More about Suzy WelchSuzy Welch is a best-selling author, popular television commentator, and noted business journalist.

Her
New York Times bestselling book ,
10-10-10: A Fast and Powerful Way to Get Unstuck in Love, At Work and With Your Family, presents a powerful decision-making strategy for success at work and in parenting, love and friendship. 10-10-10 became an instant success and is now published in 29 countries worldwide, and an updated version has been released in paperback. In addition, she is a contributor for
ABC's Good Morning America, and has been widely featured in major media outlets including
The Today Show and
Time Magazine.
Together with her husband
Jack Welch, Suzy is also co-author of the #1 international bestseller
Winning, its companion volume,
Winning: The Answers, and The Welch Way, a weekly column on business and career challenges which appeared in
BusinessWeek magazine from 2005-2009 and was published in 45 major newspapers across the globe by
The New York Times Syndicate. In 2010, the Welches launched an online MBA program through
Chancellor University.
On her own, Suzy has written extensively about work-life balance and other cultural issues for publications ranging from
O, The Oprah Magazine to
The Wall Street Journal. In addition, her candid and incisive commentary has made her a popular commentator on television programs including
Good Morning America,
The View,
Morning Joe,
Your World With Neil Cavuto, and
Power Lunch.
Born in
Portland, Oregon, Suzy received her BA from
Harvard University in 1981 and then joined
The Miami Herald as a reporter. She left daily journalism to attend
Harvard Business School, where she graduated as a
Baker Scholar in 1988. Suzy joined the
Harvard Business Review in 1995 and was named editor-in-chief in 2001. During her tenure at HBR, Suzy was the author of numerous articles on leadership, change, creativity and organizational behavior, as well as the contributor to several books on management.
Suzy is the mother of 4 children and lives in
New York City. She serves on the board of several non-profit organizations in the fields of education and homelessness.
More about Julie Lenzer KirkJulie Lenzer Kirk is an award-winning entrepreneur who is passionate about empowering others into entrepreneurship across the globe. She is a business owner, mentor, author, international speaker, community volunteer, and mother of two.
Julie founded her first company, a software and services firm, when her children were young and grew her business to multi-millions in revenues as she raised her children. After cashing out and selling her company-created software to a business partner, she began teaching entrepreneurship in the award-winning
ACTiVATE® program, through which she discovered her passion for empowering women economically.
To further this passion, she recently co-founded a nonprofit, the
Path Forward Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which is taking on the international expansion of ACTiVATE.

Frequently quoted online and in print she is also the author of
The ParentPreneur Edge: What Parenting Teaches About Building a Successful Business (John Wiley & Sons).