Episode 215: Leading with Empathy with Kimberly Walker

Welcome to this amazing episode with Kimberly Walker, Senior Director Field Visual Merchandising at DICK'S Sporting Goods. We talk about her really cool navigation through her career through the retail landscape. We talk about how she started in the field of retail and went into the more corporate area of retail, and the lessons she took from the field into corporate. We get to talk about the importance of building and fostering a good team, what Visual Merchandising is and a bit about how it is done, and why she chose to go to DICK'S Sporting Goods away from Sears. We talk about how important it is to be connecting with people and teammates, and being a servant leader. We talk about how DICK'S Sporting Goods has been changing and responding in light of the last year, really working to see if their house is on fire, and putting that out to then be able to help the neighbors.  Kimberly wants to ask you to please reach out to those that may be less fortunate than you and to be helping people, mentor someone, and be there to lift someone up. And I fully agree, I could not have said it better. Connect with her here: LinkedIN https://buff.ly/3ydpn65 Check out DICK'S Sporting Goods Home Page: https://buff.ly/2Hd0UXE I&D Initiatives: https://buff.ly/2SDslBJ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-reset-podcast/support