Fortune 500 Daily

All this week, Fortune is celebrating International Women’s Day by sharing the stories of some of the most powerful women in business. Today we hear from Tricia Griffith. She’s C-E-O of The Progressive Corporation – one of the largest insurance providers in America. Griffith started as a claims rep trainee at Progressive back in 19-88. It was a job that had her crawling under cars and meeting with injured clients.

When Judy Marks became C-E-O of Otis Elevator, she was handed a tough task: spin the 166 year-old division off from its parent company.

On top of navigating Otis’ separation from United Technologies, Marks was also put in charge of the company’s digital transformation.

So what was her first move? Travel the world and meet with as many of the company’s 69-thousand employees as she could.

She explained why to Fortune’s Susie Gharib.

Gail Boudreaux used to run the COURT as the leading scorer on Dartmouth’s Big Green basketball team. Now – she’s running Anthem – one of the largest health insurance providers in the country. The six-foot-two C-E-O is spearheading the company’s tech transformation with new health care apps and platforms.

Amazon’s Alexa now lives on more than a million devices… From smart speakers to smart light bulbs. For many consumers, the cloud-based voice service has simply become a member of the household - playing music, offering the weather, and helping with the shopping. Last year, the company launched a feature that allows customers to ask for shipping updates on items ordered through Amazon Pay merchants.

When Judy Marks became C-E-O of Otis Elevator last June, she was handed a tough task: spin the division off from its 166-year-old parent company. On top of navigating Otis’ separation from United Technologies, Marks was also put in charge of the company’s digital transformation. So what was her first move? Travel the world and meet with as many of the company’s 168-thousand employees as she could. She explained why to Fortune’s Susie Gharib.

The U-S stock market shot up following President Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this month. In contrast – the Dow Jones DROPPED after Trump’s 20-19 speech. Unpredictable ups-and-downs are difficult to navigate for even the most seasoned economist, much less the average investor. John Schlifske is the C-E-O of Northwestern Mutual – a 160-year-old financial services company.

Self-driving cars keep being touted as the next big transformation on the roads. But some in the transportation industry say it’s time to tap the brakes… Pam Fletcher is the V-P of Global Innovation at General Motors. She told Fortune there are some important elements of mobility that need to be addressed before hopping into the fast lane. PAM FLETCHER 9:41 We see a vision at General Motors of zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.

Jennifer Morgan is the co-CEO of S-A-P – one of the world’s biggest software companies. She’s also the first female chief executive at the company. Morgan’s journey to the C-suite started back when she worked as a dental assistant in her father’s orthodontist office. She told Fortune she remembers watching her dad engage with his patients in a very empathetic way. Her father would tell her, “Papers will wait, people won’t.

More than 20-million Americans suffer from some form of addiction. And the companies where they work suffer too, in the form of absent employees, lost productivity and added healthcare costs. Substance abuse costs the U-S economy an estimated 442-billion-dollars each year. So what can business leaders do? Katelyn Johnson is a Senior Integrated Health Manager at Cisco.

As one of the largest producers of premium cars in the world… you may think Daimler is all about making the sale. But Daimler believes its future lays beyond the car lot. Franz Reiner is the C-E-O of Daimler’s Mobility business unit. Car sharing, riding hailing and the demand for other ways to get around, are only growing. Hoping to capitalize on this, Reiner’s group is developing a platform for app-based mobility solutions within cities.