Who Should Attend
Women Sales Executives & Leaders
Male Allies
Employers
Business Development Folks
Sales Enablement
Marketing Mavens
Culture and People Officers/Managers
DEI&B Drivers
Join us on Friday, May 13, 2022
Join Employers, Women in Sales Leaders and Their Allies From Top Companies As We Discuss:
- WIS careers after two years of pandemic
- How to accelerate your ambition and side-step fear, burn-out and other career stoppers
- Leveraging Today’s Unique Climate to Get What You Need to be Successful and Reach Your Career Goals
- Power in Numbers: Using Collaboration over Competition to Break Barriers Together
- Elevating the Next Generation of Women Sales Leaders is Critical for Everyone
A Day Dedicated to Supporting the Ambitions and Career Growth of Women in Sales!
Conference Details
See below for more detailed information about speakers and topics.
Opening Keynote
- Status of Women in Sales, Sales Leadership and How Employers Can Support Them!
Morning Breakout Sessions
- DEI&B Panel Discussion: What Does Equity & Inclusion Look Like Post Exodus
Afternoon Breakouts
- Rising Sales Leaders Panel Discussion: Their Elevation Stories!
Closing Remarks
Networking Happy Hour
Opening Keynote: What’s Next for Women in Sales and the Companies That Employ Them presented by Teresa Carlson, a true trailblazing woman sales leader. Over the last 20+ years Teresa has led massive sales organizations at Microsoft, AWS and most recently a, Splunk. Now the Non-Executive Chair at KnightSwan, Teresa is going to share the valuable lessons she has learned along the way, the opportunities she sees ahead for women in sales and sales leadership, and employers elevate more women.
- Making Executive Presence a Daily Habit for Women Leaders
- What’s Next for Women in Sales and the Companies That Employ Them!
- Become Unstoppable: Leveraging Pivotal Moments to Take Career Accelerating Risks!
- Blind Ambition in the Workplace: 3 Leadership Strategies to Accelerate the Success of You and Your Team – Without Sacrificing Sanity!
- What Does Diversity & Inclusion Look Like Post Exodus and What it Means For All of Us!
- The Critical Importance of Collaboration Over Competition!
- Accelerating Sales With Truly Diverse & Inclusive Teams!
Katie Cook, Senior Director, Sales Strategy at Salesforce and WISL Forum Grad!
“Recently, I had the amazing opportunity to be a participant in the IES Women in Sales Leadership Forum led by the incomparable Gina Stracuzzi. This program not only focuses on developing leadership skills, but it provides ways to tackle unique issues facing women in sales everyday. The insight I gained from listening to amazing speakers like Tamara Greenspan, Gigi Schumm, Queirra Fenderson, PCC, Kyla O’Connell, and Anita Nielsen taught me so much about myself and how I lead others in the sales environment. I cannot recommend this program enough! HUGE thank you to Rob Stein for being an amazing ally to women in sales and advocating for Salesforce’s participation with this forum. ”
THE WISL ELEVATION CONFERENCE!
Celebrating the Power of WISL!
After two years of isolation, career doubts and sometimes derailment it is time to come back together and celebrate our strength, our resilience, and our absolute love of selling! May 13th will be a day dedicated to getting our groove back, reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones, and considering how we move forward in ways that work for us in the aftermath of the pandemic. Don’t let this day happen without you!
Join us for the celebration!
WISL Elevation Conference Speakers
Gina Stracuzzi, Conference Chairperson, CoFounder & Director, IES Women in Sales Leadership Forum
Gina Stracuzzi is a leader in the Women in Sales movement. Gina’s career in sales started very early in life when she would “pitch” her parents on important issues like her version of how grandma’s vase ended up on the floor in a million pieces. She would routinely beat out her “competition” (aka as her six siblings) for best story-telling in a dramatic role. Throughout her 20+ years in sales and marketing in the U.S., Europe and emerging economies, Gina has continued to employ those same story-telling skills to help women entrepreneurs and small businesses, navigate the waters between strategic communication and business development to bring about smart growth. She is the host of the Tuesday at noon IES Women in Sales webinar.
Opening Keynote, What’s Ahead for Women in Sales and The Companies That Employ Them, Presented by Teresa Carlson, Trailblazing C-Suite Woman Sales Executive
For more than 20+ years Teresa has led massive sales organizations at Microsoft, AWS and most recently at, Splunk. Now the Non-Executive Chair at KnightSwan, Teresa is going to share the valuable lessons she has learned along the way and the opportunities she sees ahead for women in sales and sales leadership.
Keynote Panel Discussion Moderated by Hang Black, VP of Revenue Enablement at Juniper Networks | Transformational Executive Fueling the Sales Addiction | Author | Fierce Business Woman and Advocate
Over the last few months, IES hosted a number of roundtable discussions with industry leaders and Hang will lead an important and timely discussion around the impact of women leaving the workplace in record numbers, it’s impact on their ability to reach their DEI&B goals, and ultimately on their ability to attract and retain women sales leaders. From the discussions, IES authored an executive report, What Does Equity and Inclusion Look Like Post Exodus. The discussion, like the report will consider both the challenges and opportunities for all involved.
Heidi Solomon-Orlick, VP of Global Sales at VXI Global Solutions, founder of GirlzWhoSell and organizing author of Heels to Deals: How Women Are Dominating in Business-to-Business Sales!
Join Heidi for an eye-opening, ultra-empowering session on Become Unstoppable: Leveraging Pivotal Moments to Take Career Accelerating Risks!
