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.
For many professionals, virtual interviewing is a new concept they’ve been faced with this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the height of the coronavirus, a Gartner study revealed that 86 percent of organizations were interviewing candidates virtually. And while some companies have slowly returned to the office, others have decided to...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Senior Content Strategist Ashley Chiaradio interviews Marie Thomas, vice president of applications and integration technology, direct-to-consumer solutions at TOMS, and Vanessa Cartwright, chief client success officer at Astound Commerce. Listen in as Thomas and Cartwright discuss their respective career journeys and roles, the impact of mentorship and a strong network on their careers, and how they're each paying it forward by mentoring other younger women.
Duration: 27:25
The State of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Fashion report builds upon the CFDA and PVH’s co-authored 2019 industry briefing Insider/Outsider: Inclusion & Diversity in the American Fashion Industry. Together, the CFDA and PVH continue to partner with the industry to build a future that is better for business, better for creativity, and better for...
In a webinar it's hosting next Tuesday (Feb. 9), Korn Ferry will address four workforce trends that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel of subject matter experts from Korn Ferry will analyze the following four workforce trends, and what impact they could have on our professional careers:
Plenty of research exists around the fact that juggling work and parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult for many, and impossible for others. However, little research has been done around how to help. This project sought to change that by pinpointing specific challenges in order to find viable solutions.
I attended a great session earlier this month at NRF 2021: Retail’s Big Show – Chapter One that was all about mentorship, and thought I would share some insights I gleaned from it. The session, “More than mentorship: New ways to foster retail’s future female leaders,” focused on the state of mentorship today, including what’s...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Digital Content Manager Kristina Stidham interviews Meagen Johnson, vice president of marketing at Jane, a boutique marketplace. Johnson discusses the success Jane experienced from leaning into affiliate and influencer programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, how mentorship has played a role in her professional career, why she loves mentoring younger professionals to foster their future-forward career development, and more.
Duration: 21:31
You begin with youthful ambitions and a vision about the difference you want to make. I traded on my potential while I gathered experience, sometimes flying on empty. My determination kept me fully attuned to those miraculous chance meetings that happen right on cue, and opportunities at my door just when another challenge was required....
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“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen This life is full of paradoxes. While you’re buried in the deepest of muck, unable to see your way out of a difficult situation, it’s easy to forget that you’re also in the perfect position to mine for gold. In...
