If we could select a woman who embodies the spirit of I Want Her Job, down to the tiniest details, it would be Alison McConnell. So, it should go without saying, we want her job.
As an executive vice president and chief growth officer at Leo Burnett, she oversees the company's growth strategies globally, with a special focus on emerging markets. She spends her days leading a team that has one goal: to help Leo Burnett win and win often. To do this, Alison and her team put their "network to work" and spend many days traveling and meeting near impossible deadlines, always with a strategy of helping the company grow.
This alone would sound like a full-time job, and it is, but Alison's also a full-time mom and wife. And despite the odd hours she has to work to meet the needs of the emerging markets she serves, Alison is continually involved in her children's lives as much as possible and enjoys alone time with her family anywhere, any time.