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Team Leadership in a Time of Crisis Sep 01, 2020

Everyone will respond in their own way to crisis. Change is not easy for most people and having no certainty or control over key aspects of your life is certainly challenging for all of us.

In a time of extreme crisis in the health and fitness industry, how do we lead well? The lack of ability to...

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Feature Friday Aug 21, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Jody Hinman and Elizabeth Schenk!

Jody is a top-performing sales and operations leader with 10+ years experience managing profitability, direct reports, and high-level hospitality in the health and fitness industry. She is known for...

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Leading a Group Ex Team Aug 18, 2020

Those of us that love Group Exercise know the value that it can bring to a club or studio. There are many stats that speak to the benefits of Group Ex, such as increased retention, higher attendance and more referrals. Group Exercise showed its worth when Covid struck. Who kept our members...

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Feature Friday Aug 14, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Amanda Louise Boyle and Deanna Mangum!

 

Amanda is a highly motivated, international business development consultant who thrives on big picture creativity, problem solving, communications and the ability to inspire...

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Feature Friday Aug 07, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Jaime Glassman R. Kin and Maureen Fellez!

 

Jamie's vision started as a Karate Instructor in high school. She always knew she was passionate about impacting the lives of others and creating a positive change and that has...

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NEW WIFA Global Ambassadors Announced Jul 31, 2020

WIFA is incredibly grateful to continue to expand our Ambassadors team! We have recently added six new wonderful women that are dedicated to the WIFA mission. Learn more about Suaad, Michelle, Khara, Liana, Maike, and Miriam.

 

 

 

Suaad Ghadban is a leading fitness and health...

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An Ode to Teaching Jul 21, 2020

I’ve been in training for 41 years. I have been studying, re-calibrating, working off intuition and learning from the very best. Through hours and hours of literal blood, sweat and tears. I was born to teach movement. I started at the age 4 in dancing. Following every word and action (or at...

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Feature Friday Jul 17, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Sarah Johnson and Dilan Gomih!

 

Sarah has been a part of the wellness industry for over a decade. Her education in sports medicine and management sparked her interest in personal training and group exercise right away. She...

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Reopening Safely At The Right Time Using The Right Channels Jul 14, 2020

As the Fitness Industry reopens there has been a strategic effort across the globe to address
concerns. For example, Adam Zeitsiff, the CEO of Gold’s Gym was featured on CNN to address
how their brand is restructuring their company to remobilize their facilities experience for their
members so...

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Feature Friday Jul 03, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Kia Williams and Kris Mulkey!

 

Kia is an educator, motivator, presenter, and leader dedicated to helping others reach their potential. As a fitness professional, she is an international presenter, master trainer, educational...

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A Letter From A WOC To The Fitness Industry Jul 01, 2020

Ianthe Mellors is a professional dancer, fitness instructor and Head of Fitness and Movement for FitXR. She has worked in the fitness industry for over a decade, with brands from Nike and Reebok to ASOS, Adidas, Sweaty Betty and Frame. Now based in New York, Ianthe continues to perform, teach and...

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Feature Friday Jun 26, 2020

This week’s Feature Friday is highlighting WIFA Women, Ariel Belgrave Harris and Jane Curth!

 

Ariel helps high- achieving women build healthy habits and hit their wellness goals -- without working out every single day or counting calories. As someone who has worked in...

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