Hershey grows under CEO Michele Buck's leadership

Kendra Scott CEO wants to empower women to lead | Hershey grows under CEO Michele Buck's leadership | 17 black women founders reveal how to soar to success Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( October 15, 2019 CONNECT WITH NEW  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( €‰ [NEW SmartBrief]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equality news for retail, CPG, financial services and tech [SIGN UP]( â‹… [FORWARD]( [] Top of the week [] [Kendra Scott CEO wants to empower women to lead]( [Kendra Scott CEO wants to empower women to lead]( Scott (Rick Diamond/Getty Images) Kendra Scott, CEO of the $1 billion lifestyle brand bearing her own name, became the 12th woman inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame, and has announced her goal to empower more women through the launch of the Kendra Scott Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute at the University of Texas. Scott says she enjoyed the benefits of entrepreneurial organizations and mentors when she started out in business, and hopes to help more women rise to the role of CEO. [Forbes]( (10/9) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Women's leadership [] [Hershey grows under CEO Michele Buck's leadership]( Hershey grows under CEO Michele Buck's leadership (Hershey) Hershey stock has grown more than 40% since CEO Michele Buck took the helm in March 2017. A veteran executive of the food industry, Buck has created innovative solutions including the July 4 cake for the Cool Whip brand while she worked at Kraft and initiating Hershey's use of 100% sustainable cocoa. [The New York Times (tiered subscription model)]( (10/10) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [17 black women founders reveal how to soar to success]( Tanisha Sykes gathered the stories and life-spanning advice of 17 black women who started successful hair-care businesses. Muhga Eltigani of NaturAll Club talks of growing her company while "remaining scrappy and agile as a team," while Lisa Price of Carol's Daughter recommends viewing money as energy: "I am in charge of its flow, and it can do good and bad things." [Essence online]( (10/8) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Disney-ABC exec: Female role models are important]( Female business leaders used to be few and far between, but have always played an important role in helping other women realize their dreams of reaching leadership roles, says Dana Walden, chair of Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment. Walden was recently honored at Variety's Power of Women event for her fundraising work with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. 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Respondents of both genders listed confidence as the most important trait in a leader, but 81% of female respondents expressed doubt in their own ability to lead and 55% described themselves as confident. "It's not the potential or capacities of girls that is the problem -- it's the reality of the social and institutional environments they are faced with," says Plan International Canada's Saadya Hamdani. [CTV (Canada)/The Canadian Press]( (10/10) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Software tool frees entrepreneurs to build revenue, founder says]( Michelle Maryns wanted to close the revenue gap for minority women entrepreneurs, so she created a conversational AI assistant to handle administrative tasks, which can take up a significant chunk of small-business owners' time. Business owners are often left with "little time to focus on the marketing efforts that could help them increase revenues," she notes. [Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) (tiered subscription model)]( (10/6) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Delta's all-female flight encourages girls to study aviation]( More than 100 girls ages 12 to 18 flew recently from Salt Lake City to visit NASA in Houston, on Delta's fifth annual WING flight, which is meant to inspire girls to pursue STEM careers and is comprised entirely of women, from the pilots and ramp agents to the air traffic control employees guiding the aircraft. "We're taking ownership to improve gender diversity by exposing girls at a young age and providing a pipeline so that 10 years from now, they will be the pilots in the Delta cockpit inspiring generations of women who follow," Delta's Beth Poole says. [Scary Mommy]( (10/7) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Using algorithms to hire can hurt diversity]( While many companies are switching to automated hiring processes, using an algorithm to accept or reject applicants can enable employment discrimination, writes labor law professor Ifeoma Ajunwa. These systems can automatically rule out certain groups, such as women returning to the workplace or people struggling with mental illness. [The New York Times (tiered subscription model)]( (10/8) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] News from NEW [] Yvette Cook Darby to explore gender pay gap in NEW Leadership Academy webinar Yvette Cook Darby to explore gender pay gap in NEW Leadership Academy webinar Next month, Yvette Cook Darby, founder of [Rise Up Doyennes]( and chief operating officer at Inspire Inc., will lead the next NEW Leadership Academy webinar. 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