Glow Recipe founders built business skills at L'Oreal

Dolly Parton has built her business empire on trust | Glow Recipe founders built business skills at L'Oreal | Jewel: How leading with sincerity led to her success Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( February 15, 2024 CONNECT WITH NEXTUP  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [X]( €‰€‰[Tik tok]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equity news from NextUp, Advancing All Women in Business [SIGN UP]( â‹… [SHARE]( [] Top of the week [] [Dolly Parton has built her business empire on trust]( [Dolly Parton has built her business empire on trust]( Parton (Jason Kempin/Getty Images) Dolly Parton's new grocery food line with Conagra Brands is just the latest in a number of businesses the musician has launched over the years -- including the theme park Dollywood, hotels and dinner theater -- something the 78-year-old says is only possible by working hard every day and trusting the thousands of people she hires. "I try to find the best people and I try to trust them to do what they say they can do. Then I have people looking out after all of them," Parton says. Full Story: [BNN Bloomberg (Canada)]( (2/9) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Today's leadership [] [Glow Recipe founders built business skills at L'Oreal]( Glow Recipe founders Sarah Lee and Christine Chang say their years working at L'Oreal on marketing, digital and global business development helped them build their skin care brand, which last year brought in $300 million in revenue. At L'Oreal, "[y]ou had to figure out ways to build strong relationships with cross functions, your managers and your team members to support the marketing strategy or idea you came up with," says Chang. Full Story: [Fortune (tiered subscription model)]( (2/13) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Jewel: How leading with sincerity led to her success]( [Jewel: How leading with sincerity led to her success]( Jewel (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images) Singer-songwriter Jewel (whose real name is Jewel Kilcher) spent a year homeless, singing in coffee shops before landing an agent and a record deal, but says she never let her "down and out" tale define her life, instead relying on an inner resilience she now promotes through the Inspiring Children Foundation that she co-founded. "I knew me leading with a lot of sincerity and heart would be really difficult, and it was," says Jewel, "but I'm glad that I did it, and it ended up being the right answer for me and my career." 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