The She-Suite Podcast

This episode has heart! I sit down with Elizabeth Adefioye, SVP and CHRO for Ingredion, a Fortune 500 company located in the suburbs of Chicago. Elizabeth is a forward thinking leader whose success is characterized by her ability to turn challenge into strengths and adversity into opportunities. 

Join us to hear about her amazing journey, how she embraced changed as a platform for her own growth. Her career has been a global adventure and her passion for helping others find their purpose is inspiring!

Welcome back to Season 2 of The She-Suite Podcast, I'm so excited to be back at it! For this first episode, my friend Laurin Mills joins me to talk about one of everyone's favorite things... food! Laurin is the CEO and Founder of The Dinner Daily, and most recently of Grocery Cart IQ. 

Listen in to hear all about her journey, how she wound up where she is now, and what has worked for her to successfully go about launching and marketing her self-funded, personalized meal planning service. Her story will leave you feeling inspired. 

For our final episode of Season 1 of the She-Suite Community podcast,  Anitra Marsh joins our host to talk about work life blend and balance, her career journey, and the many passionate and delicate pieces that surround it.

Anitra is the Vice President of Global Sustainability, Citizenship and Brand Communications with Procter & Gamble Beauty. She and Melissa have been friends for over 20 years now, and have some heartwarming stories to share as they talk through topics such as finding common ground, building authentic relationships, and truly prioritizing your time and life. 

True leadership is a skill that is rare to come by, but can be both learned and refined with time.  This week, President & CEO of Logitech Bracken Darrell joins me to talk about his journey, how he has gone about leading many amazing businesses across his career,  and why learning by doing is key. 

When Bracken first stepped into his role with Logitech, he had to approach it with a very strategic, design-drive mindset on how to turn the direction of the company around, and what the long-term visions and goals would look like. Tune in as he walks through how he did just that, and took Logitech through a very strategic shift towards success, with a company that is now worth 15 times more than when he first started.

This week, Lucy Puttergill joins Melissa from London, England to share her story, and why she chose to step away from her successful job in finance last year. After stumbling upon an inspiring article that Lucy wrote and shared, Melissa invited Lucy to join the podcast, share her thoughts, and put words to what so many women struggle with. 

Her story is both fascinating and insightful, and has something for every women to walk away with. 

This week, guest Emily Chang joins me from across the World in Shanghai, China. Emily is the CEO of McCann Worldgroup, China, and has quite the story to share in regards to how she got where she is, and how that time has shaped her own leadership and life identity.

Prior to accepting her CEO role, she took a year off to write a book called The Spare Room, the topic of her first TEDx Talk. The newly published book The Spare Room provides inspiring yet practical guidance on how to live a richly purposeful life by defining your Social Legacy, which you can learn more about here. 

This energetic episode is full of ideas surrounding both purpose and intention; tune in to learn more about how you can start defining your own social legacy. 

My sorority sister, friend, and CEO of Sundial Brands - Cara Sabin joins me to tell her story and journey, how she moved into leading Sundial Brands, and has truly defined down her sense of purpose as a woman in business. 

With over 20 years of general management, business strategy, consumer marketing, digital and innovation experience, Cara is currently the CEO of Sundial Brands (owner of brands Shea Moisture, Nubian Heritage, Nyakio and Madame CJ Walker Beauty Culture). Prior to her current role, she held management positions in prestige beauty, leading Global Marketing for Clinique $1B Makeup and Fragrance portfolio as well as Marketing for NARS Cosmetics’ Americas business.

The journey of getting in shape, and staying in shape, can feel intimidating and hard - especially this time of year! Today's guest specializes in this topic, fully understands it, and has build her own personal niche brand within the fitness industry.

Kim Dolan Leto is a Best Selling Author, Brand Founder & Developer, Host of the Strong.Confident.His.Podcast, and so much more. She joins me to share her story and tips around developing your OWN brand on your terms, no matter what that might look like. Kim has followed her faith to create space in the world, leaving her own mark.  Listen in to learn more, and be encouraged to take your own leap of faith! 

My guest this week is Diane Dietz, previous colleague and now the CEO and President of Rodan + Fields. When it comes to leadership, and growing your personal brand... Diane is a wealth of deep, dynamic knowledge that you won't want to overlook.  

Since stepping into the CEO position with Rodan + Fields, the company has seen unprecedented growth, exceeding $1 billion in sales. Listen as we talk through Diane's leadership and personal brand journey, how she grew to develop her own authentic voice in the corporate environment, and learned to be comfortable, being uncomfortable. 

There aren't many things more personal than a woman's bank account, and her love life. This week, we cover both, with guest William Alfred Simkins III, a wealth advisor and more importantly... my husband! 

Will has over 20 years of experience in financial services spanning retirement, business planning, life insurance, and more, helping many clients with their long-term financial strategy. 

He joins me to discuss the challenges and the joys of life partnership, and the struggles that we have endured as a couple. Not only that, but we dig deep into what it means to have a vision for your value, and how to make investments now that will pay it forward with future stability.