Your LinkedIn profile is your 'digital first impression.' Here's how to make it a good one.

Joi-Marie McKenzie

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'Your LinkedIn is trash'

Those were the blunt words I heard from Latoya Antonio, a Spencer Stuart advisor, as she gave a presentation on how to ensure executives are prepared to join boards and other forms of executive leadership.

I was sitting in an ornately decorated conference room at ExcelerateHer Women's Leadership Summit...