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  Allies Make Mistakes. This Is How to Recover from Them.

  Even if a gender equity ally has the best intentions, sometimes they will say or do the wrong thing. Mistakes are a part of every allyship journey. It’s what you do after the mistake that matters.

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  Forté Fellows at Stanford Today, Besties for Life

  Forté Fellows Sasha Pines and Emily Kramer became fast friends as they began their first semester at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. They’ve learned the value of having each other’s back while in graduate school, but they also know they’ve made a friend for life.

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  How the Forté Rise Leadership Program Helps Mid-Career Women Advance

  Two members of the pilot cohort of Forté Rise, Lisa Rodriguez and Kristin Lorenzo, reflect on their experiences in the program.

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  Become a Fearless Negotiator By Looking Inward

  Mori Taheripour, award-winning educator, speaker, and author, shared tips for becoming a better negotiator in Forté’s December 2022 Women Lead webinar. Put her advice into practice with these discussion questions.

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  Mentorship is Not a “Nice to Have” – It’s a Career “Must”

  You work hard, and you’re an excellent team member, but you’re not being promoted as quickly as you would like. If this sounds like you, it could be that you’re missing a key component of moving up the ladder – mentorship.

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  To Develop Executive Presence, Learn These Key Skills

  “You lack Executive Presence.” Ouch. The feedback came after I’d interviewed for a stretch role. At the time, it felt vaguely like an insult and, if I’m being honest, unhelpful. What did it even mean? My first assumption was that I didn’t look the part. I’m from Texas and my accent can slip out sometimes. […]

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