How I Got Here   Michelle Peluso

LOCATION New York City CHILDREN Auden, 9, and Cole, 7

Fifteen-minute meetings. Making quick decisions. Leading by example. That’s what’s helped Michelle Peluso win the respect of managers and reports—and get home to her family at a reasonable hour every day, despite her lofty titles and mountains of responsibilities. That’s not to say she hasn’t struggled along the way. “You don’t always get it right. You’re going to fail and mess up and disappoint your kids, yourself and your boss sometimes,”