60 Seconds with WITS MidAtlantic and WITS Northeast Speaker — Kimberly Gress

Kimberly Gress is the Founder of C2O Advisors. Her session at WITS MidAtlantic and WITS Northeast is “The Power of WITS — Mentoring hacks that will change your life”.

Why is speaking at WITS important to you?

I have attended WITS since its inaugural conference and have found each conference more refreshing than the next. My presentation with Ashley Turner, “The power of WITS — Mentoring hacks that will change your life”, is based upon meeting each other at the 2nd annual WITS conference in Philadelphia and our 5 year mentoring relationship. Year over year, I see women build strong relationships with other women at WITS; a benefit that is priceless!!

What inspires you?

Watching people achieve success inspires me. I am inspired to mentor and coach my mentees into their dream jobs. It’s quite selfish, actually. I like the good feelings that result from watching them succeed.

Most useful article you’ve read in the last month

I enjoy reading articles that cover the topics of leadership, operations and customer success. I specifically enjoyed What It Takes To Beat The New Normal a few months back.

When you were a kid what was your dream job?

I don’t think that I truly had a dream job. I was curious and enjoyed doing many different things.

Tell us something about your session

I believe that a great mentoring relationship is a gift. Mentoring relationships can be inspiring and bring out the intelligence and capability in both individuals. It is important to invest in others and that investment will ultimately provide unlimited returns.