Women in Power: Macy’s Emily Erusha-Hilleque on Building Brands for Gen Z and Trusting Her Intuition

As part of FN’s annual Women in Power issue, we asked 15 footwear execs who have stepped into prominent new roles this year to talk about overcoming obstacles and their advice for the next generation. In March, Macy’s hired Emily Erusha-Hilleque to lead its private brands design organization. Prior to this, Erusha-Hilleque worked at Target Corp., where she most recently served as the design director of ready-to-wear, young contemporary private label, design partnerships. Here, she discusses leadership style, deciphering Gen Z and her greatest opportunity at Macy’s: My leadership mantra: “[As coined by leadership expert] Simon Sinek, ‘The role of a leader is not to come up with all the great ideas. It’s to create an environment in which great ideas can happen. This is a mantra that I have built my leadership style around. The second mantra is: You cannot open new doors with old keys. We are at such an important time,  where the customer and the retail environment are congruently changing at a rapid pace. Old keys can inform where we have been, but new doors will only be opened with fresh ones that are created.” The biggest opportunity and biggest challenge in my new role: “My greatest opportunity and privilege in this

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