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Fashion Leadership Requires Vision and Skills

In today’s world, leading a fashion company is a complex undertaking, involving a vast global supply chain, a highly competitive landscape and an ever evolving consumer with access to more options than ever. And the skills needed to operate such a company must also be balanced with vision, creativity, transparency and authenticity. You can also...

Podcast

Leading by Example

In this episode, Leading by Example, the second in a two-part series on fashion leadership, we are acquainted with executives, past and present, who have set the example for what’s possible in a fast-evolving industry. Listen to the full podcast here:

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Fashion Leadership Requires Vision and Skills

As the fashion industry continues to corporatize and globalize, it requires executive leadership that understands the complexity of turning design into product; that understands the emotional and functional needs of the consumer and balances that with the financial objectives of the shareholder. It requires someone with creativity, vision,...

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Visionary Leadership in a Complex Industry

“It’s not just about members sitting at the board table or majority stockholders. Today, the C-suite must ensure the demands of the customers, employees, and the communities in which they operate,” says Renee Cooper, a professor in the School of Business at the Fashion Institute of Technology in this weeks podcast by Joshua Williams and Fashion...

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Women in Leadership: Isabel May, Chief Customer Experience Officer & Managing Director at Mytheresa

Last year, the Munich-based online fashion retailer Mytheresa expanded its management team from two to five people. Among these newly appointed leaders is Isabel May, chief customer experience officer & managing director at Mytheresa, and the only woman on the leadership team. As part of the new series "Women in Leadership Positions",...