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.
Lesley Jane Seymour is a media entrepreneur and former editor of magazines such as YM, Marie Claire and, most recently, More. She’s created a following and a community. After losing her job when More closed down earlier this year, Seymour saw just how impactful her community of women could be. In this interview from the Pennsylvania Conference...
We’re very excited here at the Women in Retail Leadership Circle. The event we’ve been talking about (oftentimes in this very space) for months is about to happen. That’s right, Girl Talks East is finally taking place, next Thursday evening, Oct. 13, in New York City at the Kitano New York! At Girl Talks, women...
There are killers in our midst. They’re cunning, wily and insidious, striking when we don’t even realize it. Often, they come disguised as long-held thoughts and beliefs lurking in our own minds. Sometimes, they take the unassuming and unexpected physical figure of a friend, family member or colleague. Regardless of form, their aim is the...
At some point of either your academic or professional career, most of us have gone through the exercise of writing a future note to ourselves — the proverbial “where do you want to be in x years.” On the flip side, many mentors and career veterans are often asked what they would do differently knowing...
It’s official: The stage is set for the Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s “Girl Talks” events, taking place in New York City on Oct. 13 and San Francisco on Oct. 27! At Girl Talks, women retail executives gather with their peers to hear short, passionate presentations (each lasting 15 minutes, with five minutes for audience...
In the second episode of our Ladies We Love series, WIRLC catches up with Sheila Haile, chief marketing officer of Cohen’s Fashion Optical, an optical retailer featuring fashion products such as eyeglasses, frames and sunglasses, lenses, contact lenses, and accessories. (Check out our first episode, when we interview Rachel Shechtman, co-founder of STORY.) In this video,...
OK, a study came out recently that debunks a theory I personally have never really believed: the persistent gender pay gap around the world comes from the fact that women are reluctant to ask for a raise. As I suspected, the study shows that women ask for more pay just as often as men do —...
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in “The Great Gatsby.” I can very much relate to that quote. Fall to me is a time of renewal. Labor Day comes and goes, schedules that may have lapsed over the summer begin again, and things suddenly feel...
Welcome to our latest series, Ladies We Love! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be introducing some fabulous ladies in our latest video series, Ladies we Love. Some are members, some are from our speaker squad, some are friends, and all are great women leaders in retail! In this episode, WIRLC had a chance to...
Remember when I told you last week to get ready for some exciting news about our Girl Talks West event, taking place at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco on Oct. 27? Well, here it is: Laura Alber, CEO of Williams-Sonoma, has signed on as a speaker. Laura’s talk is titled, “Lessons I’ve...
