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Dee Poku

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~ For women who run things. Founder of @thewiesuite — the private community for C-suite & high growth founder-level women.
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Thank you Harpers Bazaar (@bazaaruk ) for capturing so perfectly what we do @thewiesuite and more importantly why we do it. Our peer coaching groups, leadership training, curated dinners and membership portal, where pretty much every need gets met, are making a tangible difference in the lives of women leaders. Rolling out in the UK continues to be a labor of love and I cannot wait for September. @mcchappet ❤️ #linkinbio👆🏾
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Announcing a great new partnership between @makerswomen and @thewiesuite where we’re gathering together extraordinary women in key cities to discuss an essential topic - leadership style. The best part about these conversations is learning from other women about how they’ve evolved and become more comfortable with wielding authority on their own terms. Hearing some interesting observations about how we reevaluate patriarchal approaches and women’s more empathetic style, to chart a different path. Thank you to everyone who joined us in LA and all that you shared. 🍽️ #adinnerforwomen
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I launched @TheWIESuite during a pandemic which could have been a disaster but is thriving because it’s filling a real need. If there’s one thing women need right now, it’s to be surrounded by a no bullshit, action focused community who can share tactics, make introductions, do deals and generally help one another thrive. Thank you @BusinessInsider @ashontell #womenwhodo
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5 years ago
Nobody tells you that building something meaningful professionally means constantly negotiating with yourself personally. Today I chose the track meet. Tomorrow I’ll be back in the weeds of partner calls and my everlasting inbox. Ambition and focus and navigating time spent with kids have been big topics of late. There’s no clean version of this. Whatever decision you made that day was the right one.
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Announcing our New Guard lineup! We’ve pulled together the best experts, iconoclasts and leaders to provide an experience unlike any other for our incredible attendees. We’ll get serious about our health with Dr Sharon Malone, advisor to Oprah and Michelle Obama. We’ll learn how to manage a legacy brand and keep it relevant, with the CEO of Victoria’s Secret. And understand how to build one to an exit with the youngest self made female billionaire. We’ll dance with Kristin Sudeikis. We’ll review alternative investments and how to build a valuable art collection with Sotheby’s. We’ll work on a generational wealth plan. We’ll get insights on how to launch a best-selling book with Kamala Harris and Lupita Nyong’o’s literary agent. We’ll plot, we’ll plan, we’ll debate, we’ll journal. We’ve put our speakers together in unique and surprising ways and we can’t wait for you to experience the magic. See you very soon! #thenewguardsummit
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“For generations, those in power, and let’s be honest, largely men, have passed insider knowledge freely among themselves—the tips, the strategies, the unspoken rules of how wealth and influence really work,” she elaborates. “Women at the top have often had to figure it out alone, or stumble into it late.” “The women in this room built extraordinary things, but many will tell you they wish they had built earlier, with more intention, and more collectively,” Poku shares. “The lesson I hope they carry back is simple but transformative: don’t wait for the third act to think about legacy, generational wealth, or influence. Develop those habits early.” And then, maybe just then, those generational power structures will finally shift. Thank you @instylemagazine . Counting down to #TheNewGuard Summit. It’s going to be transformational! ✨✨✨ thewiesuite.com/summit
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There was only one person my son wanted me to meet at the #Time100 celebration and unfortunately I blew it. I was so happy to be invited by @time CEO Jessica Sibley and I was personally there to see António Guterres and @victoriabeckham — social justice and culture are my thing. My son had a very different shortlist. For him and the 484 million people who follow him. That person was Mr Beast. Completely different definitions of who matters and why. And that is the conversation! Influence, legacy and how women build, sustain and wield it on their own terms is what’s on my mind and one we’re going deep on at #TheNewGuardSummit next week. /summit
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Raising boys in this climate is no joke. I feel the weight of that responsibility every day. For me, these are the qualities that matter…. Kind ✔️  Shares in household chores ✔️  Respectful ✔️ Empathetic ✔️  Self confident - mostly Resilient - mostly Expresses feelings and vulnerability ✔️ Takes responsibility - 🥹seeing real progress Not perfect. Just becoming. Happy #mothersday every day 💕
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To the mothers doing all the work for half the recognition. I see you. Happy Mother’s Day 🌸
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To have what men have? Or to reframe and relearn how we use power. What should our highest aspiration as women be? @roxanegay74 is such a good bad feminist
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7 days ago
I’ve never been one for surface conversation. Yes I go to a few things that look shiny on the outside but I always want to know how people truly are, what they’re working on, where they need help. This @lancomeofficial Absolue Longevity MD gala dinner felt particularly alive. Perhaps the health and longevity theme added a poignancy and thoughtfulness. Perhaps it was @zoesaldana reminding us to look in the mirror and love what we see first. I think the pictures tell the story best ❤️
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Act one: journalist. Act two: editor-in-chief of Marie Claire. Act three: launching a company changing women’s health forever. I sat down with @annefulenwider , co-founder and co-CEO of @myalloy to talk about why the third act might be the boldest one yet. And why women deserve better access, better expertise and better outcomes in midlife. We’re proud to welcome Alloy Health as our Health Partner for The New Guard Summit.
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