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In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli interviews Karen Mangia, vice president, customer and market insights at Salesforce, and author of the new book, "Working From Home: Making the New Normal Work for You." Listen in as Mangia discusses her career background, what led her to write her new book, and a few of her best tips for working from home successfully.
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Today is Women’s Equality Day, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women being given the right to vote in the United States. Since 1920, women have continued to forge ahead for every generation of women that followed after them, pushing us closer to equality. Most recently, women have been pushing the envelope to ensure...
Work ruts are easy to develop, even in non-quarantine situations. The limitations of working remotely during a pandemic can exacerbate this problem, erasing boundaries between home and work life, and making both feel even more monotonous. Ruts can take the joy and inspiration out of your job, making it difficult to carry on. Fortunately, there...
I was a born beach lover. I spent most of my childhood summers, like Springsteen did, blissfully along the shoreline of New Jersey — Ocean City, Beach Haven, Point Pleasant, Seaside, Wildwood. Then I moved to South Florida for undergraduate and graduate business degrees, where soaking up the sun while inhaling the scent of Hawaiian...
If you need a change in your daily routine, switching up what you’re listening to throughout the day is an easy way to snap out of it. Our Women in Retail Talks podcast offers weekly episodes, in which we sit down with women executives and company founders to talk about a variety of topics, ranging...
During the most recent Women in Retail and Total Retail Virtual Exchange, Leslie Blodgett, former CEO and creator of bareMinerals, participated in an interview during which she discussed her new book, “Pretty Good Advice: For People Who Dream Big and Work Harder,” as well as her unique interviewing style, the value of humor in business, the...
Whether you’re a seasoned business professional looking to achieve a leadership role or a young entrepreneur entering the working world for the first time, there are several keys to success that all women in business — both in retail and across industries — can benefit from following. I’ve spent more than 20 years working with...
Interviewing for a job can be stressful. This is especially true if you’ve been at your company for an extended period of time and your interviewing skills are rusty. With the economic upheaval that has recently occurred due to the COVID-19 crisis, a lot of companies have been forced to conduct mass layoffs. Professionals across...
Women represent more than half of the retail workforce, yet less than 3 percent make it to the C-suite. Furthermore, among the board members at S&P 500 retail companies, only 20 percent of these members are women. My team and I at Pinsight undertook research to discover some of the causes of this lack of...
I joined the Girl Scouts of the United States of America as a Brownie growing up in Westport, Conn. Looking back now, joining the Girl Scouts wasn’t so different from launching my professional career. Becoming a Brownie was like jumping into the workforce — unknown but fun, exciting and sure to be filled with new...
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