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LEAP Alumni Spotlight 🌟 Congrats to Courtney Brown Warren on her new elevated role as CMO of Kickstarter! We're all rooting for your continued success! #CMOs #MarketingLeadership

Congrats to Verizon CMO and LEAP Advisory Board member Leslie Berland and the entire marketing team for an impressive brand refresh! We know the behind-the-scenes work that went into this is nothing short of herculean so we just want to say congrats, well done and we dig the glow! (story by Jameson Fleming @ADWEEK)

LEAP Mentor Spotlight 🌟 Our #mentor roster for the fall LEAP class just keeps getting better! We're excited to welcome the incomparable Deborah Wahl as an official LEAP mentor! 1️⃣ What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned from your mentees over the years? “That the core issues they are grappling with are consistent since I was in their positions—but with new context and new technology.” 2️⃣ What makes for great #leadership today? “Great leadership requires a vision of the future, knowing and listening to the humans on their team and a grounded understanding of how profits are actually made..” 3️⃣ Who inspires you? "Wendy Clark. She demonstrates that core leadership principles like vision, knowing and connecting with people and foundational business strategy can make a difference in any industry.” #MarketingLeadership #LeadershipTips #Mentorship

LEAP Mentor Spotlight 🌟 We are beyond thrilled to welcome the wonderful Danielle Lee as a new LEAP #mentor this fall! 1️⃣ What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned from your mentees over the years? “The more you give your power away, the more influential you become. Leaders create more leaders.” 2️⃣ What makes for great #leadership today? “Great leadership requires the technical acumen and operational rigor to run the business while also having the humility, compassion and courage to be your authentic self.  When a leader is their authentic self, they build trust and an atmosphere of psychological safety. This gives teams permission to be their authentic selves, to innovate, to take risks and speak up about challenges—consequently unlocking the genius in those around them.” 3️⃣ Who inspires you? "Purpose-driven change-makers. They understand that the assignment is not about them and they reach back to share wisdom with others. I am lucky to know many of them, but if I were to call out one person it would be Bonita Stewart whose quiet strength and tremendous impact in the tech industry are inspirational to me.” #MarketingLeadership #LeadershipTips #Mentorship

LEAP Mentor Spotlight 🌟 Fantastic. Intuitive. Empathetic. Those are just a few of the words LEAP participants use to describe #mentor Rebecca Messina. We’re thrilled to have her as a returning mentor this fall! 1️⃣ One lesson you’ve learned from your mentees? “That questions are more important than answers. We can find the latter together.” 2️⃣ What makes for great #leadership today? “Leading the learning agenda as well as the growth agenda for the company. Leaders who allow for risk and rapid learning loops excel (as do their teams) in today's environment.” 3️⃣ Who inspires you? "I admire leaders who lead with humility and empathy while holding themselves and their teams to the highest of standards. One of my favorites is the incomparable Nikki Neuburger at lululemon.” #MarketingLeadership #LeadershipTips #Mentorship

As leadership in the age of uncertainty continues to challenge leaders around the world (especially with the evolution of AI impacting every aspect of being a leader), it is important to take a big step back to fully understand where you are leading to and what actions are necessary today to get you there. As Lewis Carroll said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” But is that the right road? We asked 12 leaders from all types of industries and positions vested in marketing to share what they think the future holds and what it means for their actions today. We’d love to hear what you think future holds and what it means for actions today! Thank you to: Bonin Bough, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Group Black Charisse Hughes, Chief Growth Officer at Kellanova Diana Haussling, SVP, GM Consumer Experience & Growth NA at Colgate-Palmolive Gary Vaynerchuk, Chairman at VaynerX Michael Kassan Ross Martin, President at Known Sean Downey, President, Americas & Global Partners at Google Shelly Palmer, CEO at The Palmer Group Shiv Singh, Co-founder at AI Trailblazers Tatiana Holifield, VP Content & Growth Marketing at SiriusXM and Pandora Thomas Ranese, CMO at Chobani Tressie Lieberman, CMO at Yahoo Virtuosi LEAP #leadership Thanks to our studio partners NBTV! Nick Buzzell

LEAP Mentor Spotlight 🌟 We’re thrilled to have the one-of-a-kind, top-rated Marc S. Strachan as a continuing LEAP #mentor for the incoming Fall class! 1️⃣ One lesson you’ve learned from your mentees?  “That the key to my role in this is to LISTEN "deeply" to HEAR their specific issues, which are often cloaked in marketing business speak.” 2️⃣ What makes for great #leadership today? "Self-awareness and self-assurance. Allows for empathy and people-building to come through!" 3️⃣ Who's someone that inspires you?  "Guy Lambert, Global CEO of JKR (Jones Knowles Ritchie)." #MarketingLeadership #LeadershipTips #Mentorship

What do you think makes for great #leadership today? This is what we asked some of the world's top leaders on the spot in Miami a few weeks ago. Curious what you think too... drop your answer in the comments! Thank you to Charisse Hughes, Tariq H., Sean Downey, Linda Boff, Tammy Henault, Thomas Ranese, Soyoung Kang, Deborah Wahl, Laura Jones, Diana Haussling, Greg Stuart for sharing your advice and to our friends at NBTV, POSSIBLE and Influential for being great partners! #LeadershipAdvice #ModernLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment

LEAP Alumni Spotlight 🌟 Katie Babineau, the newly appointed CMO and VP of Marketing of Beyond Yoga shares the top 3 things on her mind today: 1 - “Prioritizing movement even in the tiniest ways, it clears my mind.” 2 - “Leading with questions to understand the root cause, and opportunity.” 3 - “Leaning on my community for support (because you don’t have to have all the answers all the time.)” As for a leader she admires? “Kenneth Mitchell for always leading with empathy and moving lock step with the consumer at the speed of culture." #Marketingleadership #Leadershiptips

When's the last time you dedicated time to self-reflection? Asked yourself what's truly important and what values you hold dear? Make time for it. We guarantee it's time well spent.