The Ceresa Blog
Participant Spotlight | Hannah Reinhard
Ceresa Community Manager Emily Worthington talks with Hannah Reinhard about her time as a Ceresa Accelerator participant, where she received 1:1 coaching & mentoring that helped her confidence and leadership skills. The Ceresa Accelerator program is an energizing nine-month guided program with self-work, 360 feedback, executive coaching, and a deeply personalized match to a world-class external mentor.
Participant Spotlight | Matthew Isaacs
Ceresa Community Manager Emily Worthington talks with Matthew Isaacs from Dealerware about his time as a Ceresa Accelerator participant, where he received 1:1 coaching & mentoring that helped him uplevel his managerial skill set. The Ceresa Accelerator program is an energizing nine-month guided program with self-work, 360 feedback, executive coaching, and a deeply personalized match to a world-class external mentor.
Participant Spotlight | Alexis Cisneros
Ceresa Community Manager Emily Worthington talks with Alexis Cisneros from Dealerware about her time as a Ceresa Accelerator participant, where she received 1:1 coaching & mentoring that helped her level up her career. The nine-month Ceresa Accelerator program is an energizing nine-month guided program with self-work, 360 feedback, executive coaching, and a deeply personalized match to a world-class external mentor.
The New World of Work
Leaders everywhere should know about these 6 seismic shifts in the new world of work to help drive success for their teams. Ceresa provides leadership development throughout your professional journey.
7 Steps for Responding to Conflict
Conflict happens and every leader should know how to overcome conflict. Ceresa provides leadership development throughout your professional journey.
How to build resilience: 4 traits every leader should practice
The best leaders are resilient leaders. Ceresa provides resilient leadership development throughout your professional journey.
More Impact, Less Spend
Companies are facing unprecedented people challenges. Do you find yourself spending more time than ever trying to recruit AND struggling to keep the talent you’ve just worked so hard to find?
Positive Impact for Talent Development and the Bottom Line
Companies are facing unprecedented people challenges, struggling to keep the talent they’ve worked so hard to find AND spending unprecedented levels of time and resources just on recruiting.
Weathering the Talent Storm | A New Horizon of Caring Cultures
In this on-demand session, we hear from Matt Patterson MD, President of Welbe Health, on why “courage to love“ is their #1 company value. Matt shares his leadership approach that puts people and organizational health above all other business priorities. He shares how to put this approach into practice without sacrificing values or mission.
Marissa Vidaurri, Senior Director, Investor Relations at NI (National Instruments)
Marissa serves as the primary interface to the investment community and is responsible for overseeing NI’s holistic investor relations strategy. In this role, she establishes credibility and consistent engagement with sell-side analysts, shareholders, and potential shareholders to ensure clarity of the company’s vision, long-term growth potential, and profitability.
Taking Care of You and Your Team in the Face of the Great Resignation
In this on-demand webinar with Jenny DuFresne and Dr. Ashley Stafford, we discuss self-care for leaders and why it matters. Gain tips for self-care and guidance on talking with your team about self-care and reinforce the focus on self-care with an understanding of the impact on belonging and talent retention.
Mariangela Smania, CEO and Founder at AlmaXP
Mariangela is the CEO and Founder at AlmaXP, which offers tailor-made learning expeditions and programs that are transformative based on a unique combination of art and entrepreneurship.
Ana Villegas, Chief Marketing Officer at NI (National Instruments)
Ana has 26 years of global marketing and online experience working across different customer segments and different regions, Ana combines her creativity with her strong analytical mindset to solve business challenges. She serves on the board of Latinitas and is passionate about helping women take the next step in their career journey.
Marissa Barcza, Head of Customer Experience Center of Excellence at Adobe
Marissa leads the Customer Experience Center of Excellence at Adobe with past roles in Customer Success management, business operations, and Retail consulting.
Jean Craciun, Founder of the Diversity Center of Seattle and Diversity Consultant
Jean is the Founder of the Diversity Center of Seattle and Principal Consultant at Jeannie Ianelli Craciun Consulting. Jean has deep experience in corporate inclusion and diversity training, focus group design and execution, political consulting, and mentoring entrepreneurs who are women, PoC, and LGBTQIA+. She’s passionate about helping others take decisive action to facilitate greater works in their life by employing DEI (Diversity Equity Inclusion) in their daily practice and at every level.
Participant Spotlight | Adebola Osakwe
Ceresa Community Manager, Emily Worthington, talks with Adebola about her experience being a participant in the Ceresa Accelerator, and how it’s inspired her to give back.
Karen Courter, HR Executive Partner at Applied Materials
Karen is HR Executive Partner at Applied Materials. Prior to this role, she was Managing Director of Global Customer Contact Centers at Applied Materials where she led a global organization supporting Applied Materials Services business across North America, Europe, and Asia. Originally from Brazil, Karen has been in the United States for 23 years where she has worked for IBM, Dell, and Applied Materials. She’s a strong advocate for women and inclusion in the workspace and has also volunteered with organizations such as Meal on Wheels, Livestrong Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, Starry Foster Care, Special Olympics, Boys & Girls Club of Austin. During her free time, Karen enjoys spending time with her family, traveling to beautiful beaches, and she also loves Latin and Country dancing.