WHY REVENUE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OPERATIONS, NEVER SALES
by Justin Roff-Marsh, author of The Machine. Scroll down on their website to read the thought process to this theory. Salespeople won’t like this! If you make revenue the responsibility of your sales department, you will handicap the growth of your organization. If you want your organization to grow, operations [...]
IWEC Foundation 15th Annual Conference Draft Agenda
This agenda will be updated and times are subject to change. Keep checking back!Conferenceagenda10132022
IWEC 15th Annual Conference Nov. 13-15th Hotels and Rates
These two hotels will be serviced by our conference buses to take the participants to the venues during the conference. If a participant stays at a different hotel, they will have to get to the venues on their own or to either of these two hotels to also be picked [...]
The Importance Of Connecting And Celebrating With Other Female Entrepreneurs
By Zeynep "Z" Ekemen Forbes Councils Member For Forbes Photo: Getty Images Traveling solo can be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. It will push you out of your comfort zone. The friendships I was able to make during a recent five-day trip were nothing but unexpected. [...]
The Key Skills Needed to Build Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace
By Susie Lee SVP, global business transformation and DEIB, Degreed For WeForum Image: Christina @ wocintechchat.com/Unsplash Skills and diversity needed to drive innovation, performance and value but many organizations are falling short on both. Study shows there is no single set of skills that make a company succeed at diversity, [...]
IT’S A NEW WORLD: THE EMERGENCE OF FEMALE LEADERS
The fact that there are currently fewer female leaders than male ones is universally accepted. It’s a slowly but surely changing situation, yet there’s still a long way to go before the glass ceiling is shattered. Overt gender discrimination is becoming reasonably rare, but discrimination still exists. By Dr. Tomi Mitchell, M.D [...]
Ibukun Awosika, IWEC President, Featured in Women’s Hub.
Congratulations to IWEC President, Ibukun Awosika on her cover story feature in Women's Hub. She discusses guiding women through the journey of leadership. BY KEMI AJUMOBI The Ibukun Awosika Leadership Academy held the maiden edition of The International Woman Leadership Conference 2022 (TIWLC) at Hilton Al Habtoor, Dubai. The [...]
The Rise of Waste Management Cleantech
Global Recycling Policy Changes Heighten Need for New Solutions by Staff Writer for Thomas.Net Image Credit: Dalibor Danilovic / Shutterstock By 2050, it’s expected that global waste will reach 3.4 billion tonnes. With the recycling industry in dire straits, “cleantech” may offer a solution in the form of innovative, trash-sorting robots. [...]
Research: Why Breathing Is So Effective at Reducing Stress
by Emma Seppälä, Christina Bradley, Michael R. Goldstein For Harvard Business Review Illustration by Giulia Neri Summary. Anxiety in the workplace is a serious problem. What can you do to stay calm, rational, and productive when dealing with a stressful situation? In several recently published studies, the authors explored the [...]
How the Coffee Industry Is Investing in Our Planet
by Stephanie Nikolopoulos for Industry Week photo: APChanel/Shutterstock.com “A green future is a prosperous future,” declares the EarthDay.org’s website. Every year, Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, and this year’s theme is Invest in Our Planet — a call to action that benefits the planet and businesses alike. What if [...]