The content featured below was created to help leaders and managers build the skills and gain the knowledge they need to boost their professional performance. Topics covered in this section include managing interpersonal relationships, developing listening skills, having empathy, improving communication skills, how to effectively delegate, what employee empowerment means, among others.
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli interviews Claire Spofford, CEO of J.Jill. She is also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member! Spofford shares how she maintains her mental health and recharges to be a better leader, why she loves mentoring others, what she loves most about being a mom, and more.
Duration: 16:08
Ah, the elusive term … “dream job.” We hear it so often growing up and throughout our careers. So much so that many of us aim our sights on giant lofty goals and then get frustrated and disillusioned when life doesn’t pan out the way we imagined. Is it any surprise that more than 60...
Deb Hannah was promoted both times she was on maternity leave, something nearly unheard of happening to women in business. Hannah, senior vice president of marketing at Shoe Carnival, says this is all thanks to sponsors who spoke highly of her when she wasn’t in the room. In this video clip from an interview with...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli interviews Tracey Brown, president of retail products and chief customer officer at Walgreens. Brown discusses her varied career journey that led her to her current role, how her diabetes diagnosis became a guidepost for her career, and how supporting employee and customer wellbeing is core to Walgreens' DNA.
Duration: 19:15
1988 U.S. Olympian and media professional Leslie Maxie, founder and chief creative officer of Maxie Media Group, is taking the stage next week at our 2022 Women in Retail Leadership Summit. Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli sat down with the media maven to get to know her better, as well as to...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s recently released 2022 Top Women in Retail report honors women who have excelled in their field. The report features several Women on the Rise — female retail executives who are climbing the ranks and will be the next generation of industry leaders. Many of these featured women attributed communication and...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) recently released its 12th annual Top Women in Retail report featuring many of the female executives leading the industry. Included in the report was a special section honoring women on the rise — i.e., up-and-coming stars who are catching our eye and doing amazing work in the retail space....
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Senior Editor Marie Albiges interviews Stacey Renfro, CEO of mDesign, a home storage and organizational products retailer. She's also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member! Renfro discusses what drew her to mDesign after years at more traditional retail organizations, how she's aligned her career with her personal mission statement to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, and more.
Duration: 24:36
Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s Lessons in Leadership video series offers exclusive, members-only videos featuring executive women from the Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board discussing industry best practices, sharing life learnings, and providing strategic tools to help others excel as women leaders in retail. Our fifth episode features lessons from Mary van Praag,...
Recently I had a spontaneous lunch with two girlfriends who lead their own businesses like I do. The three of us run wildly different enterprises in wildly different ways, but that day we found out that we had a lot in common: we were weary. We were tired of being 24/7 cheerleaders and were in...
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