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  The Forté Foundation’s Elissa Ellis Sangster: Q&A – TopMBA.com

  Last year, with new records set by Harvard Business School and Wharton for female MBA enrollment, and with HBS dean Nitin Nohria vowing to double the number of case studies featuring female protagonists in five years, forward momentum on b-school gender equity seemed to be very much in evidence. But with the entering class of […]

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  Creating Courage & Confidence: Your Competitive Differentiator Webinar

  If you’ve ever said to yourself, “I wish I had the courage to…” this webinar is for you. Cindy Solomon is an internationally recognized author, speaker, consultant and entrepreneur who has some provocative, enlightening and often hilarious observations about courage and how we can build it in ourselves and in our teams and organizations.

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  Will Taking a Vacation Make You Happier at Work?

  “Getting away from it all” used to imply a physical work space with a computer that stayed at the office. Work used to be where you went, where today work is what we do. How has this redefinition of work impeded our willingness and ability to truly disconnect?

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  Confidence, Inspiration, and Leadership: The 2014 MBA Women’s Conference

  The 2014 MBA Women’s Leadership Conference was hosted by UCLA in late June. Attendees gained confidence from sessions by presenters including Cindy Solomon, Katrina Lake, and Ali Wing. Women had the opportunity to meet sponsor companies at the career expo and ended the event on a “Happy” note.

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  Beth Bovis – A.T. Kearney: Breaking the Glass Ceiling (While Working Part-Time)

  As a consultant, Beth Bovis can live anywhere she wants and has carefully crafted her work/life balance. You’re surprised to see “consultant” and “work/life balance” in the same sentence? Consulting is commonly considered a way to rack up the frequent flyer miles and see the world, at some cost to domestic stability. But Beth is eager to counter that stereotype.

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  2014 Dialogue with Leadership Highlights

  Each year, the Forté Foundation brings together leading women for a candid conversation on careers and business leadership in this exclusive event. We invite you to learn how these successful women advanced to the top. Hosted in 2014 in Los Angeles, Dean Judy Olian of UCLA Anderson School of Management facilitated the conversation with Barbara Hulit, Senior VP and Group Executive at Danaher Corporation; Christine McCarthy, Treasurer at Disney, and Barbara Desoer, CEO of Citibank, N.A.

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