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.
It’s game time! We’re off to the 2022 races and if you’re anything like the rest of the world, you’re thick in the resolution frenzy and knee-deep into goal setting. Journals, workbooks, podcasts, coaches; you can’t throw a rock without seeing a guide, checklist or life hack for how to stick to your resolutions. Social...
This episode of Women in Retail Talks features a clip from the November Women in Retail and Total Retail Virtual Exchange with Angie Rieger, senior vice president of international and wholesale at Lands' End, and advisory board member for WIRLC. Rieger discusses how the discipline and skills she's gained while training for marathons has applied to her leadership and professional growth, and how setting specific short-term goals to achieve long-term objectives is useful in both running and in business.
Duration: 9:07
Guest host Jasmine Bellamy, Women in Retail's director of diversity and inclusion, interviews Leslie Short, owner, president and CEO of The Cavu Group, a corporate diversity, equity and inclusion consulting firm. Short discusses why she wrote her new book, "Expand Beyond Your Current Culture," and her call to action challenging all of us to expand our cultural intelligence and humility.
Duration: 18:09
For all of us in the midst of happy careers, the headlines keep taunting us with talk (and action!) of “The Great Resignation.” From the The Wall Street Journal to The Atlantic to Inc. to Medium to the The New York Times, the stories abound of the millions of people saying goodbye to jobs they presumably once loved. Jobs...
We here at Women in Retail Leadership Circle are often asked, both by our members and the retail community at large, what are the secrets to landing a corporate board position. Therefore, we decided to create a workshop designed to answer that question — and more. During this workshop, you’ll hear from Kelly McNamara Corley,...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Senior Editor Marie Albiges interviews Judy Werthauser, executive vice president and chief experience officer at Five Below. Werthauser is also a 2021 Top Women in Retail honoree. Listen in as she discusses why its important to find leaders who leverage your skills holistically, how her biggest challenge as woman in business was doubting herself, and how women can stop holding themselves back.
Duration: 23:04
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Senior Editor Marie Albiges interviews Jamie Lee, head of digital experience at Everlane, an ethically-made apparel brand. Lee is also a 2021 Woman on the Rise honoree, included in the 2021 Top Women in Retail report. Lee discusses her career background in retail and her journey to her current role, including what drew her to join Everlane.
Duration: 18:50
Halloween is a treat because we can be whoever or whatever we want and nobody questions it, including ourselves. I had some outlandish costume demands as a kid, and (thankfully) a creative mother. Scheherazade, Nefertiti, Athena … yes, I’ve always been a powerful woman fangirl. But when it’s not Halloween, I feel like a fraud for...
This video features a recording from the 2021 Women in Retail Leadership Summit event, held Oct. 11-13, 2021. This energetic keynote presentation is given by Ellen Latham, creator and co-founder of Orangetheory Fitness, the well-known boutique fitness studio franchise with more than 1,200 studios in all 50 U.S. states and more than 23 countries. During...
Why don’t women brag about themselves and their accomplishments? Research shows that a staggering 67 percent of women in the workplace would rather brag about the accomplishments of other women instead of themselves. Carol Sankar, founder of The Confidence Factor for Women in Leadership, is well-versed in teaching women how to advocate for themselves. She’s...
