President of Brand, Childrens Place
Search every verified Claudia Lima-guinehut interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Claudia Lima-Guinehut, President of Brand at Children's Place, appeared on the podcast "Empower Hour with Roni Hirshberg" on October 17, 2024. During the interview, she discussed her leadership philosophy and career in fashion retail, which she said spans nearly 25 years. Lima-Guinehut stated that she leads design, sourcing, merchandising, merchandise planning, visual merchandising, and technology organizational transformation. She described empathy as a strength in leadership, saying that "empathetic leaders tend to create more buyin within organizations" and that "kindness and empathy can be seen as weaknesses but they're actually very powerful strengths." She also spoke about the role of fashion in conveying confidence, noting that "perception is something that you can absolutely control with your fashion choices."
“I basically lead design sourcing merchandising and merchandise planning functions along with visual merchandising and technology organizational transformation and everything basically that happens within a large organization that's consumer facing so it's super exciting it's very Dynamic agility is super important.”
“I think that women are underestimated for the power of empathy and empathetic leaders tend to create more buyin within organizations and I like to say that before you can have accountability and empowerment you need trust and that trust is much more easily earned from a leader who has Clarity has a vision but it's also...”
“Kindness and empathy can be seen as weaknesses but they're actually very powerful strengths and once you understand that and you own that not only are you able to live in your truth but you also become a better leader because you lead from a really authentic Place.”
“At the end of the day we do live in a society where perception matters and perception is something that you can absolutely control with your fashion choices and how you want to convey a message.”
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