A Message from our Founder

It’s officially Fall and at Women in The Boardroom, we’re excited about what the remainder of the year brings. In this month’s newsletter, we’re sharing resources and articles that touch on the importance of one of October’s themes, emotional intelligence. Below, you’ll discover some of the soft skills that will help you to develop trust and build more meaningful relationships with your colleagues, allowing you to more easily lead your teams to success. And we say, “Cheers” to that!

- Sheila Ronning

VIP Member Spotlight

Randi Meehan Zeller has more than 30 years of executive-level experience as a partner at both McKinsey & Company and Kearney, most recently as a member of the Senior Leadership Team responsible for the financial and operational performance and global expansion of Kearney, a $1.3 billion professional services firm. While at Kearney, Randi was responsible for starting and leading the security, crisis management and enterprise risk functions. As a member of the Governance Committee of the Board and as Corporate Secretary, she co-led board initiatives on executive compensation, diversity, governance, and strategy. She served as an officer and director of multiple firm subsidiaries. From the time Randi was hired as the second lawyer at McKinsey, she has been respected as a wise business counselor and advisor, particularly in times of crisis.

Hear Sheila Speak

Click on the links below to hear Sheila Ronning's most recent speaking engagements.

If you are interested in having Sheila speak to your leaders, contact us here.

We are an organization built on referrals & we want to say thank you to the following WIBffs for sharing the benefits of VIP Membership with senior-level executive women! Chris Corwin, Reggie Groves, Karla Munden, Cheryl Creuzot, Barb Loughran, Julie Washington, Judy Boreham, Solange Glaize, Jeff Humber, JD, MBA, Deborah Elam, Fern Fleischer-Daves, Betty Goff

Want to connect us to a woman looking to serve on a corporate board? Cc Sheila Ronning on an email introduction to them.

Upcoming Webinar

Date: October 15th
Topic: Governance Challenges of Healthcare Organizations

The governance of healthcare organizations presents special challenges for boards. The public’s health and wellbeing are often involved, and so the board’s risk oversight role – including for reputation risk – is heightened. Our panel of healthcare governance experts will explore these and other “Governance Challenges of Healthcare Organizations”.

Women in the Boardroom’s Antiracist Series: Deb Elam

Writers at Women in the Boardroom had the opportunity to interview some WIB members to gain insight into their personal and professional experiences and knowledge about antiracism, diversity and inclusion, and equity in the boardroom and corporate settings. We wanted to learn more about what efforts they and their organizations are making to effect change for women and men of color within these organizations and/or how they’ve perceived these changes as women of color.

Four Tips To Make You A Successful Board Member

After putting in the hard work to land a corporate board seat, you’ve finally found yourself appointed to the board of your dreams. Now what just do you do to be a successful board member? As an executive level woman, you probably invest a significant amount of time and resources on making a good first impression and in your personal brand. Unfortunately, many professionals forget to apply this type of grooming to their digital presence

Can Women Be Too Ambitious?

It’s no secret that being an ambitious female leaves others (men and women) feeling threatened, but this is no reason to feel the need to retreat back into a space of docile silence, awaiting permission to think, speak, and act. This type of blatant sexism erodes at a woman’s upward mobility and confidence. So, when we’re caught in-between imposter syndrome and being “too pioneering” as women, can we find ourselves being too ambitious?