Nina Kleaveland, Co-Founder & CEO, Lanyard and Founder, Female Founders in Hospitality

Nina explains why women leaders shouldn’t be defined by the traits that define male leaders, and how she motivates herself to attend networking events.  She shares the goals she set early on to improve her public speaking skills as well as the beauty of networks for collecting different perspectives and helping you make decisions.  She describes how she overcomes negative thoughts, and the value of advocating for oneself and being humble enough to ask for help, which provides opportunities to learn.