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  What Authenticity in the Workplace Means to Five LGBTQ+ MBAs

  Forté fosters a community of diverse business leaders whose personal identities and professional backgrounds strengthen our values of diversity and belonging. We strive to build an inclusive culture where everyone is empowered to be the type of leader and role model to which they aspire. In honor of Pride Month, I asked some of the accomplished […]

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  Sandra Forero Paves the Way for Latinx Women

  Sandra Forero, a Principal and Chief Operating Officer of ZS, has been at the consulting firm her entire post-MBA career. After more than 20 years as a consultant focused on the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries, she continued to expand her leadership reach in 2021 when she accepted the newly created role of COO. For […]

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  Let’s Talk About Gender Equity: 10 Conversation Starters

  One of the best ways to support gender equity is by talking about it with your friends, family, and colleagues. To help spark these important discussions, we created a list — which includes conversation openers, discussion questions, and key topics — to encourage dialogue on both gender equity and allyship.

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  Alexander Group Principal Advocates for More Women in Consulting

  Growing up, Priya Ghatnekar assumed she would practice medicine one day like her parents. After discovering that it wasn’t the right fit, Priya pivoted to business as an undergrad and later got an MBA at Northwestern’s Kellogg School. She went into consulting to gain broad, transferable skills, which she now applies as a principal at […]

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  New Forté Alumni Leadership Council Will Help Post-MBA Women Shine in Leadership Roles

  Members of Forté’s inaugural Alumni Leadership Council share insight on its mission to support post-MBA women in their ongoing business leadership journeys.

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  Kearney consulting partner transforms clients – and Black colleagues’ careers

  Tiffany Hickerson studied engineering as an undergrad, but she longed to apply her analytical skills to solve business problems. Her fate was sealed after a chance meeting with a partner at Kearney, whose description of the varied nature of consulting work hooked Tiffany. In 14 years at Kearney, she has led large scale transformations across […]

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