In her keynote address at the 2025 NJBIA Women Business Leaders Forum, Emily Lampkin, founder of the Women Leaders Series, shared strategies for how women can perfect the leadership tools they already have, network more effectively, and succeed in their careers.
Lampkin urged her audience to guard against “dream slashers” that delay action on important goals. “When I tell you what a dream slasher is we all know because we all have them: ‘I’m going to do – fill in the blank, thing that’s important to me – as soon as my children are older, my mom’s not sick, I lose 20 pounds, once I have the first $50,000 in investment ...’’
“That stops now,” Lampkin said. “What you need to do is create an individualized plan of action to get what you want. Every large corporation, every organization has a strategic plan to promote women. You need a strategic plan to promote just one woman.
“But the only person who can write it is you,” Lampkin said. “The only person who cannot overthink it is you. The only person who can implement it, and implement it effectively, is you. And the only way it does not happen, is you.”
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NJBIA’s 11th Annual WBLF drew more than 550 attendees for the two-day event Sept. 17-18 in Somerset to be inspired by TED-style talks, multiple breakout sessions led by expert panelists and numerous networking opportunities. The WBLF has been helping women build successful careers and diversity in the C-suite and boardroom since 2015.
