Executive leadership is the ability of those who manage employees within an organization to influence and guide individuals to get their best performance. The content featured in this category provides valuable insights for executive leaders on how they can manage their teams better and meet organizational goals.
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli interviews Francesca Toninato, global CEO of 7 For All Mankind, a premium denim and lifestyle brand. Listen in as Toninato discusses how she lead 7 For All Mankind through its acquisition by Delta Galil Industries, the importance of developing strategies alongside her teams to foster buy-in, how the company creates and sustains a large community of brand loyalists, and more.
Duration: 32:34
When leaders in retail climb the ladder and finally reach a coveted C-suite position, it might come with a few surprises. In this clip from our Women in Retail: On the Road Dallas event in July, four women executives share the biggest surprise they encountered when they finally reached the C-suite, and the best piece...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Senior Editor Marie Albiges interviews Amy Franks, executive vice president of retail network and business development at Ethan Allen, a global luxury home fashion brand. Listen in as Franks shares how she got her start in furniture retail niche, how she reframes failure as an opportunity to improve towards a goal, her advice for the next generation of female retail leaders, and more.
Duration: 26:27
Angie Rieger is the chief transformation officer for Lands’ End, Inc., the business uniform sponsor partner of the 2023 Women Leading Travel & Hospitality Summit. She’s also an advisory board member of Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC). Rieger oversees the merchandising — including product management — and the inventory planning teams. She’s a seasoned Lands’...
As a college graduate and a senior-level executive at Ralph Lauren, Sharonda Weatherspoon quickly realized in her adulthood that she didn’t learn how to be a good leader by going to school or moving up the corporate ladder. “Every single thing that I learned about leadership, I learned at my grandmother’s table,” she said. Weatherspoon...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli interviews Wanda Gierhart Fearing, executive vice president and chief marketing and content officer at Cinemark Holdings, a leader in the motion picture exhibition industry. This episode was recorded at the Women in Retail: On the Road Dallas event in July. Gierhart Fearing discusses the leadership lessons she's learned throughout her career, how she became the first chief marketer at Nieman Marcus, her negotiation best practices, and more.
Duration: 27:21
The best leaders take a culture-first approach to work. Why? Because creating a work environment where individuals can flourish both personally and professionally is the only way we achieve sustainable success. Promoting happiness, engagement and collaboration is key, but putting this into action can be tricky. Here are some tools I use to make it...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Senior Editor Marie Albiges interviews Carrie Baker, president of Canada Goose, an iconic lifestyle brand producing extreme weather outerwear since 1957. Listen in as Baker walks through her early career journey and what drew her to join Canada Goose, how her responsibilities changed as she moved up in leadership roles, how she leverages being a woman to her advantage in her career, and more.
Duration: 30:12
The double feature that brought people to movie theaters in droves last month — known around the internet by the portmanteau “Barbenheimer” — resulted in Cinemark, the nation’s third-largest movie theater chain, seeing its highest domestic box office month in company history, according to the Dallas Morning News. How did Plano-based Cinemark prepare for the...
We were thrilled when we learned that Michelle Poole, president, Crocs, was named the recipient of Women in Retail’s 2023 Top Woman of the Year, an award created in partnership with with CommerceNext for its 2023 CommerceNexty Awards program. The award, which was announced at CommerceNext’s event in New York City in June, recognizes a woman leader in...
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