Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli interviewed Sheree Waterson, former chief of product at Athleta, at WIRLC’s On the Road | San Francisco event last month. The pair discussed Waterson’s career path, her professional successes and challenges, and what’s next for her.

For example, Campanelli asked Waterson what advice she had for women who were looking to advance in their careers. Waterson explained that women should learn as much as they can, follow their passions, and be as tenacious as possible. However, Waterson also explained that they should remember all the amazing feminine attributes they have that make them a great leader.

“This is the moment in time when the world is your oyster,” Waterson said. “Because there’s so much consciousness built around the female attributes […] What rocks hard about women is that they nurture, they’re insightful and have intuition, they listen very well, and they can amalgamate a lot of chaos into really crispy nuggets of wisdom. And the ability to do that is really important.”

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