Women-Owned Wednesday

Engaging a talented and diverse team that matches the communities you serve is not only the right thing to do, but it can also strengthen your business on many levels. If you're not sure where to start with your team or if you feel you have more work to do, you're not alone.

When it comes to saving for retirement, setting goals offers some challenging questions. How much should I save? How should I invest those savings? And for how long will that money last? Along with these questions, it's important to consider the risks that can impact your retirement income if they go unmitigated.

Retirement planning for women brings a set of unique challenges, including longer life spans, higher health costs, the gender wage gap, and less time in the workforce. Retirement is an important milestone and, given these challenges, should be planned for carefully and as early as possible.

If you own a business, we know you’re always looking for new ways to grow. Becoming a certified women-owned business through entities such as the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) may give you access to resources and opportunities that can help stimulate your company’s growth.

In this episode, Key4Women Director Barb Smith sits down with KeyCorp CEO Beth Mooney, who looks back with pride and ahead with optimism. Together, they cover a lot of ground from what it meant to Beth to break the glass ceiling and the strides women have made to her hopes for future business women and what she’s most proud of during her time with Key.

In this episode of our Women-Owned Wednesday podcast, Key4Women Director Barb Smith and Kaitlin Walsh-Epstein, vice president of marketing at Laurel Road, have a robust discussion about the financial challenges women face. They also share how you can set yourself up for a better financial future.

Want to improve customer experience? Start with human-centered design. Listen in as Director of Key4Women Barb Smith talks with Justin Hunsaker, senior vice president of KeyBank's omnichannel originations, about how to make your customer the focal point of your business. In this episode, they take a look at how several companies are using human-centered design and discuss how to build this predictive client-centric approach into your business model to help drive success.

Director of Key4Women Barb Smith leads a discussion with KeyBank experts Mike Van Vierzen, senior SBA sales representative; Nicole M. Vogt, vice president, business banking relationship manager; and Lorie Spinks, branch manager, about the access to capital facing women in business. In this episode, they talk about the resources and options available to women-owned businesses seeking capital. They also share steps you can take to better position yourself for funding.

Amy Brady, Chief Information Officer of KeyCorp, joins Key4Women Director Barb Smith to discuss current and emerging cyberattacks and the effects they can have on your business. Amy also explains the immediate actions you can take to mitigate your risk and strengthen your cybersecurity strategy.