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  • From Prep to Payoff: MBA Leadership Conference
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    From Prep to Payoff: MBA Leadership Conference

    Sneha Dasgupta is fired up. As a first-year MBA at the University of Michigan’s Ross School and a Forté Fellow, Sneha has tackled a healthcare start-up, pitched at a conference in Houston, and landed an upcoming summer internship at Kearney. After sharpening her goals in Forté’s MBA Takeoff, Sneha walked into the 2025 MBA Leadership […]

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  • Stop Telling Women They Need to Develop Skills They Already Have
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    Stop Telling Women They Need to Develop Skills They Already Have

    Employers are remarkably consistent about the skills they want most. In a recent survey of Forté member companies, employers said they are looking for communication, analytical thinking, coachability, professionalism, leadership, client-facing confidence, and the ability to work well with others. They want people who can stay calm under pressure, build trust quickly, navigate change, and […]

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  • Rethinking the Elevator Pitch
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    Rethinking the Elevator Pitch

    The 30-second pitch has been in the world of career advice for so long that it now feels less like advice and more like a professional rite of passage. We are told to keep it polished and ready, just in case someone important appears and asks us to summarize our entire professional existence before handing […]

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  • 2026 Edie Hunt Inspiration Award Winner Teyonna Jarman
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    Making People Feel Seen: 2026 Edie Hunt Inspiration Award Winner Teyonna Jarman

    Teyonna Jarman has spent her career building spaces where people feel seen. Whether in startups, creative industries, or now at Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business, she has a consistent instinct for bringing people together and making sure no one feels like they are navigating an opportunity alone. It is a style of leadership that […]

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  • 2026 Edie Hunt Inspiration Award
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    Forté Foundation Announces 2026 Winner of Prestigious Edie Hunt Inspiration Award

    Annual Award Recognizes an MBA Student for Advancing Women in Business  Austin, TX (April 1, 2026) – Forté Foundation, a nonprofit focused on expanding access for high-potential individuals seeking an MBA and accelerating career pathways, today announced the 2026 winner of the annual Edie Hunt Inspiration Award.  This year’s winner is Teyonna Jarman, a student at Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School […]

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  • Why “Let Your Work Speak for Itself” No Longer Works
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    Why “Let Your Work Speak for Itself” No Longer Works

    Many of us, ahem, professionals of a certain age, were given the same advice early in our careers: Let your work speak for itself. Focus on the work. Good work gets noticed. No one sat me down and delivered those exact words, but it was definitely in the air. And at the time, the advice […]

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