Gain clarity on your leadership path

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Leadership Tips

Gain clarity on your leadership path

Athena Coach Sheryl Kline works with world-class athletes and some of the country’s most influential women leaders. She employs Olympic-level confidence and negotiation skills to help them master their mindsets and influence.?What’s the secret to achieving Olympic Gold – whatever that means for you??It starts inside.?Sheryl shares tips and exercises ?to gain clarity on your leadership journey on the Athena blog.

Put Sheryl's tips into practice

Have you ever acted in a way that was not congruent with your highest sense of integrity? Next time you’re in a highly stressful, highly charged situation, how do you want to show up? Write down the following...?

• What are three words that describe your best self?
• What is one thing holding you back from showing up as your best self?
• How can you remind yourself daily of your highest sense of integrity?

Joining Athena unlocks access to the top board & business education on the market, paired with coaching by experts like Sheryl and the community you need to climb the highest professional peaks.?Learn more here.

Networking Tips

Integrating networking communities into your company’s executive development strategy

Networking communities fill the gaps in employee development. Unlike day-long in-person training, formal mentorship programs, and expensive educational programs, networking groups give employees the opportunity to find others who are going through similar situations and facing similar obstacles.?

Athena Founder & CEO Coco Brown shared her thoughts on the power of networking communities for employee development with Association for Talent Development (ATD).?Read more here .

5 hacks for holiday networking

The holidays are ripe with opportunities to move your career forward. In Forbes,?Coco offers five hacks ?to take the work out of networking this holiday season. Don't miss this chance to position yourself for stronger relationships and new heights of success in 2023.

Voices of Athena

Divinely Aligned with Yasmin Davids

Do you believe that everything happens for a reason? Revisit the very first episode of Voices of Athena with us, featuring Dr. Yasmin Davidds.?Hear her triumphant story ?of resilience in this inside glimpse behind her professional success.

Join Us

The Utility Player approach to advancing at the executive and board Level

One of the best ways to advance as a senior leader is to become known as an executive "utility player" – someone who's competent and reliable in a variety of roles.

Julie Cullivan is an Executive Utility Player. She built a reputation as someone who could build functions from scratch, or take over underperforming functions or groups and make them work. Join us on January 10 as Julie shares her path from executive leading sales operations, to IT, to HR, to the boardroom.?RSVP here .

Working with executive recruiters to land a C-suite role

Applying for a C-suite position by submitting your resume is almost never the best way to land the role. Kate Bullis is one of the most profound leaders in executive search. She'll share how the executive search process works, how the interview and selection process differs from your previous roles, and the unique considerations when negotiating the offer.?Join us on January 17.

From Our Members

Raji Arasu on her leadership journey and the CTO role

Make new mistakes and learn fast everyday. That motto has driven Athena member Raji Arasu's career leading technology initaitives at companies like Intuit, Stubhub, eBay, Oracle, and most recently Autodesk.?Listen in on Forbes'?The C-suite Interview .

Purvee Kondal on putting people first in supply chain management

"Back-office" functions, like supply chain and procurement, became much more visible in the C-suite and boardroom at the onset of the pandemic. Suddenly, their people, processes, and systems became a competitive advantage. Athena member?Purvee Kondal shares six considerations ?beyond talent management organizations should consider to build resiliency into their supply chain.

Member News & Celebrations

Welcome new members

We are thrilled to welcome this week’s new members to the Athena community. They include VPs, CEOs, and Directors in marketing, product, and finance. They come to us from leading organizations such as?Paramount, Bridge Partners, and NetSuite.