Marisa Baldwin on leadership
From NRF 2024 Big Ideas | Winning with Culture: How people power AEO Inc.’s legendary brands · · Zipline
“When you think about our job as communicators As Leaders I mean more importantly as humans it's about seeing people for who they are and it's about treating them how they want to be treated which may not necessarily coincide with how you want to be treated as the golden rule states.”
On , Marisa Baldwin, Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at AMERN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC, spoke about leadership during NRF 2024 Big Ideas | Winning with Culture: How people power AEO Inc.’s legendary brands on Zipline.
About Marisa Baldwin
At the NRF 2024 Big Ideas session "Winning with Culture," Marisa Baldwin, Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at American Eagle Outfitters, discussed the role of communication, technology, and employee engagement in retail. Baldwin stated that effective communication involves streamlining information to remove roadblocks for teams, enabling them to focus on the customer. She described the most disempowering feeling for an employee as being asked to do something without the means to accomplish it due to broken systems or lack of access. Baldwin also said that engaged employees understand the organization's goals, their role in achieving them, and feel success in that role. Baldwin commented on the potential of artificial intelligence, stating that AI could help with decision-making and provide a deeper understanding of the customer, while also helping to build human connections. She noted that technology should be an enabler of people and strategies, as what works today may not be the same answer tomorrow. Baldwin credited the communication platform Zipline as a solution that gathers, distributes, and targets information to support holistic learning, and expressed that the company was thrilled to partner with them to enable strategies.