As we ring in the New Year it is always a good idea to take a moment and reflect on the past year.  We continue our tradition of doing so by providing a compilation from a few guests who provided timeless advice. Jenna Fisher is the Co-lead of Global Financial Officer Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates and a Wall Street Journal bestselling author with a new book To the Top: How Women in Corporate Leadership Are Rewriting the Rules for Success.  In this conversation, Jenna shares how she interviewed dozens of women who provided inspirational and practical stories that she used in her book.  In addition, she discusses the synergy the book has with her business and what she learned in the process of writing. Mark Miller, is the Vice President of High Performance Leadership, Chick-fil-A Inc. and author of Culture Rules: The Leader’s Guide to Creating the Ultimate Competitive Advantage.  Mark gives insight into being an embedded research house within Chick-fil-A and how pragmatism and leadership are the keys to balancing the scales between the two. Lily Zheng is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion speaker, strategist, and organizational consultant. Recently they wrote DEI Deconstructed: Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right.  Lily discusses the ebb and flow of DEI in the workplace and how it is something that is needed all the time not just when things go wrong. Jane Hanson is an Emmy Award winning Journalist with thirty years of coaching experience helping people communicate more clearly and efficiently.  Jane shares what thought leadership means to her and how the heart of soul of it is communication.  She discusses knowing your purpose and provides tips and advice for communicating in mediums you might not excel at. Three Key Takeaways: ·         While doing research for a book or any thought leadership, reaching out to a diverse audience can help give you a wider and more balanced perspective. ·         Everything rises and falls with leadership. ·         As a thought leader your purpose needs to be getting the important information you have out into the world for others to hear and use