Harvard Business School to Host Women's Leadership Forum

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Harvard Business School (HBS) will host The Women's Leadership Forum: Innovation Strategies for a Changing World from May 7-11, 2012 on the HBS campus. In a period of rapid technological change that is transforming the global economy, The Women's Leadership Forum: Innovation Strategies for a Changing World will help prepare businesswomen to lead with versatility and purpose, and will underscore the importance of cultivating leadership from within their organizations. Participants in the program will examine essential topics including negotiation, service management, ethics and leading change.

“It is vital that today's leaders promote a business model that feeds off of diversity and stresses contribution across all levels,” said David B. Yoffie, Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean and Chair of Executive Education. “The Women's Leadership Forum will help businesswomen develop a roadmap for introducing innovation strategies that will result in demonstrable, positive growth and create a business model prepared to lead internal and external change.”

The program – designed for accomplished businesswomen – will highlight the most recent research on gender in the workplace and explore best practices for successfully empowering female executives to lead across all areas of a business or nonprofit. The Women's Leadership Forum: Innovation Strategies for a Changing World will emphasize personal development and leadership growth through daily meetings with a Board of Advisers, facilitated by professional coach, who will work closely with each participant to identify personal strengths and areas for improvement, to enrich and broaden each executive's leadership skill sets.

“Each participant will meet daily with a Board of Advisers who will help them develop a concrete plan of action for a compelling management challenge they face,” said Janice H. Hammond, Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing and faculty chair of The Women's Leadership Forum: Innovation Strategies for a Changing World. “These daily meetings, supplemented with case studies and HBS faculty drawing on a wealth of professional experience, will equip executives with proven tactics for strengthening leadership approaches.”

Along with lectures from renowned faculty including Nancy F. Koehn and Myra Hart, The Women's Leadership Forum: Innovation Strategies for a Changing World will utilize the renowned HBS case study method to supply participants with tested, actionable solutions for business development and growth.

Program Details:
The Women's Leadership Forum: Innovation Strategies for a Changing World will run from May 7–11, 2012 and will take place at Harvard Business School. Please visit http://www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/wlf/ for complete curriculum details and to apply.

The Women's Leadership Forum
(May 7–11, 2012, Harvard Business School)

Expected Faculty:

Amy J.C. Cuddy, Assistant Professor of Business Administration and member of the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets Unit. (More information on Assistant Professor Cuddy's work can be found here.)

Boris Groysberg, Professor of Business Administration and member of the Organizational Behavior Unit. (More information on Professor Groysberg's work can be found here.)

Janice H. Hammond, Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing, member of the Technology and Operations Management Unit and faculty chair of The Women's Leadership Forum: Innovation Strategies for a Changing World.

Myra M. Hart, MBA Class of 1961 and Professor of Management Practice, retired.

Nancy F. Koehn, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration and member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit.

Tsedal Neeley, Assistant Professor of Business Administration and member of the Organizational Behavior Unit.

Leslie A. Perlow, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership and member of the Organizational Behavior Unit.

About Harvard Business School:

Harvard Business School Executive Education, a division of Harvard Business School, is located on a 40-acre campus in Boston, Massachusetts. HBS faculty develop and deliver over 80 open-enrollment Executive Education programs and more than 60 custom programs for leading organizations worldwide. Last year, more than 9,000 business executives attended programs in classrooms across the globe, including Boston, London, Mumbai, and Shanghai. With global research centers in seven key regions, HBS faculty continue to develop groundbreaking research, forge powerful alliances with global organizations, and fulfill the mission of educating leaders who shape the practice of business and innovation.