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.
“Excuse me, I’m speaking” became buzzworthy after the 2021 Vice Presidential debate. These words are how current Vice President Kamala Harris reclaimed her voice, re-centered the attention, and took back the microphone during a high-stakes debate. And these words will go down in history. You’ll notice when watching the brief recap here that during interruption No. 3,...
“It’s OK to be scared.” These inspirational words were spoken by Rebecca Minkoff, co-founder and chief creative officer of Rebecca Minkoff, during her opening keynote conversation last week during Women in Retail Leadership Days, our month-long virtual celebration of women retail leaders. In fact, Minkoff said that even if you are scared, do the thing...
Good or bad, what you put out into the world happens — thoughts, words, energy. Positive or negative. Words shared with another human being have some of the most power of all. I’ve learned that my words are a force for others, but mostly for myself. Here are some guiding words to my 2021 self,...
With gender equity progress at risk due to the COVID-19 health crisis and childcare shortages, WerkLabs set out to understand more about the value of keeping moms within the workplace. Via a survey administered to 500+ working professional women, WerkLabs quantitatively measures the value-add of moms as colleagues and managers. Irrefutably, the presence of moms in the workplace results in a more positive employee experience, greater workplace inclusivity, heightened productivity, and an increase in retention.
We all know this list: COVID-19, uncertainty, rapid changes in the way we live, work, relate … It seems that lately, the world we have to navigate is turning increasingly more chaotic. In a recent HBR article, I shared shocking data on the rate of change and the constant disruption we’re all experiencing. “In 2018,...
I know the pandemic has made us all a little more _____________________ these days. Fill in your blank. As an Italian-American, I have only one answer to that question: EMOTIONAL. No surprise. We Italians are an expressive sort, complete with lots of coordinating hand gestures. (I can still vividly picture the Italians in Lombardy in...
In 2020, we all faced significant trials as we learned to navigate the pandemic world. With COVID-19 not quite in our rearview mirror, as an entrepreneur, I’ve had to pivot and learn a great deal about cultivating and maintaining my personal and professional relationships in this remade nation. No matter what you do for a...
Author and public speaker Brit Barron always thought fear was the opposite of bravery and courage. “It took me a long time and a lot of my life to figure out that fear is not the opposite of bravery,” said Barron. “Fear is not the opposite, of course, it’s the start of it.” In the...
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.
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