIP
The Future of Business Travel: Back - But Different
Over the past several years, the world of professional travel has - of course - shifted dramatically. Those who travel the most are considered, by themselves and others, to be digital nomads - a classification 16.9 million Americans currently embrace. This is an increase of 9% from last year and a “staggering” 131% from 2019.
LEADERSHIP
Candace Nelson Shares Sweet Secrets to Success
Candace Nelson is a serial entrepreneur, a New York Times bestselling author, Wall Street Journal contributor and an expert in turning one’s passion into a profitable business. Her book, Sweet Success: A Simple Recipe For Turning Your Passion Into Profit will be published by HarperCollins Leadership this month.
LEADERSHIP
Holiday Gifting in 2022: What To Know.
Whether you’re in charge of gifts for a professional team, or thinking through whether to give a gift to your colleague, boss, or direct report, navigating the holidays with professionalism and humanity can be a feat.
LEADERSHIP
Three Strategies for Setting (and Achieving) Meaningful Goals This Year.
The new year is rapidly approaching and whether you’re a fan of the New Year’s Resolution or not, it’s a great time to set new goals, evaluate old ones, and recommit to progress in every area of your life. Get inspired with three goal-setting strategies that could make all the difference - each accompanied by processes and methods to get your wheels turning.
LEADERSHIP
Back to Basics: Recommit to Bedtime
Feel like you never get quite enough sleep? If you feel fatigued during the day regularly, know that you’re not alone. According to The National Sleep Foundation, the average adult feels sleepy three days a week. Clearly, there is room for improvement!
LEADERSHIP
Sustainable Success: What it Takes to Stay at the Top
Climbing the ladder is one thing; remaining in positions of leadership, power, and influence for a long period is quite another. We spoke with three women who have withstood the test of time in leading organizations and ventures, and they shared their tips for leadership over the long haul, maintaining personal wellness while meeting the needs of demanding careers, and overcoming challenges.
LEADERSHIP
10x Your Team with Elizabeth Gore
Elizabeth Gore serves as co-founder and president of Hello Alice, which helps businesses launch and grow. A multi-channel platform powered by machine learning technology, Hello Alice guides business owners by providing access to funding, networks and services. Through a network of over half a million companies in all 50 states and across the globe, Hello Alice is building the largest community of business owners in the country while tracking data and trends to increase owner success rate.
LEADERSHIP
Emily Hikade from CIA agent to CEO
Emily Hikade graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where she studied international relations, French and German. Upon graduation, she worked briefly at the White House before launching into a career with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Emily spent fifteen years as an operations officer in the Clandestine Service. Serving mostly in austere conditions, Emily was on the frontlines of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) collection overseas in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
LEADERSHIP
Being a CEO is for the Dogs.
Emily Soccino Grey is the Chief Executive Officer of Spike’s K9 Fund, a nonprofit organization committed to the training, care, and preservation of working dogs, and the support of veteran and first responder wellness.
LEADERSHIP
Mina Ennin Black Talks About Money.
Mina Ennin Black is an angel investor, wealth strategist, Wall Street Survivor, and Mrs. New York City 2019. After an almost two-decade career as an award-winning Financial Advisor, she’s the founder of The RainMakers Collective, a private investment and peer membership organization for women. Mina has been featured in numerous publications, including, The New York Times, Ebony!, CNN Money, Yahoo Finance, and The Grio. She holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and lives with her husband and two little girls in New York City.
LEADERSHIP
Women Lead and Invest in Purpose-Driven Business and the Difference is Adding Up
Women leaders are 20% more likely to build a purpose-driven company than men, according to Julia Boorstin’s new book, When Women Lead. Julia is CNBC’s Senior Media and Tech Correspondent and in this new book, she explores what makes successful women founders and CEOs tick.
Masterclass
Melissa Blum on Building Your Thought Leadership Channels
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MARKETING
How Brands Can Engage With Gen Z, The Largest Generation on Earth
With their enormous spending power and a specific set of ingrained but evolving values, Gen Z is changing the way companies do business. How do you scale commerce with them, build meaningful communities and embrace their approach to culture?
MARKETING
Mastering Crisis Communications: Why Pre-Emptive Analysis Matters Most
Company (and personal brand) crises are on the rise, but waiting until one happens is not an optimal path.
MARKETING
Build Your Thought Leadership Brand On LinkedIn
Tyrona Heath is the global lead at LinkedIn b2b Institute, a think tank within professional networking platform LinkedIn. She delivers educational content to help marketers stay on top of the latest digital marketing strategy.
MARKETING
Poppy Harlow On Breaking Your Breaking Point
Poppy Harlow is an Emmy nominated journalist and an anchor in the CNN Newsroom. Based in New York City, Harlow is also a correspondent for CNN, covering breaking news and reporting features and investigative stories.
MARKETING
The Best Communication Strategies for Multicultural Campaigns
The US government just released data showing significant increases in the Hispanic, Asian and multiracial populations, making Sheila Marmon’s masterclass particularly timely.
MARKETING
The Power Of Speechwriting - How To Write To Be Heard with Sarah Hurwitz
Sarah Hurwitz had an illustrious career working for the White House, working as senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama.
MARKETING
How Renowned Editor Robbie Myers Approaches Brand Voice
Robbie Myers is a seasoned media and fashion executive who for eighteen years served as Editor-in-Chief of ELLE, the #1 fashion magazine brand in the world. She reached over 28 million monthly readers across print, digital, mobile and social in the US alone. Today, Robbie brings 30+ years of creative, managerial and entrepreneurial experience to her current roles as a board member, consultant and advisor to companies in the world of tech, media and fashion.
MARKETING
Create Authentic Content And Get the Most Out Of TikTok
Karen Robinovitz is a pioneer in the social media space. She was one of the first to create an influencer marketing agency, Digital Brand Architects, and see the potential in representing influencers and helping them to build their brands through social media. Now Robinovitz has turned her attention to TikTok and has done incredibly well on the platform.
MARKETING
Kimberly E. Paige On Inviting Diverse Consumers
Kimberly Evans Paige, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Black Entertainment Television (BET)Kimberly Evans Paige is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of BET.
MARKETING
The A to Z Of Getting A Book Published
Dawn Davis is the editor-in-chief of Bon Appetit, where she is the 3rd person of color to head one of Conde Nast’s American publications. Prior to that, she was the Vice President at Simon & Schuster, where she was the founder and publisher of 37 Ink, an imprint for historically marginalized voices.
MARKETING
Alana Mayo On Using Your Superpower To Tell A Unique Story
Alana Mayo is the President of Orion Pictures, where she was hired to relaunch the MGM label to focus on underrepresented voices. She was previously Head of Production for Michael B. Jordan's production company, Outlier Society, where she oversaw the production of movies and TV shows including Just Mercy, Without Remorse, Fahrenheit 451, David Makes Man and Raising Dion.
MARKETING
Tina Wells Guide To Perfecting Content And Attracting New Customers
Tina Wells author, marketing expert and business strategist. Tina Wells is an author, marketing expert and business strategist recognized by Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business, Essence's 40 Under 40 and more.
MARKETING
Marketing Your Brand For A New Era with Shannon Washington
Shannon Washington is Group Executive Creative Director of R/GA New York where she co-leads creative teams and opportunities for Google, Uber, MailChimp, Cigna, ESPN, and more.
MARKETING
Danielle DuBoise On Connecting with Consumers & Promoting Wellness
Danielle DuBoise is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Sakara Life, the wellness brand on a mission to nourish and transform lives through the power of plants as medicine.
MARKETING
Aya Kanai On How To Build An Audience On Pinterest
Aya Kanai is Head of Content and Creator Partnerships at Pinterest. She was previously Editor-In-Chief of the U.S. edition of Marie Claire magazine. Before her appointment at Marie Claire, Kanai was Hearst Magazines Chief Fashion Director since 2016, overseeing the fashion content for Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, Seventeen, and many more Hearst brands.
MARKETING
Building The Infrastructure To Drive Growth And Scale
Bethanie Baynes is the Director of Corporate Partnerships at Amazon. Prior to that she spent 16 years at Google in a variety of roles including overseeing strategic partnerships and driving new business development, revenue management and analytical insights. She is a tireless women's advocate and recognized leader on the topic of breadwinning women.
MARKETING
How To Communicate In A Crisis
Naomi Seligman is a nationally recognized strategic communications leader, a social innovator and an expert in high-stakes communication. She transforms organizations into powerhouses of influence. She has led successful local, state, national and international campaigns for advocacy organizations, elected officials, mission-driven corporations, tech innovators and entertainment industry luminaries through robust partnerships, cutting-edge tactics, creative marketing and media buzz.
MARKETING
How To Utilize Data To Maximize Business Potential
Tamara Gruzbarg is a senior analytics and insights executive with 20 years of experience spanning diverse industries such as finance, consulting, Ecommerce, fashion retail and media. She previously led Data Analytics and Consumer Insights within Time Inc. Her team focused on harvesting a deep understanding of the consumer from both – subscriber and advertising standpoints.
MARKETING
How to think about brand-based platform engagement
The new brand rules are changing engagement strategies.
MARKETING
Redefining Engagement: Solving Customer Retention with Anna Gong
Anna is the CEO and Founder of Perx Technologies, a category-creating Lifestyle Marketing SaaS startup based out of Singapore. With over 20 years of global experience in enterprise software, Anna has held senior leadership positions across startups and global companies.
MARKETING
Sara Tervo CMO of Express On Leading a Brand Through Transformation
Sara Tervo has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer since September 2019. She joined Express from Justice where she was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer from 2016 to 2019. From 1998 to 2016, she held multiple leadership positions at L Brands across marketing, creative services and public relations, including Executive Vice President, Marketing for Victoria’s Secret and Senior Vice President, Marketing for PINK.
MARKETING
Christina Blacken on the Power of Narrative Intelligence
Christina Blacken is a public speaker, performer, and founder of The New Quo. The New Quo is a leadership development and equity consultancy, helping leaders create inclusive practices, habits, and goals through their narrative intelligence, which is the psychological power of story to change behavior.
MARKETING
Richelle Fredson - How to Write a Book Proposal
Richelle Fredson, book publishing consultant and the “six-figure book deal coach,” knows all the angles of the publishing biz.
MARKETING
Corn Paninis and Accountants: How Seemingly Nonsensical Slang Came to Be Normalized
If a Gen Z’er shares your household - or if you’re also chronically online - you might already be familiar with “panini” and “panorama” as synonyms for “pandemic,” and that “accountant” might mean something other than the professional who manages your books.
MARKETING
The Numbers Are In: Holiday Retail Performance Recap
Retailers were hustling to drive sales this holiday season. The New York Times reported merchants weren’t only competing against each other, but against the clock as Americans continued to be buoyed by savings from the “pandemic era” (the Fed estimates about $1.7 trillion in extra savings) and a still-hot labor market, but were - and are - facing quickly-rising prices and increasing costs of borrowing.
MARKETING
Marcy Comer Commercial CMO of EagleView Talks About AI and Machine Learning
Marcy is Chief Marketing Officer, Commercial Group at EagleView, Prior to EagleView, Marcy held leadership marketing roles at Spruce and as employee #3 at Austin based start-up Dosh (acquired) where she claimed the top spot on the App Store and secured $97M in VC funding. Prior to Dosh, Marcy was a senior marketer at Amazon, where she launched Amazon Supply (now Amazon Business), built marketing traffic for Woot (an Amazon subsidiary), and led a team to drive branding, promotion, traffic and analytics.
MARKETING
Elizabeth Rees of Chasing Paper Shares How Slow Growth is Profitable and more.
Elizabeth Rees is the founder of Chasing Paper, a pioneer and leader in the home decor industry, innovating beautiful, clever solutions for the modern home. As third generation in her family’s printing company, she grew up learning the ins and outs of ink, paper and patterns. With the belief that printing is not only a family tradition, but also a craft, Elizabeth carved out her own path in paper with Chasing Paper.
MARKETING
Five Key Marketing Tech Trends That You Need to Know About in 2023 from Intels Lesley Pinckney
Lesley Pinckney is an accomplished marketing and digital transformation expert with a track record of building successful brands and businesses. With a focus on youth and diverse audiences, she has been a driver of marketing innovation for Fortune 500 brands across multiple categories. She’s held leadership positions in both public companies and start-ups.
MARKETING
Diana Pessin on How to More Effectively Use Data in Marketing
Diana Pessin is an award-winning marketer with extensive senior leadership and management experience in product, direct-to-consumer, and data-driven marketing. Diana is the founder of NextPhase Advisors, which provides marketing, media, and data strategy consulting to companies looking to accelerate their growth.
MARKETING
Amanda Jedekin cofounder of Revel On How to Create Content That Resonates
Amanda Jedeikin is the cofounder of Revel (thisisrevel.com), an award-winning, strategy-first brand editorial agency producing high-quality, multimedia content for brands that are dedicated to improving people’s lives.
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Just the Facts... On DEI
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