Is the MBA outdated?

The New MBA

Are traditional MBAs failing the modern executive?

In today’s world – where innovation iterates rapidly, where business moves at a lightning pace, where executives must be cross-functional and holistic – are traditional MBAs failing the modern executive??Read more?from Athena Founder & CEO Coco Brown.

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CHRO Perspectives

The war for talent and the Great Resignation: Actionable tips from Talkdesk CHRO Laura Butler

As CHRO of Talkdesk, Laura Butler has seen firsthand how companies are struggling to recruit and retain talent. On the Athena blog,?read Laura's tips?to create a more holistic employee experience, retain your top talent, and ensure your organization is resilient through the Great Resignation.

Next week: HR as a social force

We are excited to sit down next week with Camille Chang Gilmore, VP of HR and Chief Diversity Officer at Boston Scientific—which recently won the 2022 Catalyst Award for their efforts to create equal opportunities for women and multicultural talent. She'll join our monthly CHRO Perspectives to discuss the hot topics on the minds of HR practitioners and board directors heading into 2022.?Learn more & RSVP here.

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Dive deeper into Athena's leadership insights

• The top skills you need to reach the C-suite.?Financial management and forecasting. Design thinking. Emotional intelligence and listening skills.?Coco shares?the top skills required for modern leaders to succeed.
• Understanding and articulating your unique value proposition.?Part of advancing in your leadership journey is understanding the unique stories that shaped your leadership and being able to articulate them in a compelling way. Experienced board director?Meg Crofton shares?tips to develop your unique value proposition and deliver it with confidence.
• Diversifying senior leadership through sponsorship.?Diversity and inclusion practitioner?Zoa Ordó?ez shares?how senior executives can use sponsorship to accelerate diversity in their organizations.
• Business and life lessons from CEO and board chairperson Michele Bettencourt.?Michele shares?reflections and lessons from her career, including the joy of discovering your identity and happiness in your third act.

Read more of our top articles from 2021.

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Third Act Stories

Donna Peters, the career coach

Former Accenture Managing Director Donna Peters tells Liz she knew what she wanted to do in her third act because her phone rang the most from employees seeking career advice. Today, she's a career coach and host of the award-winning podcast, The Me-Suite, where she interviews people on how they cultivated work into their personal lives and made it work.?Listen now.

Get featured on Third Act

Want to share the story of your own Third Act on our podcast? We welcome stories from executives who pivoted their careers to find their passion and purpose later in their lives. Tell us more about yourself at the bottom of?this page?to be considered as a guest.

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Member News

Congratulations to our members on their recent achievements

• Avril Ussery Sisk was appointed to the Arlington County Economic Development Commission board chair
• Beth Weeks was appointed as EVP of Development at Planview
• Cheemin Bo-Linn was appointed to the Data I/O Corporation board
• Dianne Keen Kim was recognized as one of the Top 25 women leaders in medical devices of 2022
• Donna Wells was appointed to the CWT board
• Elisabeth Charles was appointed as Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory board chair
• Heidi Melin was appointed to the Origami Risk board
• Kimberly Alexy was appointed to the Redis board
• Suja Chandrasekaran was appointed to the Agendia board

Welcome new members

Please join us in welcoming this week’s new members to the Athena community. They are sitting board directors and senior leaders in areas of marketing, market activation, Human Resources, partnerships, and more. They come to Athena from leading companies like Autodesk, 6Sense, and KENNA Security.

Ready to realize your leadership potential??Athena offers?the learning, community, and opportunities women leaders need to reach their loftiest goals.