Take the Win - a podcast by Ivy Slater, Slater Success Coaching

from 2023-10-09T11:00

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This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Sherry Orel. The two talk about the unexpected path she took into the M&A space, and what she does to create meaningful relationships that foster professional growth, and her advice for women leaders in leaving an impactful legacy and maximizing personal potential.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • How she took an unexpected path into the mergers and acquisitions space

  • What important mentors she found along the way, and what she learned from them

  • Why creativity, collaboration, and trust is imperative to sales 

  • What support she has found in YPO, and the value she has found in a powerful network

  • What challenges she has met in her journey, and her inspiring perspective on overcoming, evolution, and failure

  • The value of creating meaningful relationships that foster professional growth

  • What advice she has for women leaders in leaving an impactful legacy and maximizing personal potential

With 30 years of experience, Sherry Orel is a seasoned business leader and CEO. She blends innovation and strategy with a focus on empowering business leaders to realize their maximum potential.

She has worked with Fortune 500 clients like Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, Nestle, Walmart, and Target. Her focus has been creating and implementing strategies — driving long-term growth, innovation, investment, re-positioning and reorganizing — while guiding and supporting CEOs through the exit process to achieve maximum value. She has built organizations through organic growth, strategic partnerships, and M&A, overseeing businesses delivering over $1.5B in cumulative revenue. Throughout her roles with Brand Connections, News Corporation, and Havas Worldwide, Sherry has secured or supported over 25 add-on acquisitions and equity partnerships as an executive committee member resulting in transactions over $1B.

Following a successful career leading public and private organizations, and leading multiple exits, Sherry founded and is the acting CEO of Next Level Catapult. Next Level supports businesses by helping leaders evolve their processes and refine their management operations efficiently and prepare for significant business changes like an exit, a change in leadership, or a shift in strategy.

Sherry supports entrepreneurs as an advisor and angel investor of emerging companies like SolvWellness, TripKicks, Inkwell, and EBY, and has served on the Board of Directors for Childhood Domestic Violence Organization, as Chairman of the Brand Activation, ANA-Association of National Advertisers Council and as an Advisor for the digital commerce and product sampling company BrandShare (acquired by Advantage Solutions).

She has been a YPO US Atlantic 13 Chapter member since 2015 and the New Jersey Integrated Chapter since 2021. She has served as moderator for chapter and network forums, co-championed the 4th annual International Conference for Women, and championed the Mother Son Getaway from 2020-2022. She served as Communications Officer, Assistant and Learning Officer, Engagement Officer, Gold Chapter Chair, Athena Champion, and on the NE Regional Board as Gold D&I Officer.

Sherry attended Purdue University, Roosevelt University, and the LeCordon Bleu Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago (CHIC). Sherry lives in Short Hills, New Jersey, with her husband, and together have five children.

Website: https://stscapital.com/sherry-orel/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-orel-73491a4/

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