The first episode of Earn The Right features Marla Persky, former General Counsel at Baxter International and Boehringer Ingelheim, two of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Now the CEO and President of WOMN LLC, she helps lawyers and business professionals build stronger leadership and commercial acumen.

With a career spanning pharma, law and theater, Marla has navigated complex global challenges, led high-stakes corporate decisions, secured billion-dollar deals and served on multiple boards. In this conversation, she reflects on the pivotal choices that shaped her career: from her early days as a theater major to leading legal and by business teams at the highest levels.

In this episode, we explore:

• What theater taught Marla about communication and leadership

• How to reframe risk and failure in executive decision-making

• Why business acumen, not legal precision, defines true influence

• How leaders evolve from “seat at the table” to “voice that shapes it”

• Navigating career pivots with clarity

• What AI means for leadership ethics and judgment today

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