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Overview

From Specialist to Strategist: Business Excellence for Women in Science, Technology and Engineering

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2009 Program Dates:

March 15-20, 2009

May 31-June 5, 2009

Currently accepting reservations for both 2009 programs

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You won't find a program like this specifically designed for women anywhere else. So what are you waiting for?

This five-day strategic leadership program for women in science, technology and engineering features classes, seminars, panels with practitioners from a range of technical firms and corporations, a personal wellness program, as well as networking and coaching opportunities. Participants engage in informal sessions with guest speakers and women executives sharing candid practical strategies for how women can most effectively leverage their strengths to be top performers.

Away from the stresses of daily life on the beautiful Smith College campus, participants find a reflective mind/body/spirit approach to negotiating the critical work/life choices faced by all women today.

After the program, participants join an elite group of thousands of Smith-educated executive women, linked by e-newsletters, informative business teleforums, online networking capabilities and other services and resources.

Who Should Attend

  • High potential women assuming first-time roles as leaders of work teams or critical customer projects

  • Female managers being groomed for larger management responsibilities in technical environments

  • Female human resource managers with leadership development responsibilities
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Companies often send teams (2 to 10 participants) of high-potential women managers in order to create momentum within their company's leadership pipeline.

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The Smith Leadership Advantage: Increased Risk-Taking
Industry Problem: Most women in engineering and science experience isolation in their jobs, since they work mostly with men. They feel "on their own" and without support from other women like themselves...and thus less inclined to take risks. Yet breakthrough learning only occurs when a person can step beyond their everyday boundaries and take risks!
Smith Advantage: Being in a professional learning setting with 65 other women scientists automatically creates an environment of shared experiences, common issues, personal connection, candor and trust - which leads to increased risk-taking, and results in accelerated leadership development.