Progressive Grocer announces 2023 Top Women in Grocery

Progressive Grocer announces 2023 Top Women in Grocery | Why leading requires a lot of "micro-courage" | 4 ways being a service leader can improve your workforce Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( June 21, 2023 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE]( ADVERTISEMENT A Leader's Edge [] [Progressive Grocer announces 2023 Top Women in Grocery]( Progressive Grocer's 2023 Top Women in Grocery honorees include more than 400 industry leaders recognized across the awards' Senior-Level Executives, Rising Star and Store Manager categories. In addition, two leaders were named Trailblazers this year: Hy-Vee President Donna Tweeten -- who has been instrumental in strengthening the retailer's private brand portfolio -- has been named Retail Trailblazer while Unilever's Hanneke Faber -- president of the company's Nutrition Business Group -- was named CPG Trailblazer. 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Full Story: [Forbes (tiered subscription model)]( (6/19) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [4 ways being a service leader can improve your workforce]( [4 ways being a service leader can improve your workforce]( (10'000 Hours/Getty Images) Becoming a "service leader" by combining old and new management tactics can help you better lead your hybrid or remote workforce by being more proactive in your communication and offering many ways for them to connect and learn new skills, writes Mary E. Ignagni, the program director of the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. "Establish a firmer foundation for your leadership by setting up clear two-way expectations for quality, deadlines and communication," Ignagni writes. 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If female founders "don't get the support that they need, we're not going to see the change in culture that we need to support not just a healthy, diverse, inclusive, equitable tech ecosystem -- but also a healthy, diverse, inclusive and equitable society," Buckner says. Full Story: [GeekWire]( (6/17) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [The financial impact of caregiving on female workers]( Income equity among female employees can be compromised by caregiving responsibilities as women stand to lose up to $295,000 in lifetime earnings, with Hispanic and Black women losing disproportionately more, according to a Department of Labor report. Cleo CEO Madhavi Vemireddy's recommendations include improving benefits related to caring for children, making schedules more flexible and recognizing that women often care for older family members also. 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