Joanne Crevoiserat's career has spanned the fashion and retail landscape, from Abercrombie & Fitch to Walmart, Filene’s Basement, and Kohl’s. Despite her extensive experience, the now-CEO of Tapestry—the parent company of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman—never envisioned herself leading a company, let alone one of the world’s largest fashion conglomerates.
“I had a vision in my mind of what a CEO was supposed to be: very charismatic, usually male,” she recalls in a recent Leadership Next podcast.
