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.
Few things are more challenging for business leaders than teams who arrive at work pre-loaded with the weight of the world. In their hearts, our people want to dig into the day’s projects, shift into deep work mode, get sh*t done, and then enjoy free time with friends and family. But the banking situation! Politicians....
There was a time in her life when Kim Gravel wasn’t feeling confident and authentic. “I wasn’t really living the life that not only I wanted, but that I was made to live,” Gravel said in a keynote speech at the 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit in Phoenix last month. Gravel, the CEO and...
I had a chance to connect with some of our industry’s top thought leaders at last week’s Women in Retail Leadership Summit for a true meeting of the minds. We held insightful discussions on the trends shaping today’s new working world, including the importance of supporting employees’ wellbeing, ways to combat burnout, and leadership lessons....
Naomi Kent, managing director of Felix Corp and an expert on board service, led an interactive session at the March Women Leading Travel & Hospitality Virtual Exchange. In this clip, Kent highlights how leaders can build and utilize their professional networks to land board seats. Kent is a trusted partner to C-suite executives, a strategic...
Last month, Harshida Acharya, the chief marketing officer and partner at Fulfillment IQ, reached out to 30 women working in supply chains to get their insights into how to better empower women in the male-dominated sector. In 2022, the total percentage of women in the supply chain workforce dipped to 39 percent from 41 percent...
This bonus episode of Women in Retail Talks features an interview with 2023 Top Women in Retail honoree Shawn Outler, chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer at Macy's, one of America's premier retailers. Listen in as Outler discusses her experience being named one of the first chief diversity officers in the retail industry in 2018, the DEI initiatives Macy's has launched that she's most proud of, how she overcomes challenges in her work every day, and more.
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Teamwork makes the dream work. We all must have heard this phrase countless times in our careers by now. But the reason it is so well-known is because, well, it’s true. Simply put, you can overcome your biggest obstacles if you have a team that shares a common goal and works together to achieve it....
As children in India, we were taught to remain quiet unless we were spoken to, to avoid interrupting others when they were speaking, and to ask permission or raise our hand in class before speaking. It was considered polite to wait until “everyone” had a chance to speak before sharing our own thoughts. However, when...
A discussion on how retail executives are empowering women across their organizations and preparing them to take on — and succeed — at leadership roles was the subject of a panel discussion at Shoptalk in Las Vegas. Winnie Park, CEO of Forever 21 and a Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board member, said that...
During Women’s History Month, Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) is highlighting women who are making history today in the world of retail. In our final article of the four-part Women’s History Month profile series, we’re featuring an exclusive interview with Mona Akhavi, the president of VRAI, a majority-female, global sustainable fine jewelry brand whose...
