How to become a leader when you've never managed

Accenture CEO tops Forbes "Most Powerful Women" list | How to become a leader when you've never managed | Yildiz exec to become interim Godiva CEO next month Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( October 21, 2020 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] A Leader's Edge [] [Accenture CEO tops Forbes "Most Powerful Women" list]( Barely a full year into her position, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet tops Forbes' "Most Powerful Women" list for 2020, which this year also factors in how well executives are leveraging their influence to help improve the world at large. General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Fidelity Investments CEO Abigail Johnson are the list's second- and third-most powerful women, respectively. 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Join Frank Rodriguez of Noodles & Company and Darren Seifer of The NPD Group as they examine the future of foodservice and innovations that will pave the road through re-openings and beyond. [Register here.]( ADVERTISEMENT [] SmartBrief Originals [] [Fires, pandemic put pressure on Calif. wine industry]( California's wine industry has faced major challenges this year from the pandemic and a record-setting wildfire season. Volumes of some varieties are likely to be lower this year, but wine makers across the state are resilient and there will be a 2020 wine season, said Gladys Horiuchi, media relations director for The Wine Institute. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Food & Travel]( (10/21) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Diversity and Inclusion [] [Treasury ups goals for sustainability, female leadership]( Over the past year, Australia-based Treasury Wine Estates has reduced waste otherwise headed to landfill by 96.2%, cut water use by 13.5% and trimmed energy use by 9.7%, according to the firm's 2020 Sustainability Report. In addition to committing to make 100% of its packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2022's close, Treasury has pledged to fill half of its leadership positions with women by 2025, the report revealed. Full Story: [The Drinks Business online (U.K.)]( (10/19) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [PepsiCo's plan to expand support of Hispanic community]( PepsiCo will invest over $170 million in the Hispanic community by hiring more Hispanic managers and expanding its Hispanic-owned supplier network and scholarship program for Hispanic students. "When I became CEO, I vowed to use my position to make the road easier for Hispanics and other groups impacted by systemic inequality, and that's exactly what PepsiCo's racial equality journey is all about," said Ramon Laguarta, CEO of PepsiCo. Full Story: [Adweek (tiered subscription model)]( (10/16), [Food Business News (free registration)]( (10/19) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Ore.'s Latinx winemakers honor their roots]( A group of Willamette Valley, Ore., winery owners and winemakers who share a Hispanic background, ranging from Peru to Argentina to Mexico to Venezuela, joined forces to create a monthlong virtual festival called Celebrating Hispanic Roots to highlight the contributions of Latinx vintners throughout the wine industry. "We all share the language and culture, the dream for growing grapes and making wine," said event founder and Atticus Wine co-founder and winemaker Ximena Orrego, who was joined by Beacon Hill Winery's Carla Rodriguez, Cramoisi Vineyard's Sofia Torres, Gonazales Wine's Cristina Gonzales, Parra Wine's Sam Parra and Valcan Cellars' Juan Pablo Valot. Full Story: [Wine Enthusiast Magazine online]( (10/20) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [MFHA, food industry focus on diversity in leadership]( Many in the food industry are ramping up diversity and inclusion efforts to bring more people to the table with initiatives like the Pathways to Black Franchise Ownership, a joint partnership between the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance, PepsiCo and 4thMVMT that aims to elevate aspiring entrepreneurs to someday own prosperous ventures. "Through this collaboration, we'll help hundreds of people become business owners who otherwise, in all likelihood, wouldn't have had the resources to do so," says 4thMVMT CEO Karim Webb. Full Story: [The Food Institute]( (10/19) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Women and Innovation in the Workforce [] [Woman-owned wine firm offers single-serve bottles]( Dana Spaulding founded single-serve wine firm Wander + Ivy two years ago in frustration after repeatedly being forced to discard the contents of unfinished regular-sized bottles of wine and finding a dearth of smaller options on the market. Wines are sourced from organic vineyards around the world and bottled in Napa, Calif., with each glass bottle containing a large 6.3-ounce serving of wine, and Wander + Ivy is sold in four states and can also be purchased online, said Spaulding. Full Story: [KPRC-TV (Houston)]( (10/13) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Brown-Forman head blender relaunches iconic Benriach]( Brown-Forman Master Blender Rachel Barrie, a trained chemist whose 28-year career in the whiskey industry has included stints at Ardbeg, Bowmore and Glenmorangie, last month saw her ambitious four-year relaunch project for Brown-Forman's Benriach range come to fruition, in tandem with several new releases. After first assessing the entire Benriach portfolio, "I ... reshaped it, to reflect the different distilling styles and the eclectic casks, all woven together to encompass the world of flavor that is Benriach," said Barrie. Full Story: [Forbes]( (10/14) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] WFF News [] [Build strong workplace relationships to build results]( With the lines between home and work getting blurrier, there is a growing opportunity to know our colleagues and staff as whole people and not simply employees. 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