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Executive Leadership

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.

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Top Women Execs Share Their Leadership Styles

In the Winter 2016 issue of Total Retail (sister brand of Women in Retail Leadership Circle), the cover story featured the publication’s annual list of the leading female executives in the retail industry. To get know the 17 honorees better, Total Retail sent them each six questions. Here are select answers from some of this year’s honorees to the question, “How would you...

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Why Being a Crybaby Isn't a Bad Thing

Warning: true story sharing moment ahead. I had a recent experience at work where I was dealing with a situation that was beyond my control. It was a problem that we simply couldn’t fix in a timely manner. It was going to take a ton of man hours (aka mine, so maybe it was woman...

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Getting to Know Shelley Broader, Chico’s New CEO and President

To help prepare those who have already signed up for the Women in Retail Leadership Summit (taking place in Miami Beach from April 20-22), and to entice others who haven’t yet registered, Inner Circle will be giving you a sneak peek into the thoughts and motivations of some of the featured speakers at this year’s...

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All About Women's Conferences

Women’s conferences have been in the news lately, with some experts arguing that these events aren’t effective and serve as merely “feel good” meetings with little accountability. However, as the co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Summit, I’m solidly in the other camp. I believe women’s conferences are vital and necessary because they allow...

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A Totally Biased List of Books I Can't Wait to Read in 2016

If you’re a book nerd like me, you get excited when a new year begins because inevitably there will be lists of the best books that will be published in the year ahead. Genre doesn’t matter — fiction, nonfiction, business, technology, cooking, psychology, life — I just love to hear about what’s coming out. And,...

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WIRLS Speaker Jules Pieri on Starting The Grommet

As I mentioned in my article last week, we’re super excited about our upcoming Women in Retail Leadership Summit (WIRLS), taking place in Miami on April 20-22. We’ve put together a fabulous speaker lineup, including Jules Pieri, the co-founder and CEO of the product launch platform The Grommet. Jules has had a great career: she’s worked...

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Can I Take a Minute to Brag?

Those of you who know me know that I’m not one to boast, but I thought I’d take a second to brag a bit about our upcoming Women in Retail Leadership Summit, taking place in Miami on April 20-22, and the fabulous speakers we’ve lined up. (This recent Inc. article says that women need to...

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