Rasika Narang shares her journey from her early days in India as a little girl creating and building things from scratch to becoming chief marketing & growth officer at Strawberry Frog. After graduating with an economics degree in India, she talks about giving in to her inner desire for creativity by moving to New York to pursue design. In this episode of Brand Insider: BTS, Rasika opens up about growing up in a different culture and finding the courage to try new things and take risks, values she tries to instill in both her children and her teams. She also …

Beth Woodruff advises anyone beginning their career to seek out organizations that align with their own values, something she did with Ally Financial nine years ago. She's now the company's senior director, brand strategy, integrations & innovation and credits leadership that saw her potential as her biggest allies (no pun intended.) In this episode of Brand Insider: BTS, Beth talks about getting a seat at the table and why she believes it's her responsibility to help cultivate young talent. She also opens up about recognizing her inner critic, her forever journey, and getting led down the rabbit hole...can you guess …

In this episode of Brand Insider: BTS, Emily Simasek, Neurocrine Bioscience's associate marketing director, admits to early on being a people pleaser until she realized being authentic and developing a strong voice and clear purpose are what truly matters. She talks about wanting to be part of the solution for patients that get overlooked, and believes her experience growing up with her sister deeply influenced that commitment. Emily also shares her love for national parks, reality TV (can you guess which show,) and the overwhelming experience that left her on the floor eating pizza in the dark...it was actually a …

Excellent advice Jordana Barish offers to anyone beginning their career, and she's speaking from experience. The VP of Allegra, NA, at Sanofi admits her path wasn't linear, something she believes can be an advantage since it can provide different perspectives for problem solving. In this episode of Brand Insider: BTS, Jordana also talks about being solution focused and the value of turning a negative into a positive. She goes on to talk about setting New Year's goals, not resolutions, striving for harmony, and why this "wallflower's" career was a happy accident.