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More women took CEO spots in 2018, but not enough: Here’s what we need to do

July 10, 2019 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh

How many women are in your C-suite? Of course, it’s disappointing that there aren’t more women in top spots in most companies, but we do have some good news. In 2018, the number of vacated spots taken up by women upped to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Home, Leadership Tagged With: #MeToo, C-Suite, female CEO, gender bias

Assess yourself: The essential CEO behaviors (based on a study of 17,000 leaders)

October 22, 2018 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh

Forget the stories of born leaders. If you’ve got your eye on the corner office, executive coach Shoma Chatterjee knows which specific behaviors it takes to become CEO. Her executive advisory firm, ghSMART, conducted a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Home, Leadership, Leadership Skills Tagged With: CEO behaviors, female CEO, women, women CEO

Inside the C-Suite: Meet Jessica Parisi, CEO, BTS USA

September 4, 2018 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh

Jessica Parisi has always craved what she calls “deliberate discomfort.” It’s her guiding rule that she’s had since she began her career: “If I stop learning at the pace I want to learn or stop having fun, then I’ll do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Home, Inside the C-Suite Tagged With: BTS, career advice, CEO, female CEO, Jesscia Parisi

Inside the C-Suite: Meet Meg Whitman, CEO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

February 17, 2017 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh

Meg Whitman seems to be the female CEO with the easiest smile, especially when you see photos of her in the news. And with all of her accomplishments, she does have a lot to smile about. She’s on Forbes’ 2016 Most Powerful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: business challenges, career advice, eBay, female CEO, Gender Equality, Hewlett Packard, meg whitman, most powerful women

Inside the C-Suite: Meet Marillyn Hewson, CEO, Lockheed Martin

January 13, 2017 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh

Marilln Hewson CEO

Growing up in Kansas with a dad who worked at Fort Riley army base and a mom who was an army nurse during World War II, Marillyn Hewson felt right at home when she interviewed at Lockheed Martin, one the country’s biggest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inside the C-Suite Tagged With: C-Suite, career advice, CEO, female CEO, female leader, leadership style, lockheed martin, marillyn hewson

Inside the C-Suite: Meet Ursula Burns, CEO, Xerox

September 15, 2016 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh

“My mother would always remind me: ‘Where you are is not who you are’,” Ursula Burns, Xerox CEO, often says. “If you’re in a bad place, it’s only temporary and shouldn’t change the core value of what you can bring to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inside the C-Suite Tagged With: CEO Xerox, female CEO, Ursula Burns, Ursula Burns CEO

NEW! Inside the C-Suite: Meet Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors

August 12, 2016 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh

SPECIAL NOTE: This is our inaugural “Inside the C-Suite” feature that will highlight women who lead the nation’s top companies. We hope it will provide practical, actionable information that is empowering and inspirational. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inside the C-Suite Tagged With: female CEO, mary barra, Mary Barra CEO

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