Lifelong Learning  

How to align and focus on the big picture; best practices in strategy formulation and implementation.

Identifying

• why are we facing the challenges we face?

• are we on the right path?

• what are our own goals?

• are we getting in our own way?

An overview of the challenges, opportunities and cultural patterns that are inherent in not-for profit organizations, and strategies for navigating successful careers shifts into those organizations and roles.

Assemble peers across industries for high-level dialog in a safe and confidential circle of peers

How to develop negotiation skills, with sensitivity to gender and cultural issues, as well as industry norms.

what opportunties do you have for women to connect with one another at UG and MBA level?

Developing the capacity to: not hold back anything that needs to be said but to remain collegial; providing current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; letting people know where they stand; facing up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; willingness to take negative action when necessary.

Development of strategies and networks to facilitate reentry into the workplace after a brief or extended hiatus.

What separates those who reach a senior position from those who reach the very top levels?

I would like to hear from some of our faculty and alumni about how successful companies expand into emerging markets, like India, China and others.

Ethics and trust are the foundation of authentic leadership. How do we promote this key value across the enterprise and find future leaders that embody this important behavior.

Is it too utopian to suggest there's merit in a business plan or a non-profit pursuing a good housekeeping seal of approval-like business for consumer-oriented finance vendors (banks, credit cards, mortgages, etc). The seal being an indication that finance products are clear and easy to understand.

Second idea - can we create a nation wide financial literacy volunteer program? Occupy Wall Street has highlighted some of the gaps in understanding of basic tenets of finance? i.e., How a loan works, What is a loan, Why a budget is important