2026 WPO Entrepreneurial Excellence Forum (EEF) May 7-8

Are you attending?  I will be along with a dozen WPO Chicago members and hundreds more of WPO members spanning globally.

WPO's signature annual event – 2026 WPO EEF – brings together hundreds of extraordinary women business leaders from around the world for two days of inspiration, collaboration, and growth.

Designed to give women entrepreneurs a transformative experience away from daily operations, the 2026 Forum will feature inspiring keynote speakers, interactive breakout sessions, peer-to-peer learning, and unmatched networking opportunities. Attendees will leave with actionable insights, renewed energy, and strategies to elevate their businesses.

The Forum will also celebrate the remarkable achievements of women-led enterprises, including the annual recognition of the 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies, honoring the innovators driving business growth and industry transformation.

Join us for this unparalleled gathering of women entrepreneurs shaping the future of business. Click here to register.

Dressing Like the Powerful Woman You Are

Love this article!  If I only practiced what they are preaching. Crafting a wardrobe for the C-suite (or for Women Presidents Organization members) can be tricky.  

If you are thinking about changing your look to command respect but still show your personality, this is the article to read.  Seven women discuss cracking the code.  So many great tips and resources are mentioned.

Four Rules for Dressing Like a Boss, According to Powerful Women

Women Statistically Outperform Men

Women are statistically outperforming men in various categories, but this has not always been the case. For centuries, boys seemingly held the upper hand in various facets of life like academics and careers. 

Women now account for 50.7% of the college-educated labor force, having surpassed men as of 2023. According to a McKinsey & Company study, companies with female leaders demonstrate higher success rates in organization and financial performance. Regarding college acceptances throughout the country, women have been proven to have higher acceptance rates compared to their male counterparts. 

Read on to discover women’s profound success in the workforce that can be largely attributed to changing social norms. 

This Woman Shares Her Secrets For Getting the Most Out of AI at Work

Formerly the global head of machine learning for startups and venture capital at Amazon Web Services, Allie K. Miller is among the busiest AI consultants and influencers in the industry, with more than 1.6 million followers on LinkedIn alone. 

Allie says, "By the time you wake up, your AI should have already been working for you for hours.” 

Is that so?  

In an interview with Inc., Miller says that nowadays, she largely works out of Claude Code, the agentic coding system developed by Anthropic. She keeps multiple instances of Claude Code running simultaneously in separate terminals. Because these Claude Code instances have access to Miller’s filesystem, they can autonomously complete work on her behalf. 

Learn how she does this.

Companies Are Rethinking Their Compensation Strategies

Across industries, workers are finding that the relationship between performance and pay has quietly shifted. 

Take Dominique Fields who had every reason to believe she’d receive a promotion. The 32-year-old digital marketing manager in Nashville discussed internal opportunities with her manager multiple times. But with each conversation, she says, “the goal posts moved.” Then, in May 2025, she was laid off.

Fields was caught off guard. She’s not alone.  Learn why.

Business Growth Strategies That Work

Just about one in seven companies has outperformed in the past five years. This latest installment of our landmark series for CEOs highlights business growth strategies that work.

Do you think of Walmart as a media or technology company?  Discover where more than half of its operating-income growth comes from.  

Better yet, learn how leaders get ahead and stay ahead by implementing these business growth strategies that work. 

What Is Business Stress About?

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, doesn’t believe stress comes from having too much to do. Instead, he believes it comes from not doing something soon enough. 

Bezos’ net worth hovers around $234 billion. But despite decades of scaling one of the largest companies in the world, he said his experience with stress hasn’t fundamentally changed. 

According to Fortune, Bezos has said stress tends to surface not when he’s overloaded, but when he’s avoiding something.

Find out how stress is really a symptom of something, as Bezos feels.