Albertsons, RangeMe boost diverse-owned products search

Women execs climb the slopes of ski industry leadership | Women lead at a growing number of UK retailers | Job rewards are better than a job counter-offer Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( February 2, 2023 CONNECT WITH NEXTUP  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( €‰€‰[Tik tok]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equity news from NextUp, Advancing All Women in Business [SIGN UP]( â‹… [SHARE]( [] Top of the week [] [Women execs climb the slopes of ski industry leadership]( [Women execs climb the slopes of ski industry leadership]( Vail Resorts CEO Kirsten Lynch (Hyoung Chang/Getty Images) Women are increasingly taking top leadership roles in the ski industry, including Vail Resorts CEO Kirsten Lynch, Colorado Ski Country USA CEO and President Melanie Mills, US Ski & Snowboard Association CEO Sophie Goldschmidt and Beaver Creek Resort COO Nadia Guerriero. "Our board of directors has gender parity, and 45% of our top-level executives are women," says Guerriero. "It certainly was not this way 10 years ago." Full Story: [The Denver Post (tiered subscription model)]( (1/30) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Today's leadership [] [Women lead at a growing number of UK retailers]( Hannah Gibson had worked for grocery e-commerce player Ocado Retail for 10 years before being named CEO last September. Gibson is one of 13 women who took over CEO roles at UK-based retail companies last year, including Maddie Smith of The Body Shop UK and Ireland as well as Lyssa McGowan of Pets at Home. Full Story: [Retail Gazette (UK)]( (1/30) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Job rewards are better than a job counter-offer]( Leaders should preemptively recognize and reward top-performing employees as they learn new skills, gain experience and deliver results so a counter job offer never becomes necessary, writes George Bradt. Counter-offers often don't keep an employee long term, and others in the organization might find out and ask for more compensation in light of their own growth. Full Story: [Forbes (tiered subscription model)]( (1/31) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Black women entrepreneurs monetize their talents]( Anima Iris CEO Wilglory Tanjong started her luxury handbag business at the beginning of 2020 and had Beyonce as a client only a year and a half later, and DomoINK founder Domonique Brown turned her artistic talents into a thriving art, apparel and home decor business. "You can bring your own seat to the table, or you can make your own table," says Brown. Full Story: [CNBC]( (1/29) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [CHROs emerge as candidates for top exec, CEO says]( HR leaders have taken on strategic business roles during the pandemic, giving them the same type of authority as chief financial officers and making them prime candidates for CEO, says Amy Spurling, CEO of Compt. "It's now about making more data-driven decisions, thinking about where we go next and how to scale the company and accelerate growth, but looking at it from a people lens," Spurling says of chief HR officers' evolving function. 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"Diverse suppliers enable us to continually deliver product innovation and cultural relevance to our shelves, ensuring our curated local assortments are inclusive of the diverse communities we proudly serve," said Monique Lanaux, chief talent and diversity officer and general vice president. Full Story: [Deli Market News]( (1/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [BRIDGE board member: Why diversity should be deliberate]( Leaders must be deliberate about building diversity, equity and inclusion into their company culture and provide growth opportunities for employees to cultivate a diversity of thought within the organization, says Mark Walker, chairman and CEO of Direct Digital Holdings, and BRIDGE board member. "The best way to address diversity is to be open to it and understand that everyone you come in contact with comes from a different place -- whether culturally, socially, perspective, experience, training or economically," Walker says. Full Story: [Medium (tiered subscription model)/Authority Magazine]( (1/22) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Opinion: CPG needs to get to work on DEI]( Columnist Victor Martino calls on the CPG industry to boost its bandwidth in diversity and inclusion efforts by expanding accelerator programs and investments in startup brands. "The industry needs a fresh, new burst of innovation and there's no better place to start than with bold initiatives designed to encourage more women and traditionally underrepresented minorities to not only come into the CPG business but to start their own companies as well," writes Martino. Full Story: [Just-Food]( (1/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Employee groups help Experian reach DEI goals]( Experian's employee resource groups play a major role in improving diversity, equity and inclusion at the company, according to global chief DEI officer Wil Lewis, who says the groups participate in hackathons aimed at coming up with product ideas, include executive sponsors who clear obstacles and have budgets to organize events and help employees with their development. "What's really exciting for our employee resource groups as we look forward is they're going to become an increasing part of the development, retention, and growth of employees, and whatever their demographic is that employee resource group is focused on," Lewis says. Full Story: [Senior Executive]( (1/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [] The air is the only place free from prejudice. 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