Deb Boelkes is the award-winning author of Women on Top: What’s Keeping You From Executive Leadership? Deb is not just a role model and heartfelt leader; she’s the ultimate authority on creating best places to work. She has 25+ years in Fortune 150 high-tech firms, leading superstar business development and professional services teams. As an entrepreneur, she has accelerated advancement for women to senior leadership. Deb has delighted and inspired over 1,000 audiences across North America.
She is the founder of Business World Rising, LLC. She developed her unique sense of leadership style rising through the ranks of a heavily male-dominated business world starting at age twelve. She credits a few tremendous role-models, lots and lots of leadership books, the phenomenal leadership training she received back in the days when AT&T and IBM focused on developing their high-potentials, and more than a few managers who reinforced what not to do.
For decades, women have made strides in political and corporate arenas. Still, there’s a lot of ground to cover before we’re equally represented, especially in the upper echelons of the business world. But the changes that have occurred in the last two years call for the skill sets that many women naturally possess. Employees everywhere...