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Mara Akil on Creativity and The Growing Emergence of Authenticity
Mara Brock Akil is a prolific screenwriter, director and showrunner, credited with over 400 episodes of television, including the groundbreaking series Girlfriends, a cultural touchstone that redefined representation and resonated across generations.
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LaToya Shambo on 7 Strategies to Negotiate a Win-Win for Any Deal
Global marketing and partnerships expert LaToya Shambo has negotiated and closed deals with some of the most iconic brands, including Disney, Walmart and MTV.
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Natalie Davey, Filmmaker and Professor, Shares Her Lessons From The Cannes Film Festival
Dr. Natalie Davey is the Vice President of Ceres Productions and a professor of education at Yorkville and Niagara Universities.
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Joy Gorman Wettels on Legacy Storytelling and Producing with Purpose
Joy Gorman Wettels is a career producer, impact strategist, and founder of JOY COALITION. She’s currently in pre-production on Little House on the Prairie for Netflix and CBS Studios.
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Tope Ajala's Secret: The BAG Method -- A Strategy for Thriving
Tope Ajala (she/her) is a globally influential DE&I advocate and business leader with over a decade of expertise spanning marketing, operations, and strategic change management.
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Sanja Komljenovic on Resilience, Women's Sports, and How to Grow
Sanja Komljenovic is the Founder, CEO, and Executive Creative Director of ONA Creative, a boutique agency driving social change through partnerships with brands like Nike, Jordan Brand, U.S. Soccer, WNBA, Meta, and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).
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Co-founder and COO of Pickle Julia O'Mara on the Sharing Economy and Fashion's Big Trends
Julia O'Mara is the Co-founder and COO of Pickle, the peer-to-peer rental marketplace making it easy and affordable to rent high-quality clothing and accessories within communities and beyond.
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Carolina García Jayaram on Community and Storytelling to Bring Us Through Dark Times
Carolina García Jayaram is the CEO of the Elevate Prize Foundation, a global nonprofit that serves to amplify social impact and inspire action worldwide.
Nona Hendryx's New Performance Piece at Lincoln Center Shows Emerging Tech in An Afro Futurist Context
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Hannah Mendoza Co-Founder and CEO at Clevr Blends Thinks Adaptogenic Drinks Are the Next Big Thing
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
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Karen Eber On How to Tell A Story the Neuroscience Behind One and Why It Matters in the Workplace
Karen Eber is global leadership consultant and keynote speaker. Her talk on TED.com: How your brain responds to stories – and why they’re crucial for leaders has almost 2 million views. As the CEO and Chief Storyteller of Eber Leadership Group, Karen helps companies build healthy and empathic leaders, teams, and cultures, one story at a time.Karen works with Fortune 500 companies like General Electric, Facebook, Kraft Heinz, Kate Spade, and Microsoft. She guest lectures at universities including the London School of Business, MIT, and Stanford. She is a former Head of Culture, Chief Learning Officer and Head of Leadership Development at General Electric and Deloitte and is a frequent contributor to Fast Company.
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Dr. Lyndsey Harper CEO of Rosy Has Plans to Fix Womens Health
Lyndsey Harper, MD is the Founder and CEO of Rosy, an app for women with decreased sexual desire and other sexual problems.
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The WIE Suite Makes Waves at Cannes
This past June at Cannes, in partnership with Makers, the WIE Suite hosted a lunch and conversation with GLAAD President and CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis. The talk, which took place at the Yahoo Beach Club, was moderated by The WIE Suite CEO, Dee Poku and focused on how brands can better support LGBTQ inclusion. Attendees included the head of Makers Alicin Williamson, the new head of inclusive content at Warners Bros/OWN, Shereen Miller; and Nasdaq’s Chief Digital Officer, Sehr Thadhani.
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Everyone Around Me Was Tired: I had no idea my tired was different
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.
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Devika Mathrani on the New Rules of Reputation Management
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.
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Kat Dey Co Founder and President of ettitude Offers Advice for Entrepreneurs
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.
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Eunice Byun co-founder and CEO of Material on Building Authentic Community
Eunice Byun is the co-founder and CEO of Material, the go-to destination for today's home cooks. She started her career at Goldman Sachs, has helped launch and advise several start-ups in the consumer space, and was most recently Head of Digital at Revlon. Since launching in 2018, Material has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Oprah's Favorite Things, and GQ's Best Stuff of The Year.
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Joanne Heyman on Enhancing Communication Skills
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.
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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.
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Ambika Singh CEO of Armoire Shares Lessons Learned from Running Her Business
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.
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Natasha Case 's 5 Tips For How to Inspire and Harness Creativity in Teams
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.
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Is Female Mentorship Important? The Experts Weigh In.
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.
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CEO of Gabbi, Kaitin Christine, On Cancer and Surviving
Kaitlin Christine is a breast cancer survivor, ovarian cancer previvor and the CEO & Founder at Gabbi.
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The Commencement Addresses That Hit in 2023
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.
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Joy Gorman Wettels on Legacy Storytelling and Producing with Purpose
Joy Gorman Wettels is a career producer, impact strategist, and founder of JOY COALITION. She’s currently in pre-production on Little House on the Prairie for Netflix and CBS Studios.
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Mara Akil on Creativity and The Growing Emergence of Authenticity
Mara Brock Akil is a prolific screenwriter, director and showrunner, credited with over 400 episodes of television, including the groundbreaking series Girlfriends, a cultural touchstone that redefined representation and resonated across generations.
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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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Sabina Nawaz on Becoming the Manager You Want and Need To Be.
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MOVE THE NEEDLE
Why Every Leader Should Set Aside Time to Write
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.
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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.
Natalie Davey, Filmmaker and Professor, On What I Learned This Year at the Cannes Film Festival
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
CAREER
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.
CAREER
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.
CAREER
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.
CAREER
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.
CAREER
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.
Masterclass
Khartoon Weiss On Unlocking Brand Growth: TikTok Shops and the Future of E-Commerce
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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.
LEADERSHIP
What is an Alpha CEO
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LEADERSHIP
Stop Asking And Start Doing. 10 Ways To Be An Active Ally In The Workplace To Black Women
Wie Suite Founder Dee Poku shares a powerful message for what companies can and must do to support black women in the workplace.
LEADERSHIP
Investing - 0 to 100 Million: How to Get Invited to the Table, or Build Your Own
Ashley Flukes and Nneka Ukpai are making waves, moving needles, and shifting narratives by leveraging the power of community and collective investment.
LEADERSHIP
Decoding AI: Translating Today’s Insights into Tomorrow’s Innovations with Moody's Paras Qureshi
Updated learning on generative AI, AI and the use cases in your business.
LEADERSHIP
Why Equal Pay Really Matters: The Stats You Need to Know
The data on equal pay for women is appalling.
LEADERSHIP
My Reputation Doesn’t Matter . . .  Said No One Ever ... An Excerpt from Marketing Guru Aliza Licht's Book On Brand
On the release of Aliza Licht's book On Brand in paperback, we share an excerpt on how to think about the development of your own brand.
LEADERSHIP
Stop Asking And Start Doing. 10 Ways To Be An Active Ally In The Workplace To Black Women
The WIE Suite founder, Dee Poku, shares leadership advice for allies.
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Denise Hamilton on How to Forge Our Differences Into a Stronger Future
Denise Hamilton is a nationally recognized workplace culture and DEI expert.
LEADERSHIP
A Letter From Our Founder
The WIE Suite founder, Dee Poku on why every woman should learn to trust her instincts.
LEADERSHIP
Karena Kilcoyne on How to Rise Above Your Story
Karena Kilcoyne is a former trial lawyer who specialized in criminal defense, including complex white-collar and civil litigation in federal and state courts. Later in her practice, she worked as in-house counsel for a publicly traded worldwide manufacturing company.
LEADERSHIP
Laurie Ruettimann on Self-Leadership
Laurie has spent over two decades revolutionizing the world of work through her candid storytelling, innovative solutions, and passion for driving better employment experiences.
LEADERSHIP
Succession Planning: What to Do When the CEO Wants to Step Down
While it’s crystal clear that a successful transition to a new CEO is key to a corporation’s success, history tells us that even with the best of intentions and efforts on the part of a Board of Directors—who are collectively responsible for managing that succession—it’s not always a slam dunk.
LEADERSHIP
The WIE Suite Dinner Series Tackles Culture, Workplace and Community. Expands to More Cities.
Our Fall Table For Eight dinner series added Washington DC and Chicago to an already expansive list of host cities.
LEADERSHIP
Chiara de Rege Recommends These Holiday Must Haves
This holiday, the WIE Suite asked tastemaker members for their holiday shopping must-haves.
LEADERSHIP
When boards and search firms look at candidates for board seats, do they value board service courses and certificates?
The jury is out. Depending on your experience a board course or certification may help you but it's also possible that you don't need one.
LEADERSHIP
Understanding The Benefits of Nonprofit vs Corporate Board Positions: Do You Have What it Takes to Land a Board Seat?
Getting a spot on a board of directors—especially a major for-profit company—has long been considered as mark of success and acumen, an emblem of power within the business community, a way of amplifying your achievements, a route to cementing old contacts and establishing new ones, and, of course, another way of making money.
LEADERSHIP
Mona Patel on Sita's Story, Obligation, Duty and Choice
Mona Patel is an expert in helping people reframe the way they think by understanding and empathizing with other people’s points of view. For over 23 years, Mona's worked with brands like Nike, Facebook, Capital One, First Republic Bank and Pfizer. She teaches organizations how to listen for what people really want. She has started and built a series of 7-figure companies, is a published author, award winning researcher, and keynote speaker. Her latest company, Gray Zones, produces online immersive experiences to inspire leaders to have more empathy, awareness and understanding for different points of view.
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Alexis Grant, Founder of The Got Acquired, on Preparing Your Business for Sale
Alexis Grant is founder of They Got Acquired, a media company that features acquisitions of online businesses and the founders behind them. Previously, she was EVP of The Penny Hoarder, a personal finance media brand that acqui-hired her content marketing agency. She also founded The Write Life, an online community for writers she sold in 2021.
LEADERSHIP
How can I leverage a nonprofit board seat to get a corporate one?
Leveraging a nonprofit board seat to secure a corporate board seat can be a strategic career move. Nonprofit board experience can provide valuable skills and networking opportunities that make you a more attractive candidate for corporate board positions. Here's how to go about it.
LEADERSHIP
What's a typical length of board service?
And, what decision criteria would you think about using when you're considering leaving a board?
LEADERSHIP
Thasunda Brown Duckett On Taking Business Risks And Being a Leader for Our Times
Thasunda Brown Duckett, the former CEO of JP Morgan Chase consumer banking, who led a network of 40,000 employees and 4900 branches, was recently named the CEO of TIAA, becoming the second Black woman currently leading a Fortune 500 company.
LEADERSHIP
Corporate Boards: How to Join One And Ensure Board Diversity With BETs Former CEO Debra Lee
Debra Lee spent 13 years as the chairman and CEO of BET Networks, has more than 20 years of board service across seven different public boards, and currently serves on boards of AT&T, Burberry, Marriott, and Procter and Gamble.
LEADERSHIP
Girls Who Code Founder Reshma Saujani on Fighting for Mothers Rights And Taking Risks
The Girl's Who Code founder who worked to bring girls to the forefront of STEM, has stepped back from the day-to-day running of the company she created, to focus her energy on helping one of the hardest hit demographics of the pandemic, stay-at-home mothers, with her Marshall Plan for Moms.
LEADERSHIP
Designer Rebecca Minkoff On Why She Stopped Micro-Managing And The Key to Longevity in Business
Rebecca Minkoff has a lucrative accessories and clothing business, a podcast--Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff, a network--the Female Founder Collective, that supports women owned businesses, and in her spare time, has written her first book, Fearless: The New Rule for Unlocking Creativity, Courage and Success, which comes out this summer.
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Deirdre Findlay Conde Nasts CMO On Growing Your Audience And Finding New Revenue Streams"
Deirdre Findlay is the global CMO and Chief Revenue at Conde Nast, where she oversees all consumer marketing efforts and is focused on driving consumer revenue, brand development, audience insights and growth, digital strategy, and increasing subscriptions and memberships.
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Bon Appetits Dawn Davis On Nurturing Creativity And Going With Your Gut
Dawn Davis, the new Editor-in-Chief at Conde Nast's Bon Appetit, was most recently at Simon & Schuster, where she founded boutique imprint 37Ink. Her successes have included The Butler, by Wil Haygood, made into a movie by Lee Daniels, and The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl​, by Issa Rae.
LEADERSHIP
A Primer To Building Personal Wealth
Many of us mean to get more financially savvy, but put it off for various reasons - the concept is overwhelming, someone else in the family has been handling ( eg a partner), or it just feels too late in the game to dive in.
LEADERSHIP
Bobbi Brown Cleans Up + Gets Back to Beauty
You might think that if you'd built a game-changing business into large global brand and successfully sold it to a powerful conglomerate, you'd sit back, put your feet up and bask in your success, rather than launch a parallel business in a now saturated market-place with a smaller team.
LEADERSHIP
Pushing Beauty Boundaries: Unilevers Esi Eggleston Bracey"
Renowned executive, Esi Eggleston Bracey has spent her the bulk of her career in the beauty industry, first at Procter & Gamble where she became the Senior Vice President & General Manager Global Cosmetics, then at Coty as the President of Consumer Beauty and now at Unilever, where she is currently the EVP + COO North America for Beauty and Personal Care, and it is no surprise her contributions to the industry have had profound impact.
LEADERSHIP
Master The Art of Negotiating
Author and award-winning educator Mori Taheripour teaches negotiation and dispute resolution at the Wharton Schoo and is a six time recipient of awards for excellence in teaching.
LEADERSHIP
Skoll Foundations New President Marla Blow Wants To Change The World
Martha Blow has always put social impact front-and-center in her work, both as a corporate executive - as SVP of Social Impact at MasterCard, and as the founder of FS Card--a credit card venture designed to make traditional credit available to underserved consumers.
The WIE Suite and La Grande Dame Host Women Innovators Event
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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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