Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s Top 50 Tips of 2022 report is chock-full of advice for leaders and entrepreneurs looking to ensure their businesses thrives in the new year. These tips are uniquely tailored to help women leaders in the retail industry, covering everything from how to attract the right talent to best practices for negotiation. Below are several tips for the busy entrepreneur; download the entire report for more insights on leadership, professional development and business strategy.

Listen to Your Knowing
I believe that your personal life, your professional life, your leadership, comes down to which one you listen to. Do you listen to the “no” or do you listen to the knowing? I believe that your best chance of not only succeeding with your vision and leading your teams and your company, but also your best chance of actually becoming the person you’re born to be, comes down to getting really good at hearing your own knowing and making the decision to trust it. — Jamie Kern Lima, Founder, IT Cosmetics, 2022 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, “IT Cosmetics’ Founder Jamie Kern Lima on Turning a ‘No’ Into a ‘Knowing”

Motivating Your Team
I think we all want a sense of purpose in life. A job is a job. People don’t get motivated by money — they really don’t. Inherently, people want to do good in the world. That’s how I inspire my team. I don’t need to tell my team to work because they’re motivated intrinsically by doing something that’s positively impacting the world. — Manasa Mantravadi, Founder and CEO, Ahimsa, “Member Spotlight: Manasa Mantravadi, Founder and CEO, Ahimsa”

Changing the Course
Stay flexible. The pandemic really forced us to turn our business around very quickly and entirely change its model to suit the new landscape. If we had been more rigid we probably wouldn’t have the thriving business that we have today. Being open to changing the course, and being open to feedback, has really helped us grow. — Amy Voloshin, Founder, Printfresh, “Inner Circle Q&A: Amy Voloshin, Founder, Printfresh” 

Be Obsessive Over the Customer Experience
Starting slow and really being focused and obsessive over the customer experience definitely helped set us up for success. Having a really clear point of view has also been helpful in building trust and having customers know what we stand for. We’ve been deliberate in how we’ve grown. There were so many opportunities early — should we do wholesale, should we move into this category, should we do this collaboration. We just said a lot of “nos” early on in order to protect the brand experience and be thoughtful in terms of how we were growing. — Ariel Kaye, Founder and CEO, Parachute, “Parachute CEO Ariel Kaye on Success: Start Slow and Stay Focused” 

Download Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s Top 50 Tips of 2022 here.