One rainy day during the holiday break I learned in quick succession that (1) my daughter and her boyfriend’s entire family in New York were sick with COVID; (2) the…
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Peggy Northrop
Peggy Northrop is CEO of Watermark, a nonprofit membership organization focused on redefining leadership. Peggy joined Watermark in February 2020. A media consultant, communications expert, advisor and entrepreneur, Peggy spent the first two decades of her career as an award-winning editor in New York City, where she held senior editorial positions at some of the most iconic names in women’s media, including Vogue, Glamour and Real Simple, before becoming Editor-in-Chief of More and Global Editor-in-Chief of Reader’s Digest. She returned to the Bay Area in 2013 to serve as Editor-in-Chief of Sunset Publishing, and in the same year co-founded Shebooks, an e-book company devoted to publishing stories by and for women. Peggy is an advisor and investor with Portfolia, which creates investment funds designed for women to back the companies they want to see in the world. She is also a mentor with SHE-CAN, the educational organization that trains the next generation of female leaders in post-genocide countries. She currently serves on the board of directors of Washington & Jefferson College.
The Best Way to Battle Burnout
The recent Vox Media/Watermark survey of professional women was full of nuggets about what women want from the future of work. Hybrid and remote work, more time off, more mentoring…
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What Women Want to Thrive at Work
After 20 months of working through the pandemic, women are exhausted, overwhelmed, sick of school closings, ready to burn our masks in a giant bonfire. Millions of us have left…
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Talking About Climate Change: The Power of Storytelling
Stories have incredible power. They shape our feelings, our thoughts, how we perceive the world and are perceived in the world. And sometimes they keep us stuck in a…
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Waiting to Exhale
I was talking to a friend recently, making plans to get together in person (finally) and comparing notes on our year, when she said something I can’t get out of…
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What Will We Return To?
There’s a new word popping up in my conversations about the future of work: “returnship.” It seems to stand-in for a lot of questions: Who’s coming back to a physical office and when? (For…
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Getting Content Marketing Right: An Interview with Hayley Nelson
Everyone is talking about the importance of content marketing, but it’s rare to find someone who can articulate both the why and the how of the discipline. Hayley Nelson is…
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