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Read MoreNetworkingThe Introvert’s Guide to Networking
How to Build Meaningful Connections Without Leaving the House (or Putting on Shoes) If the word networking makes you want to retreat under a blanket with a book, you’re in good company. For many high-achieving women, especially those who thrive in thoughtful, intentional spaces, the traditional “networking hustle” can feel draining, inauthentic, and overwhelming. But […]
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Read MoreArticlesMBA to Executive Strategist: How Megan Manno Launched Her Career Through Raymond James’ A2C Program
The Assistant to the Chair (A2C) Executive Strategist, Office of the CEO program was established at Raymond James in 1991. The A2C program offers high-performing, self-motivated individuals the opportunity to acquire and hone the management and leadership skills necessary to succeed at the highest levels of the firm. Throughout the two-year program, A2C Strategists learn […]
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Read MoreMBA Student2025 Edie Hunt Winner Creates Communities of Confident Women
This year’s Edie Hunt Inspiration Award winner, Hannah Tolan, learned early in life the value of strong female role models. Her single mom raised her and her sisters to be independent women, a lesson she carried into her MBA program at Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management where she helped create a supportive community for […]
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Read MoreArticlesBanish Tolerations to Quiet the White Noise in Your Life, Find New Energy, and Live Abundantly
Do you sometimes feel like you are running on empty but don’t know why? Or maybe you feel slightly drained, but you can’t put your finger on what’s holding you back. It could be that you are living with too many tolerations. What are tolerations? Tolerations are things that you are putting up with every […]
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Read MoreArticlesChoosing Community Over Glass Ceilings: A Reflection by Angelica L. Martini, Georgia Tech MBA ‘26
When you break a glass ceiling, it hurts. Trailblazing is an equally exhausting and uncertain task. These overworked phrases try to illustrate what it is like to be a woman in business, depicting certain triumph through adversity. However, they fail to fully depict how difficult being a woman in business can be. In response, I […]
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Read MoreArticlesMeet Rose Martinelli, An Original Forté Board Member
From opera singer to dean of admissions at top business schools to higher ed consulting, Rose Martinelli has built a career on the belief that every woman has a right to leadership – she just has to do the work. Early Forté Support: Do Something, Don’t Sit Back and Watch Tell me how and when […]
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