This Women’s History Month, our CEO & Co-Founder, Jennifer Hyman, is thinking about the change we need to see to get more women to the top in the corporate world. For decades women have had the professional qualifications for upward mobility in their careers, but progress has been too slow. Jenn believes that a key accelerant for women in the workplace is a vocal community of advocates that publicly champion our successes and accomplishments. However, studies show that women are less likely to self-promote their professional accolades than their male counterparts — and because they talk less about themselves, their accomplishments become less visible. Rent the Runway is looking to change the conversation by encouraging women to show off — so that their professional victories become more seen and talked about. It’s this very self-promotion that will enable women to more quickly ascend the corporate ladder. Today, we are hoping to kick off a virtuous cycle of lifting women up through public recognition on LinkedIn. During March, Rent the Runway is gifting $1M in free one month subscriptions of our most popular 10-item plan to women who have recently experienced a recent professional accomplishment that deserves celebrating. You can either self-nominate by commenting on Jenn’s post and sharing an accolade you've recently achieved at work… or you can nominate a friend who’s recently experienced a professional win and tell her story, too. #RTRShowOff #IWD2024
In honor of Women’s History Month #IWD2024, Rent The Runway is gifting $1M in subscriptions to women who have recently experienced something awesome in their careers – a promotion, new job, successful launch, etc. The process is easy: self-nominate by commenting on this post and sharing a professional milestone you've recently achieved or nominate a friend and tell her story. One month ago, I had my third baby. I received more positive affirmation and congratulatory sentiment when I shared my son’s birth than I did when I IPO’ed Rent the Runway in 2021. While I appreciate the love of my community, it was a lot easier to give birth than to become the 30th female founder/CEO to take a company public. But, this all makes sense within the context of our culture. We celebrate women more for personal accomplishments than for professional ones. And, as a result, women often feel more comfortable sharing their personal milestones over their professional ones. Sharing an engagement story is the lifeblood of the group chat whereas sharing a big launch at work might feel anything from strange to showing off. As a little girl, there is almost nothing worse than being called a showoff. For girls, bragging is the quickest way to lose friends and become an object of scorn. It’s in the water: be humble, do great things but wait for someone else to recognize them. I was called a showoff as a kid and it stung, but what I remember most is that this insult was almost only used by girls for other girls. Why this matters is that fast forward to the world of work and promoting women’s accomplishments is critical to our continued workplace advancement. Historical performance is a prerequisite – but as you get more senior in an organization, the more you need a community of people singing your praises to get to the next level. Think of this as a personal net promoter score: the more people willing to promote you loudly, the quicker you’ll rise. I believe that if becoming a C-level executive was based on performance alone, closer to 50% of the C-suite would be female. But because it is also based on how we storytell about ourselves and others, women are but a fraction of our leadership.? The more that public celebration of women’s professional accomplishments becomes normalized, the more opportunities we’ll receive. RTR will also be committing $1M in GMV* to Dress for Success Worldwide to ensure that even more women have the attire and confidence they need to excel professionally. How you can nominate a woman (or yourself!) for one free month of RTR’s 10-item plan: - Tag a deserving woman’s name on this post, mention your or her recent accomplishment, and use the hashtag #RTRShowOff - This offer is for new customers only, who are based in the US Valid thru 3/31 or while supplies last, whichever is sooner. US, 18+, new subscribers only. 1 per person. Subscription auto-renews unless canceled/paused. Terms apply: bit.ly/RTRShowOff *Based on MSRP
#RTRShowOff to Cristina Illescas who was just promoted to Executive Director at JPMC & one of the most committed people to her health and fitness lifestyle. ?? deserves this
I want to nominate myself for keeping my full time job with great performance while taking care of my child that was diagnosed with a brain tumor a year ago.?#RTRshowoff
I nominate Regina McCann Hess for the launch of her first book which empowers women to own their financial futures. It’s a 5-star must read and available on Amazon today!! Super Woman Wealth: How to Become Your Own Financial Hero https://a.co/d/8MRyy26
I nominate myself and Kayce Park Rosser, J.D. !! We just graduated law school and took the bar exam! Proud of us for getting through it and I think we deserve some cute outfits??
I want to brag about my friend Patty Mershon who just landed a terrific new job in a new industry after being off 8 years first kicking cancer and then being a kick-ass mom and volunteer extraordinaire! So proud! #RTRShowOff
I’d like to nominate myself, Bhakti Patel for re-entering the job force in my field (aerospace engineering) after being away for 8 years. Not only was I persistent in applying and pursuing an job in my field, I quickly realized that I was hired into a role that I was over qualified for so I internally applied for a role that was better suited for me. Despite “not being my hiring manager’s first choice” I was hired, almost doubled my starting salary, and have been in my current position for over a year. In our recent annual performance review, I got positive feedback and was told I was “my teammates enjoy working with me.”
#RTRShowOff I nominate both my co-founder Leigh Silver and myself for starting our business this year. After 10+ years of collaborating with each other on projects across many companies, we took a huge step in our careers and launched NiceFish, a full service branding, marketing, and media agency!
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1 年#RTRShowOff I nominate myself Lauren Lopacinski in celebration of my own #iwd2024 campaign concept being a success! I engaged women across our region to, much like this post, shout out another woman within the organization that inspires them, and give a small testimony on what it is they admire most about their nominee. The tricky part was building a chain of responses by asking each nominee to then nominate someone, so it would create a fun popcorn effect while still being diverse and inclusive. We were concerned about the response rate we would receive, and how long we would be able to keep the chain going, but it turned out to be longer than we even planned for and continued building in the comments of the post on IWD. It was truly wonderful to see the mutual appreciation and support the women in our region have for each other??