I have no memory of doing so, but my mother said, at age five, that I asked her, “Why don’t I have blonde hair and blue eyes?” Perhaps I’d been swayed by my Barbie dolls, by certain Disney princesses, ...

When I was younger, I admired Whitney Houston. Although Whitney eventually took a turn for the worst (that’s another story), in her younger years, she was poised, talented, intelligent, and beautiful.

As CRN prepares to hand out its third annual Women of the Year Awards, we look at who our finalists for the Role Model of the Year categories say shaped their view of strong, effective leadership.

This past month, I lost my mentor, my friend, and the person who served as my career role model. Her name was Judy DeLoache, and she plucked me out of college at the ripe old age of 22 to start a ...