HEC’s Valérie Gauthier Wins Top Award in France

Valérie Gauthier, associate dean of the HEC MBA program and a past member of the GMAC board of directors, has been selected to receive the medal de Chevalier of the Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur, one of France’s highest honors.

While nominations and decisions about the award are confidential, Gauthier believes the honor likely recognizes her work to raise the stature and international visibility of the HEC MBA program. “What we have achieved with the HEC MBA—being in the top-20 in the rankings and being a visible and well-respected program—has probably been perceived as significant for France,” Gauthier says.

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Deloitte’s Women’s Initiative Receives 2010 Catalyst Award

Award Honors Results of 17 Years of Commitment and Innovation in Women’s Advancement

NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2010 — Deloitte LLP has been named a recipient of the 2010 Catalyst Award, an honor recognizing innovative, effective and measurable initiatives to advance women in the workplace. Catalyst, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to building inclusive workplaces and expanding opportunities for women and business, cited the achievements of Deloitte’s Women’s Initiative (WIN), noting it has “created significant change in the company’s culture and provided an engine for innovation, becoming a model for other organizations in the process.” This is the second Catalyst Award presented in honor of a Deloitte initiative. In 1995, Catalyst recognized Deloitte’s Task Force for the Retention and Advancement of Women.

Unique components of Deloitte’s Women’s Initiative: Living the Lattice, include Mass Career Customization, a model that enables all Deloitte professionals to dial up and dial down their careers to fit their needs at various life stages; and Women as Buyers, a workshop to help men at Deloitte build stronger relationships with women clients and colleagues by better understanding their work and communication styles.

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