Can women find a good work-life balance and truly have it all? And by “all,” I mean the whole shebang — success in work, family, friends, health and the elusive brass ring, balance. Well ladies, I have a super solid answer. Wait for it … I have no idea. There, I said it. I was...
At some point of either your academic or professional career, most of us have gone through the exercise of writing a future note to ourselves — the proverbial “where do you want to be in x years.” On the flip side, many mentors and career veterans are often asked what they would do differently knowing...
It’s official: The stage is set for the Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s “Girl Talks” events, taking place in New York City on Oct. 13 and San Francisco on Oct. 27! At Girl Talks, women retail executives gather with their peers to hear short, passionate presentations (each lasting 15 minutes, with five minutes for audience...
Emma Mcilroy is a former Nike executive and self-proclaimed “tomboy.” She would shop in the men’s section at clothing stores, but the clothes never fit right. Mcilroy, along with another former Nike employee Julia Parsely, wanted to solve this problem for all the other tomboys out there. That’s when Wildfang, “where badass women call home,”...
We’re a week into New York Fashion Week (NYFW), and one thing is apparent — it has a new look this year. In an effort to keep up with consumer demand for the latest fashions as well as to negate fast-fashion knockoffs, many designers have opted for a new approach to fashion week. Some went...
In part one of this three-part series, I talked about how we are ALL creative, dispelling the notion that creativity is somehow magical and therefore inaccessible to most of us. This installment will debunk five other creativity myths and provide additional tips to help you foster your own creative genius. Myth No. 1: Having ideas...
OK, a study came out recently that debunks a theory I personally have never really believed: the persistent gender pay gap around the world comes from the fact that women are reluctant to ask for a raise. As I suspected, the study shows that women ask for more pay just as often as men do —...
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in “The Great Gatsby.” I can very much relate to that quote. Fall to me is a time of renewal. Labor Day comes and goes, schedules that may have lapsed over the summer begin again, and things suddenly feel...
Welcome to our latest series, Ladies We Love! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be introducing some fabulous ladies in our latest video series, Ladies we Love. Some are members, some are from our speaker squad, some are friends, and all are great women leaders in retail! In this episode, WIRLC had a chance to...
In today’s fast-changing retail world, it’s critical for leaders to be creative. In fact, some would argue that the most important leadership quality for success in business today is creativity. Without creative thinking, organizations can miss out on breakthrough ideas that can become innovations. With this in mind, we’ve reached out to Shari Rudolph, chief...
