Leslie Forde is a leading voice in working moms’ well-being, workplace equity, and the future of work. She helps organizations understand what working parents and caregivers need to thrive. Her core message: self-care is not a luxury—it’s essential.

We live in the age of auto-generated thought. AI can draft your memos, summarize your meetings, even write your thank-you notes. But it can’t do the hard work of original thinking or developing a point of view. That’s where writing comes in — and why every leader should be doing more of it.

Diverse companies are better companies.

Manisha Thakor has worked in financial services for more than thirty years, with an emphasis on women’s economic empowerment and financial wellbeing.

On November 30th, the WIE Suite launched our holiday shop at the Lingua Franca Townhouse in NYC.

If you are short on time and your attention is slowly waning, podcasts are the perfect side companion to get yourself into the zone.

An excerpt from “Don’t Feed the Elephants: Overcoming the Art of Avoidance to Build Powerful Partnerships” by Sarah Noll Wilson

When you are looking for board positions, you might wonder what is the difference between a career resume and a board resume?

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

The temptation to “look good” may be hindering us from actually “getting good.”

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

Over the years, several tools have been created to help individuals manage their ever-growing list of things to do such as Walter Chen and Rodrigo Guzman’s productivity tool called IDoneThis. Instead of writing tasks down, it was for tracking things already accomplished.

Sylvia Rhone is the chair and CEO of Epic Records, a label owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Rhone is regarded as the most influential female executive in music business history. She has held senior positions at all three major record companies and was the first woman to be named CEO of a major record label owned by a Fortune 500 company.

Anne-Marie Slaughter is an American international lawyer, foreign policy analyst, political scientist and public commentator. From 2002 to 2009, she was the Dean of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs.

Annie Dean is the VP of Team Anywhere at Atlassian, a software company that builds collaborative software. Her role is to execute their distributed work strategy which allows her to get back to the type of client she’s served throughout her career as a lawyer, founder and consultant. Prior to Atlassian, Annie worked as the Director of Remote Work at Facebook (now Meta).

Shelly Lazarus is the Chairman Emeritus of Ogilvy (formerly Ogilvy & Mather) and has worked in the business she loves for more than four decades. She rose through the ranks of Ogilvy & Mather assuming positions of increasing responsibility in the management of the company, including president of O&M Direct North America, Ogilvy & Mather New York and Ogilvy & Mather North America.

If your first instinct when you see the word “creativity” is to scroll… Stop! Creativity isn’t reserved for artists or creators; it’s critical to problem-solving in the workplace, a driving force behind innovation, and revolutionary in exploring potential career growth.

Marci Alboher is Vice President of Narrative Change at CoGenerate, which brings older and younger people together to solve problems, bridge divides and co-create a better future. She is author of The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life and One Person/Multiple Careers: The Original Guide to the Slash Career.

Julie roots for humans. She works to help humans thrive. She has degrees from Stanford, Harvard Law, and California College of the Arts, but she's not done learning. She plans to learn and grow until she draws her last breath. She lives in Palo Alto, California with her beloved life partner of 34 years, their itinerant twentysomethings, and her mother.

Lesley Jane Seymour is a media entrepreneur and founder of CoveyClub launched in February 2017 (Covey is a small flock of birds). In January 2008, Seymour was named Editor-In-Chief of More Magazine, the leading lifestyle magazine for women over fort . In July of 2015, Seymour created history by having the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, guest edit an entire issue.

We’ve all had unpleasant work experiences, but for many that “unpleasantness” actually crosses into workplace trauma, an under discussed, real experience. As with any trauma, unacknowledged it can drive your actions and reactions even when the threat has passed–like when you’ve left the toxic job behind and are stepping into a new, healthy role.

Amy Wilkinson, founder and CEO of Ingenuity and lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, draws on her unique experience as an entrepreneur, business executive, and academic researcher to reveal how companies and leaders can answer disruption with the forces of innovation.

Janna Meyrowitz Turner is an advisor, angel investor, and strategist focused on systems change, leadership development, and communication in all its forms, in every direction. She has been building values-aligned networks for over 20 years across the public, private, and social sectors. She started her first company, Style House, at the age of 23 in 2006.

For the past two years, turnover has been exceptionally high in the US. In November of 2021, according to government data, more than 4.5 million workers chose to leave their jobs – that’s more than any other time in the twenty years the government has been tracking that information. While turnover proliferates industry and wage-level categories, the rates are especially high in lower wage sectors such as hospitality. In January of 2023, churn was declining, but remained higher than pre-pandemic levels.

Dona is the Director of Tech for Microsoft Accessibility. A woman of color tech leader for over a decade. A multi-published author (it turns out fiction writing is really useful in software!). The owner of the ethical luxury fashion brand Prima Dona Studios. Dyslexic but Dealing. Fast Company’s 100 Most Productive People and Cosmopolitan magazine's Businessperson of the Year. A teacher of hating Mondays less through the power of intrapreneruship in corporations. Always ready to get on a plane.

Less than a third of US employees think their compensation is fair; this impression is largely driven by how much employees trust their organization, or in many cases, how much they don’t. For better or worse, trustworthiness is a quality influenced more by experiences outside of compensation, such as negative experiences in terms of inclusivity, toxic culture, inadequate work/life balance, and a perception of unfair expectations.

Emily Tisch Sussman is a podcast host, women’s empowerment and family policy advocate, leading democratic political strategist, contributing editor to Marie Claire, and mother of three. Emily is the host of the award-winning podcast She Pivots, which features women, their stories, and how their pivot became their success.

How can you make networking work for you? These eight well-connected professional women from across industries share tips. This is the third in our series on networking.

Today we continue our series with networking advice from executive women whose experiences range from consulting to law to tech, luxury fashion, healthcare, and more.

Networking is always a hot topic - one fraught for many with obligations, aspirations, and generalized anxiety. We’ve gathered the best advice of seven connection-making mavens wielding experience ranging from consulting to law to tech, luxury fashion, healthcare, and more, and will bring their insights to you over the next month.

Sheila Lirio Marcelo is Co-Founder and CEO of Proof of Learn, a Web3 learning platform with a mission to unlock accessible, high-quality education across the world. Prior to POL, Sheila was a Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA). In 2006, before joining NEA, she founded Care.com, where she was Chairwoman and CEO until early 2020.

Once you’ve determined that networking is a worthwhile endeavor - and that there are authentic ways to make it work for every personality - it’s time to consider how you’ll manage your network.

Tina Bhojwani is the Co-Founder and CEO of AERA New York. Prior to that, she held key leadership roles at global brands Donna Karan and Theory where she played an integral part in international business development. Her most recent corporate role was as President & CEO of Dolce & Gabbana, North America.

Jess Weber is currently the President and Interim CEO of Creatively. Previously she was a consulting at Russell Reynolds Associates, where she advised market-leading and investor-backed clients on optimal organizational design and talent strategies to attract and retain high-impact leaders within the dynamic consumer landscape.

As a sought-after consultant, speaker, and leadership experience designer, Tara Jaye Frank helps leaders and organizations define a vision and develop strategies to advance their culture and leadership goals. In 2015, she published her first book titled Say Yes: A Woman’s Guide to Advancing Her Professional Purpose - a practical tool to help emerging leaders reach their own professional high grounds.

One of our favorite things about June (other than the mad rush of trying to get things figured out before summer, endless school events for those with kids, and last minute vacation planning) is the slew of graduation speeches with advice from high profile celebrities.

Stephanie Ruhle anchors MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle Reports on weekdays and appears across all NBC News and MSNBC platforms as NBC News’ Senior Business Correspondent. A Wall Street veteran, Ruhle is known for bringing her business acumen and hard-hitting style to high profile interviews in her original reporting, and bringing humanity to her news coverage, covering the migrant crisis at the border in McAllen, TX and a daily “Good News Ruhles” segment.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chloe Harrouche is a Co-Founder of The Lanby, a wellness-forward primary care members club.

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.

Cindy Gallop is an advertising veteran, equality rights activist, and the founder of MakeLoveNotPorn.

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.

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.

Jill is a hospitality expert with a global perspective and has over a decade of experience as a private chef, caterer, cookbook author and restaurant veteran. In addition to running the v1 of The Culinistas, Jill has written four cookbooks, including “Better on Toast” (Harper Collins, 2015) and “Party Like a Culinista” (Lake Isle Press, 2011), as well as international cookbook titles in Madagascar and India.

As a leader, you hold great power to positively impact your employees who may be dealing with anxiety. Are you leading through anxiety yourself?

Ever wondered how everyone can do it all and more? The fact is, they probably don’t.

Known by many as the Brow Queen, Anastasia Soare is a beauty industry icon and the Founder/CEO of Anastasia Beverly Hills, who’s fierce determination and entrepreneurial spirit, led her to create one of the most highly respected brands in beauty. Born in Romania, Soare immigrated to Los Angeles in 1989 and got a job in a beauty salon. She quickly noticed that women weren’t grooming their eyebrows, a common practice in her home country.

How is menopause affecting business, or perhaps a better question - how could menopause be affecting business?

Sheryle Gillihan is Co-owner and CEO of CauseLabs. She is a 2022 Great Women of Texas honoree, a 2017 Dallas Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree, a nonprofit board member, a social enterprise advisor, and a speaker on leadership and impact. She uses technology as a force for good to bridge cultural gaps and disrupt both local and global challenges to help organizations scale impact toward equality, education, and access.

Morra Aarons-Mele knows that taking your mental health seriously is a leadership strength. She launched and hosts The Anxious Achiever podcast for LinkedIn Presents, which was a 2020 Webby Awards Honoree, 2022 “Best Commute Podcast” Signal Award winner, and is frequently a top 10 management podcast and top 50 business podcast.

Jean is a fourth-generation jewelry industry professional and thought leader who brought high-end jewelry brands online in 2015 with her first company, Swoonery. She is currently CEO of CADAR, a luxury fine jewelry brand that specializes in design-forward, ultra-flattering 18k gold jewelry for women who believe style is a form of self-expression.

Vanessa Barboni Hallik is the founder and CEO of Another Tomorrow, a B Corp Certified end-to-end sustainable design company with a fully digitized product eco-system delivering technology-enabled transparency, authenticated recommerce and an on-ramp to Web3 applications.

What's happening for women in the C-Suite? We've spent the past few months connecting with experienced leaders, including WIE Suite members, who share their expertise on the issues impacting women in the C-Suite this year.

Stacy Mayer is a Certified Executive Coach and Promotion Strategist on a mission to bring more diversity to the leadership table by doubling the number of women promoted to the c-suite each year worldwide.

Ida Tin is the co-founder and former CEO, now chairwoman, of Clue the most trusted female health app. Clue enables women and people with menstrual cycles to make good choices for themselves and live full lives not in spite of their biology but in tune with it.

Karen Walker is an executive coach and consultant who advises CEOs and senior leaders on thriving in hyper-growth.

Guest post by Nitzan Pelman and Sorbriqué “Sorby” Grant, Climb Hire.

Jennifer Stucko, Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Prota Fiori, is a trailblazing entrepreneur who has revolutionized the luxury footwear industry by creating the first woman-owned, B Corporation sustainable luxury women’s footwear brand made in Italy.

Ambika Singh is the founder and CEO of Armoire, a clothing rental membership for ambitious women. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School, she held roles at Microsoft, Boston Consulting Group, and startups TravelPost and Rover before embarking on entrepreneurship.

Jana Rich is the founder and CEO of Rich Talent Group—an executive recruiting firm that works with visionary companies to build and diversify leadership teams and boards.

Anu Duggal is the Founding Partner of Female Founders Fund, an early-stage fund investing in technology companies started by women.

Natasha Case founded Coolhaus in 2009 with Freya Estreller because they did not feel represented by the ice cream brands on shelves and knew they could create better quality and more unique ice cream. They launched their ice cream sandwich company from a barely-drivable postal van at the Coachella Music Festival where the brand went viral.

75% of executives credit mentors with much of their success, and 90% of employees with career mentors report that they are happy at work. Mentoring makes an impact.

Widely recognized as a transformative force, bringing a mission-driven focus to institutions across sectors, cultures and countries. A highly sought-after coach, facilitator, advisor, and lecturer, her work is often credited with the achievement of sustainable and measurable success, including healthy, thriving cultures. A former Executive Director of pro-social organizations, she brings a practitioners perspective to supporting leaders and teams seeking lasting impact.

Kat Dey is the Co-Founder and President of ettitude. Kat is a serial entrepreneur and executive, named one of “35 People to Watch in New York Tech” and “EY Entrepreneurial Winning Woman” in 2016.

Lindsay Scola is a keynote speaker, writer, producer, and strategist who leads at the nexus of entertainment and political change. With over 20 years on core teams of high-powered influential leaders across media, entertainment, politics, and government, she is passionate about expanding patient advocacy and normalizing conversations about sleep disorders.

Devika Mathrani is the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where she is responsible for the development and implementation of advertising, marketing, public relations, print, broadcast, media and social media strategies. Her role involves partnering across the organization to develop and advance NYP’s digital journeys and patient communications and elevate the message of top quality, safety and patient experience excellence in the local, regional and national healthcare marketplaces.

Clevr Blends is the Meghan Markle-backed, Oprah-approved functional coffee and tea brand.Co-founders Hannah Mendoza and Roger Coppola traveled the world blending up adaptogenic elixirs. They gained a following from fans who loved how the drinks made them feel, and wanted to recreate them at home. Seeking to make these powerful ingredients more accessible, Hannah and Roger founded Clevr

Lyndsey Harper, MD is the Founder and CEO of Rosy, an app for women with decreased sexual desire and other sexual problems.

Lenore is an Investor, Executive Coach and Venture Strategist. Lenore is the Founder and Managing Partner of Bright Ventures, a Black woman-led emerging fund and strategic advisory firm using a proprietary Inclusive Innovation Model to deliver capital, coaching and community to a diverse group of founders and innovators.

Sid Mofya is the Executive Director of the Draper Venture Network – a global collective of venture capital firms spread across the world’s key technology innovation centers and the world’s largest economies. Their funds represent a current AUM of $2.5BN and over 650 active technology companies.

A partner and head of brand/communications for M13, Christine Choi worked with Sir Richard Branson to launch Virgin Group’s North American portfolio and was the first head of communications for Virgin Galactic/Virgin Orbit/The Spaceship Company. She serves on the boards of KIPP NJ and Virgin Unite US.