This is the third step in the Athena Guide to Land a Board Seat . Read the full guide for additional tips and stories of how Athena helps women leaders rise into the boardroom Your Branded Career Portfolio puts your powerful holistic career story to paper. It contains three pieces…

Athena recently hosted a Salon on the business impact of Roe vs. Wade, led by Alison Beyea — a leader in the civil rights arena with a 25-year track record forging partnerships and building programs to address inequities at the state and federal levels. …

by Coco Brown, Athena Alliance Founder & CEO The overturn of Roe v Wade is one of the most explosive, significant changes in policy in over a half-century. While it seemed sudden for many, it was a long-term play for the anti-abortion side — focusing on state legislatures, the federal…

This is the second step in the Athena Guide to Land a Board Seat. Read the full guide for additional tips and stories of how Athena helps women leaders rise into the boardroom. Just like you consider how to approach the market for your next executive position, you must also…

This is the first step in the Athena Guide to Land a Board Seat. Read the full guide for additional tips and stories of how Athena helps women leaders rise into the boardroom. Before you begin your board search, you need to shift your mindset and learn the basics of…

Kate Purmal and Lee Epting are Athena coaches, business partners, and co-authors of the book COMPOSURE: The Art of Executive Presence. …

Once you achieve a board seat, the next challenge you will face is onboarding and becoming an effective board member in meetings. Unlike other executive roles, onboarding as a new board director is often heavily dependent on relationship-building, fostering connections outside of official meetings, and boardroom etiquette. These elements will…

Samantha Lorenzo is Athena’s Director of Board Recruitment. She has been partnering directly with boards to help them discover just the right match for their open board seat since 2018. …

by Athena Founder & CEO Coco Brown I’ve been an executive for 24 years, having achieved my first VP title in 1999 at 28 years old. Like most modern executives, I had very little time or tolerance for a learning curve. Pressures of both boom and bust times, heavy competition…