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, delegating effectively, empowering employees, among others.
In organizations the world over, there are about as many women as men at the lowest levels of the career ladder. Yet, at each successively higher level, the proportion of women steadily shrinks. While 41 of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women — a record high — that’s only 8.1 percent of the total. What’s...
We live in a performance-driven world. A successful career requires stamina and patience. Realizing and prioritizing the importance of taking care of yourself can be the difference between flying high and burning out. Many of us feel the threat of burnout. So many of us feel that way that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared...
I’m not going to lie, it was hard for me to swallow the findings of McKinsey & Company’s newly released Women in the Workplace report and summarize it for this incredible community of persevering women. Because we’ve heard it time and time again: women are doing critical work, but we’re exhausted. And our work is...
Alexis Romer, vice president of sales for the luxury travel industry at Marriott International Luxury Brands, has been in the hotel business almost her entire career. She’s had experience with a variety of sales roles both inside and outside of the industry, and knows first-hand how the travel and hospitality industry is unique. In this...
If anyone understands the value of travel, it’s the Women Leading Travel & Hospitality community. For you, travel is more than just a job, it’s a calling — a way to inspire yourselves and others by sharing your experiences of the world. “NOMADS: Adventurous Businesswomen that are Changing the World while Traveling,” just released on...
International hospitality leader Accor announced August 24 the appointment of Sara Glenn and Benjamin Cadwell as chief operating officers, North and Central America. This move reinforces the group’s commitment to investing in world-class leadership and building a strong future for Accor in the region through the development of renowned brands including luxury leaders Raffles, Fairmont,...
The touchstone for successful gender ally development is this: a man is an ally when a woman says he is. Allies listen, co-create opportunity, and build a personal brand for accountability and trust. For us men, we aren’t allies to women because we aspire to be or because we say we are. We’re allies only...
Working moms are the backbone of our society, yet face challenges balancing responsibilities between work and home life as well as finding time for themselves. After becoming a mom herself, Whitnee Hawthorne, vice president of customer support at JetBlue Airways, decided she needed to find a way to support and guide other working moms in...
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...
I have a small, four-by-four inch block of wood on my desk featuring the silhouette of a city skyline, orange, yellow and blue streaks interwoven around the black buildings. I picked it up at a pop-up market in downtown Washington, D.C. Handwritten in the sunset colors are the words: Go Everywhere Talk to Everyone Eat...
