The Cobalt Group employs over 900 people and 40% of the workforce are women, many who hold high ranking positions of leadership. 135 women employees who contribute to the success of Cobalt in a wide variety of roles attended the 1st annual Women’s Summit & Luncheon in June, including CEO John Holt who co-founded the Cobalt Group in 1995.
John kicked off the event with an inspiring talk on the leadership model that Cobalt Group works to incorporate into the organization and encouraged the women attendees to reach high and higher. He spoke about his daughters and his determination to raise them all to feel like they can break through all barriers, including gender to reach their goals. He is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with his 14 year old daughter this month, what “higher goal” is there for a father and daughter to experience together!
Cobalt has become a major partner to the North American automotive industry, providing marketing services to more than half the auto dealers in North America and nearly thirty automobile manufacturers under his leadership. CEO John Holt is a leader who has stepped up to seriously support women working in the automotive industry. The Cobalt Group is always looking to hire more talented women!
There were products on hand in a vendor area, a beautiful view of Mount Rainier, the harbor in Seattle’s port, great food and of course so many interesting women to meet and network with. Eileen McDargh was the main speaker and WOW did she have energy, enthusiasm, humor , charisma and really packed a powerful punch during the entire session to inspire all the attending women to think out of the box. They were all energized by her energy! She recently hiked Mount Whitney so there must be something to this mountain climbing… more about John Holt and his hike to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro with his 14 year old daughter for another post. Check out Eileen McDargh’s blog and website!
Eileen McDargh and the five esteemed women panelists were Robin Pisz, National Marketing Director for Lexus, Connie J. Adair, CEO of Winfield Taylor, Anna Zornosa, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Dealix, a divison of Cobalt, Jody DeVere, Presdient and CEO of AskPatty.com and Gayle Crowell of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group of Warbury Pincus LLC. You can imagine it was a wonderful, insightful and lively panel. These women are all powerhouses.
It was important event for Cobalt to provide a time to encourage these up and coming women leaders to reach higher and climb to the top of their career summit.
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September 15, 2009 at 3:56 AM
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