Join us for Business Bites - What is Leadership? | An Exploration of the Role of Management in Tomorrow’s Workplace
Executive leadership training has been historically grounded in structured educational lessons designed to develop concrete operational and financial management skills. Leaders have been historically measured by concrete performance metrics such as company profitability and increased market share. Recent research by leading universities including Harvard, MIT, and Stanford have all identified gaps in the ability of traditional leadership measures to address the complex, fast-changing real-world scenarios today's leaders face. As organizations increasingly shift how they scale and how business objectives are set and met, many theorists believe that the role of leadership will continue to change.
In light of the recent research findings and the evolving marketplace conditions, there is a growing awareness of the increasing value of new styles of leadership. Future-ready leadership programs try to anticipate the skills tomorrow's leaders will need to thrive. Future-focused organizations try to develop/ attract leaders that will position them to thrive in tomorrow's workplace.
In this month's Business Bites we’ll explore the changing role of leadership. We will discuss the increasing emphasis on soft-skills development, change agility, and distributed leadership skill-building in leadership programs, and hypothesize on the future of management with industry experts Suzan Sierota, Janeen Brown, and Barbie Winterbottom.
Susan Sierota - Executive Coach, Hand & Associates, Inc.
Susan is an Executive Coach, Founder, CEO, and Board Member with expansive multi-industry operating experience across all stages of growth and in both Fortune 500s and high-growth startups. In her Executive Coaching practice, she helps CEOs and their top-level management teams achieve business objectives by helping them dig into complex problems, enhance effective and impactful leadership, embed culture and values into all touchpoints, and drive value creation beyond revenue to achieve strategic objectives.
Prior to building her coaching practice, Susan was the Founder and CEO of Waggit, an IoT consumer platform that will forever change pet health. Susan also Founded Kasasa, a B2B SaaS suite of banking products and the first and only consumer-facing national brand established in the community-banking marketplace that today is the 5th largest branch network in the US and was voted the best place to work every year she led the team.
Before Susan was a Founder, she was head of growth at Peet’s Coffee and expanded the business nationally. At MillerCoors, she turned around the $1.6B Coors Light business from a decline into steady share growth. Susan grew several global brands and launched new categories during her almost ten years in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble.
Janeen Brown - Founder, EmpowHERto
Janeen Brown is the Executive Director and Founder of EmpowHERto. She is an advocator for the well-being of women, building self-confidence, and female entrepreneurship. Previously, Janeen spent time managing a team for an entertainment company but felt she had a greater purpose to help improve the prospects for female leaders. She hosted a number of events that brought together women of different backgrounds to communicate and help each other but wanted to have an even greater impact on their lives, which led her to found EmpowHERto. She became an entrepreneur in 2018 and has successfully created three companies and still currently leads all three as CEO.
Janeen is constantly inspired by the younger generations and is driven to lead young women to success and achieve generational wealth.
When Janeen is not hard at work you can find her continuing to nurture her passion for mentoring younger women and traveling between the U.S. and Canada.
Barbie Winterbottom - CEO, The Business of HR
A CEO, Coach, Mentor, and advocate for women and minorities in business, Barbie is a strategic and insightful business leader and coach known for growing strong talent and fostering People First cultures.
As the founder of the Business of HR, Barbie has a passion for coaching and developing HR professionals. She brings 20+ years of hands-on HR and executive experience to the Business of HR with a goal to transform the HR space from a tactical "cost center" to the strategic powerhouse of business leaders and influencers our businesses and people need.
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About Business Bites:
An original webinar series brought to you by HanaHaus in close collaboration with ON ITS AXIS. Enjoy 1-hour livestream episodes featuring renowned thought leaders and notable speakers from various industries. Join us for thoughtful conversations every month where our guests share insights on innovation, leadership, business development, and other relevant topics!
About ON ITS AXIS:
ON ITS AXIS is an award-winning innovation consultancy helping enterprises accelerate faster and at scale. Since 2009 we've partnered with some of the brightest, most forward-thinking companies to spark change, enhance agility, and optimize growth. Over the years we've had the honor to work with companies like Samsung, Google, Amazon, Yahoo, IBM, and BICS. Together, we’ve created business models, taken products from concept to commercialization, and created cultures of excellence.
About HanaHaus:
HanaHaus is a community workspace that combines the best aspects of café and coworking culture and cultivates a dynamic atmosphere for innovation. The concept of HanaHaus is rooted in the philosophy that great ideas spring from anywhere, and more often when people come together. HanaHaus brings people together and offers a space where they can connect, explore new ideas, and bring them to life.