Five Questions With: Carole Ann Penney
CAROLE ANN PENNEY, of Penney Leadership LLC: “Email is supposed to be a tool to get our work done more efficiently, but often it becomes a distraction or impediment that slows us down.” / COURTESY MATT FERRARA
Carole Ann Penney is the founder of Penney Leadership LLC, and a strategic career coach based in Providence. She develops mission-driven leaders, transforming them, so that they can lead with purpose and resilience. Technology can be a help or a hinderance toward this goal. Here, Penney discusses email, and the challenges in managing it. For example, according to a 2019 McKinsey analysis, the average professional spends 28% of their day reading and answering email that’s 2.6 hours a day.
Seagrave-Whittle heads PBN 2021 Business Women honorees
PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS announced its honorees for the 2021 Business Women Awards program.
PROVIDENCE – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island Chief Marketing Officer Brenda Seagrave-Whittle has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s Career Achievement winner among local businesswomen, heading a group of 28 honorees in the 2021 Business Women Awards program.
The annual program recognizes leading women in various business, government and nonprofit sectors and their work for their respective organizations. Seagrave-Whittle and this year’s Outstanding Mentor, Tracy McCaughey, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island managing director of compliance and ethics and corporate compliance officer, are among 16 industry leaders and women to watch, along with 12 achievement honorees, unveiled on Friday.