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Today’s post is the last post in our female Leadership Series. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading about each leader. The final post in the series is from Mary Kay Inc.’s Chief Marketing Officer, Sheryl Adkins-Green. It is both an honor and challenge to be responsible for writing the concluding...
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Today’s blog post is from Tara Eustace, President of Mary Kay Europe. During her 19 years of service, Tara has worked her way up from an unpaid intern at the Mary Kay Russia start-up to leading the 18 countries that are in the Mary Kay Europe region. Tara shares her Mary Kay success story. “Mary...
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Today’s post is from Mary Kay’s Chief Financial Officer Terry Smith. Terry has worked for Mary Kay since 1984 and has served as the CFO since 2003. During the past six weeks, several of our female vice presidents have shared their thoughts on leadership. For example, René mentioned...
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Today’s post is from Melinda Foster Sellers. Melinda is the Chief People Officer at Mary Kay. Melinda shares her insight on the characteristics of a good leader. Be the Kind of Leader Others Want to Follow Stop for a moment and think about the best leader you ever had. What made them great? How...
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Today’s post is from Michelle Norman. Michelle is Mary Kay’s Vice President of Human Resources. Michelle oversees the HR needs for many of Mary Kay’s international markets and Organization Effectiveness globally. When I was asked to write a post for this blog, at first I struggled with...
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Our Leadership Series continues with a blog post from Naomi Buerkle. Naomi is the Vice President and General Manager of Mary Kay’s North Central Distribution Center. Imagine a happy go lucky little girl with a knapsack over her shoulder marching down a road. She just happens to see a sign that...
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Mary Kay’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Beth Lange, shares another post in our Leadership Series. I have a weakness. I am not a natural listener. Just ask my mother or husband. Early in my career, I approached most of my discussions in graduate school or at work with some version of, "I am...
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Today’s post comes from Peggy Davidson, Mary Kay’s Vice President of U.S. Sales Force Communications and Education. Peggy has worked for Mary Kay for more than 20 years and shares her thoughts about the heart of a leader. Leadership is not for the weak of heart. Of course it can be the most...
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Our Leadership Series continues with a blog post from Anne Crews. Anne is the Vice President of Government Relations, and she is an avid supporter of community volunteerism. Great leaders are good followers. It is my belief that a proven leader has a responsibility and a privilege to mentor and support...
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Today’s blog post is from Wendy Wang. Wendy serves as Mary Kay’s Vice President and Associate General Counsel. Wendy manages teams in the United States and in the Asia-Pacific region. Leadership, like love, is a decision. Strange isn't it? As I am preparing to blog about leadership, the...
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Today’s post in the Leadership Series is from Lynda Rose, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Mary Kay Canada. When I reflect on my career, I realize I’m incredibly blessed to have been in an industry that I have a passion for. Cosmetics has been in my blood – and my passion –...
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Today’s post is from René Wickham, Mary Kay’s Vice President of Product Quality. René has worked for Mary Kay for 16 years. René shares her thoughts on leadership development. You’ve heard the expression " Leaders Are Born, Not Made "… haven’t...
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Today’s post is from Laura Beitler, Vice President and Associate General Counsel. Laura has been with Mary Kay for 12 years and sees her Mary Kay job as a true blessing filled with daily opportunities to learn more about leadership and personal development from the best of the best. In the spirit...
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Today’s guest blogger is Beth Ludwig, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the European Region. Beth started her Mary Kay career in brand management and product development. For the last 10 years, she has led the sales and marketing functions for the European region. In June, I celebrate...
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The second post in the leadership series comes from Mary Kay's Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Beth Lange. Beth shares four key elements of effective leadership. None of us are born leaders, but instead have to learn lessons along the road to success. Here are 4 P’s I have learned along my journey...
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Mary Kay Ash was a tremendous leader who carved out a unique niche in the business world for women. In honor of her, we are starting a new series on our blog about leadership. For the next few weeks, several of Mary Kay’s female vice presidents and C-level executives will share their thoughts on...