Archive:: October 2014

The Container Store has 70% of the top leadership positions are held by women. Kip Tindell the 61-year-old chairman and CEO of The Container Store founded the quirky retailer in 1978 with two friends and an initial investment of $35,000.  Today, it has 6,000 employees, 67 locations in the US, and annual sales of nearly… Read more »

In the last blog, the question was posed “How can one move from being an individual contributor, to manager, to senior ranks to the top of the org chart?” Getting promoted to the C-suite, or other senior level positions, doesn’t happen by accident, coincidence or luck. It doesn’t result from just being smart, accomplished or… Read more »

Recently I’ve had a number of conversations that have sparked the question “What exactly does C-Suite” mean? Someone asked me the other day, “I am the owner and founder of a small company, am I in the C-suite?”  Another colleague asked me, “I am a senior financial director at a large global non-profit, am I… Read more »

Great new article from The Maria Shriver Project, “You Do You: Why Women In Leadership Should Just Be Themselves” Women have been told for years to act and behave a certain way if they want to make their way to the corner office.  In studying women who have reached senior level positions, this report identifies… Read more »