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.
Lorrie Bartlett made history in 2011 when she was tapped to co-head Hollywood agency ICM Partners’ talent department, becoming the first Black agent to hold such a high-ranking post at a major Hollywood agency. “Our job as leaders is how do we take this (ICM) brand and identify ourselves in the business now,” Bartlett noted...
“A CEO once said to me, ‘When a new fish is added to the fish tank, everybody swims differently.’” “This is our moment of opportunity and obligation as citizens of the world. Women are desperately needed to balance the masculine energy already present in boardrooms.” “Listen to what people are looking for and deliver what...
Julia Landauer is a NASCAR driver and two-time champion from New York City. Since making history as the first and youngest female champion in the Skip Barber Racing Series at age 14, Landauer has amassed dozens of wins in many different racing series. After becoming the first woman to win a NASCAR Track Championship in...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Digital Content Director Kristina Stidham interviews Michelle Wenke, co-founder of Monrow, a loungewear brand known for its timeless design and comfortable fabrics. Wenke discusses her and her co-founder's career history in fashion design, the white space they saw when launching Monrow, and how they came together to create the brand.
Duration: 23:15
Last week my husband and I hiked one of our favorite alpine trails in one of our not-so-quiet-or-quaint-anymore Colorado mountain towns. In the summer, this meadow is full of diverse and multicolored wildflowers. The trail is appropriately called Oh-Be-Joyful, and it brings me joy just to say its name, let alone engage in its wonder...
The “SHEcession,” otherwise known as the increased effects of job and income losses on women, is more prevalent than ever before. A recent conversation in The Equality Lounge at NRF Retail Converge looked at the ways COVID-19 has impacted women at work, and offered tangible solutions for companies to support them in their return to the workforce....
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Digital Content Director Kristina Stidham interviews Vanessa Quigley, co-founder and chatbooker-in-chief of Chatbooks, the photo book subscription company for busy moms. Quigley discusses the inspiration behind the business, how her struggle with mom guilt combined with her Instagram account helped create Chatbooks, and how she learned how to to lead a retail company with no prior business experience.
Duration: 27:18
Take a look at your demographic data. What does it tell you about the spread of employees? Is there a concentration at each end of the spectrum? We can reasonably expect a brisk turnover of our younger staff, taking on opportunities in the short term to gain experience and extra cash. At the other end,...
Speaking about how she achieves balance between her work and personal life, Lori Allen, one of the world’s foremost experts on bridal couture, as well as founder of Bridals by Lori, breast cancer survivor, and star of TLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta” and “Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids,” stressed the importance of...
Hammocks make me smile, whether they’re occupied or not, still or moving softly in the wind, hanging in a land-locked backyard or enticingly at a beachside resort, or simply pictured beautifully in a catalog (thank you, L.L.Bean for inspiring my purchase decades ago!). Hammocks make me smile whether they’re hung from pine trees during a...
