by Lisa Singer on Mar 14, 1:28 AM
"Transitioning from that little young girl in Havana, I've always dreamed of having a career and working. I was passionate about it, but...people would laugh at me, laugh it off, saying my best bet was to marry into such aspirations, but I wanted to leave a mark." And Katia Colston certainly has left her mark. On her own at the age of 15, the now vp of ecommerce sales at Central Garden & Pet left Cuba with a dream of building a career in the U.S., something she now describes as an "out-of-body experience." In this episode of Brand Insider: …
by Lisa Singer on Mar 8, 8:23 AM
"Don't do things that make you unhappy, but do things that are hard because you know hard doesn't always equal unhappy. Hard is good. It's it's good to be uncomfortable, and it's good to push yourself and figure it out." Bridget Sponsky, executive director of brand and sponsorship marketing at Ally, has continued to push herself throughout her career and says competing in sports growing up taught her to be a part of something bigger. In this episode of Brand Insider: BTS, Bridget says she believes sports are important for women's leadership development and shares an interesting statistic with me...94-percent …
by Lisa Singer on Feb 28, 1:25 PM
"I think people need to know that no matter where you come from and where you grew up and who your family is, it's possible to break through all of that and get somewhere you want to go." Kristi Daraban did just that! Having held senior positions at NBCUniversal, Nestle and Disney, to name a few, she is now the associate vice president of marketing at Nationwide. As a first-generation Hungarian- American, she discovered early on the need to carve out her own path to get where SHE wanted to go. In this episode of Brand Insider: BTS, Kristi tells …
by Lisa Singer on Feb 21, 5:07 PM
"When I started out, there weren't many women in leadership roles, and so finding that female role model was really hard...it really was difficult to see myself in a leadership role in the beginning. I was just grateful to have a seat at the table when I finally made it, but I quickly realized that I have to get over that because now my job is to advocate for others and get their seat at the table. This is really where the work begins." That work lead her to VP of Marketing at Mitsubishi. A position Kimberly Ito is extremely …
by Lisa Singer on Feb 8, 3:53 PM
"People often say, oh, she's shy, or, oh, she doesn't have an opinion. I just think the reality is I use my voice, or, I should use my voice, when it can make impact, and I should shut my mouth when I cannot make impact." Radhika Duggal is definitley not shy, but instead thoughtful. Having held senior marketing positions at various Fortune 100 companies; including Deloitte, Pfizer and JP Morgan Chase, the current CMO of super.com has certainly been making an impact. In this episode of Brand Insider: BTS, Radhika goes on to say that instead of being the loudest …
by Lisa Singer on Feb 1, 12:24 PM
"I have lots of conversations with myself. So lots of self-talk with Julie. I create a lot of stories, and then I just have to say is that the right story? How would I rewrite that story and see myself having success?" Julie Evans has these little chats with herself to help combat her insecurities. Something many women have to contend with regardless of their success. In this episode of Brand Insider: BTS, the VP & CMO of Omaha Steaks shares how she uses her stories to push past self-doubt, something we all could learn from. Julie also talks about …
by Lisa Singer on Jan 26, 3:07 PM
"It's funny when you kind of look back now, and you think about, oh gosh, like my visa had issues, and it was the most devastating moment in my life. And it's funny, I can't even remember what the issue was anymore. So I feel like everything happens for a reason, and I very truly believe in that. So if things go wrong, it's fine." It certainly turned out fine for Kinjal Mehta. Losing her job and being sent back to India forced the Uber lead product manager to reassess her goals, setting her off on an unexpected career path. …
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