Linda Schupack

The final season of “Mad Men”? Check. Launch of “Fear The Walking Dead”? Check. These events, as well as marketing for every other brand and program on AMC or SundanceTV fall under the domain of Schupack, an energetic leader who gives her staff room to grow. When working with mentees, she suggests letting them into one’s own decision-making process “so that they can benefit from your experience and apply it to their own.”

What’s the most important aspect of mentoring?

Letting people into your decision-making process–so that they can benefit from your experience and apply it to their own.

Best trick for maintaining the personal-professional life balance? 

You can’t do it all—but you do do a lot. Appreciate what you do; don’t get consumed by what you haven’t done.

Your favorite trick for unwinding?

Running with my dog in Central Park.