Women in LeadershipHighlights

Elisa JagersonCEO of Speck

Design

Elissa Murphy

EVP at Go Daddy

Lisa StoneCEO of BlogHer

Elisa SteeleCMO & EVP of Strategy at

Jive

I get asked by the media, ‘How do

you get a seat at the table?’ These

women… they didn’t ask. They just

pulled up a chair.

- Elisa Steele

“How do you handle it when things aren’t all rosy?”

If it's hard, I just try to get curious.

What am I here to learn?

When it's not hard, I just try to

absorb the opportunity for awe.

- Elisa Jagerson

“How do you want to call out the opportunities and challenges as a female executive?”

I have really learned three things: The first is that it is

absolutely essential that you not demonstrate gender bias

in your networking… let men be people too… Watching

how [women leaders] dress, walk, and conduct

themselves is a real thing… The last thing I would

remember is…to listen.

- Lisa Stone

The bottom line is going back and figuring out the point at which you

decided you have an idea that is so obvious to you and so important

in the marketplace that you are willing to go for it.

- Lisa Stone

“How do you manage a work/life balance, and what is your philosophy?”

There is a flip generation there, where some of us either have to go to work or choose to go to work… We are pioneers in that regard. I say to myself regularly, “I have no idea how this is done, but my daughter is going to know a lot better.”- Elisa Jagerson

A label is limiting. It doesn’t

actually capture somebody. So why

take one on?

-Elissa Murphy

“Do women have to give up their soft side to lead?”

Do men have to give up their soft side? I sincerely

hope not. We should take back both bossy and

sissy!

- Lisa Stone

The real most important thing is knowing who you

are, and being aware of it... People lose sight of

that so frequently.

- Elissa Murphy

“What are you great at?”

I'm great at love. I really love when I

love,

I love hard.

- Elisa Jagerson