The Mission of Smith Executive Education for Women

Smith College is a premier training ground for female leaders of all ages and at all stages of life. To that end, our mission is to provide women managers and executives with the tools and opportunities to learn and grow throughout their personal and professional lives. Our focus is on equipping them with world-class leadership and business competencies, while simultaneously helping them realize career success and personal fulfillment in all they do.

The Vision of Smith Executive Education

At Smith, our goal with Executive Education is to help women learn and grow across their lifespan. We are concerned with building world-class leadership, management, strategic, and technical competencies in female executives. But we also focus on helping women achieve greater professional satisfaction and work-life integration. To achieve these objectives, we offer women intense executive learning experiences in all-female settings where participants:

1. Gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of contemporary business issues and priorities
   
   
2. Are exposed to a rich curriculum of course offerings taught by a gifted, handpicked faculty of instructors
   
   
3. Share and learn from their professional peers in an environment that encourages authenticity and risk-taking, thereby accelerating leadership learning
   
   
4. Are able to network and build professional relationships with peers from a wide variety of companies and industries

Smith's approach to executive education blends academic rigor and discussion of real world business issues in settings where women also build bonds of trust, mutual respect, common experience, and personal friendship that can last for years. When women's executive education is designed this way, it not only makes for effective and meaningful learning, but also creates experiences that are often life changing for participants.