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.

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.

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.

Carolyn Monaco is a publishing strategist who works with leading experts to launch their books to drive their revenues. Over the past 18 years, starting with her stint as Marketing Director at Harvard Business Review’s imprint, Carolyn has become the industry’s premiere publishing strategist. Veronica Kido is an award-winning publicist and writer, who specializes in publicizing business and technology books, authors and their firms—to help them rise above the noise and get noticed. Kido Communications.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

Gina Bianchini is the Founder & CEO of Mighty Networks. The company's mission is to usher in a new era of digital businesses built on network effects. It serves small and medium businesses that offer digital memberships, online courses, community, and subscriptions – all offered in one place under their brand, instantly available on every platform.

Tracy Reese is an American designer whose signature rich, daring colors and unique prints are crafted into joyful, feminine clothing for modern women. Tracy Reese’s design philosophy is rooted in a commitment to bringing out the beauty in women of all shapes, sizes and colors.

Younger generations bucking old traditions is nothing new. What’s unique to those born between 1997 and 2012 is the boldness with which they dictate change.

Anushka Salinas serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Rent the Runway. She leads a team of tech, product, marketing and analytics employees to achieve the long-term vision of disrupting the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by becoming the starting point for circular fashion.

Jean Godfrey-June, Goop Beauty Director Called 'one of the most influential beauty journalists in America,' Jean Godfrey-June has a two-decade-long career as a beauty and style editor in print and digital media, with experiences at Elle, Lucky, and Wall Street Journal Magazine.

We live in liminal times, characterized by the uncertainty that accompanies transitions and transformations. Liminal comes from the Latin word limen, meaning threshold. It can be likened to standing on the cusp of something new but unaware of what that something is.

Bridgett Lindsey is an accomplished business and people leader with an undeniable sense of purpose for guiding organizations through change and building infrastructures that can scale across a diversified workforce. She has successfully championed culture change in both start-up and large matrixed organizations by providing intellectual and strategic insight to help leaders think differently. Her specialty is in leading teams through significant organizational restructures, culture shifts, and towards evolving, yet ambitious goals.

Daisy Auger-Dominguez has made it her mission to make workplaces more equitable, compassionate and inclusive. A human capital executive and workplace culture strategist, Daisy inspires and equips global organizations to think inclusively, lead with purpose, embrace courage and shape the future of work.

Holly Howard is the brain behind Ask Holly How, a business consultancy founded on the principle that successful entrepreneurship resides at the intersection of self-evolution, business growth, and the creative pursuit. Holly works with creative entrepreneurs who are building locally and growing globally. They are risk-takers by nature, with an expansive mindset for growth, driven by a sense of possibility.

Fran Hauser is an author, keynote speaker and startup investor at the intersection of women’s empowerment, career fulfillment, and collective wellbeing. As a long-time media executive, Fran has always championed the power of content in shaping culture, educating the public, and driving awareness of important issues.

Leaders of today need an updated playbook to take teams into the 'next normal'. This next evolution of leadership must include an ecosystem of engagement to define how to solve complex problems and to dictate what work takes priority during an ongoing pandemic.

Sharon Ainsberg is the co-founder of a bicoastal MarkComm agency specializing in celebrity and influencer integration for global brands. Ainsberg's career began in the music business working with award-winning composer, Philip Glass, and his record label, Point Music (PolyGram). After leaving Point Music, Ainsberg became a talent manager, working with veteran music manager Louis Levin, who has managed everyone from AC/DC and Michael Bolton to Michael Jackson.

Geena Davis is an American actor, activist, producer and former model. She’s received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a British Academy Film Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2019, she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her work fighting gender bias on and off-screen in Hollywood through the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. In the following discussion, she discusses why it's essential to have more women visible both on the screen and behind the scenes.

We all know about IQ and we’re very aware of EQ but what about VQ? The new metric “virtual quotient” or VQ, measures one’s virtual intelligence. The rise of work-from-home and hybrid positions has generated a need for a new set of skills. The evolving nature of virtual spaces and the assortment of tools used to facilitate teamwork is what makes these new working conditions so complex.

Maria Borromeo is the Founder & CEO at ClHu (pronounced 'clue'). She is the former co-founder and CEO of Thakoon and CEO & President of Hudson Jeans. An expert in building brands and scaling companies, she launched ClHu to support a gap in the gender neutral fashion category.

Alexa Adams is the co-founder of barrière and was co-founder of fashion brand Ohne Titel. She has worked for Helmut Lang, Nike, and Karl Lagerfeld amongst others.

This week's MasterClass with Kristin Patrick explored how to be a CEO with the heart of a CMO, and how to make the leap from CMO to CEO. From talking about ZAlphas to exploring phygital spaces, she offers a candid view of her life in the C-suite. Kristin is a forward-thinking executive, who has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Claire’s since March 2021. Building on the fashion brand’s more than 50 years of leadership as a global creator and influencer of youth culture, Kristin plays a vital role in taking the brand into the future.

As Chief Financial Officer for SonderMind, Corley Hughes leads the finance, operations, and people functions with a builder’s mentality, strengthening the business delivering high-quality mental and behavioral health care while creating a career-defining place to work. Previously she held executive roles at &Then, Glossier, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and Product Hunt.

Navigating through career pivots can feel exciting and - let’s face it - a little treacherous, especially when you’re making a drastic change in organizational culture, size, or environment. We spoke with three leaders – Laura Brounstein, Nicole Loher, and Benish Shah – who are well-seasoned in navigating transitions from start-up leadership to corporate, and vice versa; they shared their knowledge of common pitfalls along with their best advice for avoiding these stumbling blocks.

Megan W. Gerhardt, Ph.D. is a Professor of Management and Leadership at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University, where she also serves as Director of Leadership Development for the Farmer School and the Robert D. Johnson Co-Director of the Isaac & Oxley Center for Business Leadership.

Anat’s career path has taken her around the world. An innovative leader, Anat has worked as a corporate executive with well-known hotel brands including Four Seasons, Holiday Inn and Radisson.

Over the past several years, the world of professional travel has - of course - shifted dramatically. Those who travel the most are considered, by themselves and others, to be digital nomads - a classification 16.9 million Americans currently embrace. This is an increase of 9% from last year and a “staggering” 131% from 2019.

Candace Nelson is a serial entrepreneur, a New York Times bestselling author, Wall Street Journal contributor and an expert in turning one’s passion into a profitable business. Her book, Sweet Success: A Simple Recipe For Turning Your Passion Into Profit will be published by HarperCollins Leadership this month.

Whether you’re in charge of gifts for a professional team, or thinking through whether to give a gift to your colleague, boss, or direct report, navigating the holidays with professionalism and humanity can be a feat.

The new year is rapidly approaching and whether you’re a fan of the New Year’s Resolution or not, it’s a great time to set new goals, evaluate old ones, and recommit to progress in every area of your life. Get inspired with three goal-setting strategies that could make all the difference - each accompanied by processes and methods to get your wheels turning.

Feel like you never get quite enough sleep? If you feel fatigued during the day regularly, know that you’re not alone. According to The National Sleep Foundation, the average adult feels sleepy three days a week. Clearly, there is room for improvement!

Climbing the ladder is one thing; remaining in positions of leadership, power, and influence for a long period is quite another. We spoke with three women who have withstood the test of time in leading organizations and ventures, and they shared their tips for leadership over the long haul, maintaining personal wellness while meeting the needs of demanding careers, and overcoming challenges.

Elizabeth Gore serves as co-founder and president of Hello Alice, which helps businesses launch and grow. A multi-channel platform powered by machine learning technology, Hello Alice guides business owners by providing access to funding, networks and services. Through a network of over half a million companies in all 50 states and across the globe, Hello Alice is building the largest community of business owners in the country while tracking data and trends to increase owner success rate.

Emily Hikade graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where she studied international relations, French and German. Upon graduation, she worked briefly at the White House before launching into a career with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Emily spent fifteen years as an operations officer in the Clandestine Service. Serving mostly in austere conditions, Emily was on the frontlines of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) collection overseas in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Emily Soccino Grey is the Chief Executive Officer of Spike’s K9 Fund, a nonprofit organization committed to the training, care, and preservation of working dogs, and the support of veteran and first responder wellness.

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.