The Women's Leadership Forum
- Dates: 04–08 MAR 2024
- Format: In-Person Learning takes place on the HBS campus or a designated location.
- Location: HBS Campus
- Fee: $13,500

"You don't lead or manage the business—you lead and manage the people."

"The conversations we had during the program continue to stay with me."

"Today, I find that I refer to the program's cases when deciding how to handle various situations."
Summary
While today's companies are making a concerted effort to grow leaders from within, many are missing a crucial opportunity by not fully utilizing the talents of executive women. In this women's leadership program, you will join an exceptional group of seasoned women to take your management and leadership skills to the next level. By focusing on your leadership potential, sharing experiences and insights with peers, and trying out new ideas in a supportive environment, you'll prepare to confront the key challenges in your career while contributing more fully to your organization's success.
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Summary
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While today's companies are making a concerted effort to grow leaders from within, many are missing a crucial opportunity by not fully utilizing the talents of executive women. In this women's leadership program, you will join an exceptional group of seasoned women to take your management and leadership skills to the next level. By focusing on your leadership potential, sharing experiences and insights with peers, and trying out new ideas in a supportive environment, you'll prepare to confront the key challenges in your career while contributing more fully to your organization's success.
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Help your organization achieve key business goalsHelp your organization achieve key business goals
- Improve your ability to drive change and help your company adapt to current conditions
- Expand your organization's ability to innovate, capture new opportunities, and build advantage
- Develop and implement new strategies
- Negotiate skillfully inside and outside your company
Become a more effective leaderBecome a more effective leader
- Address personal blind spots
- Improve your ability to influence others
- Connect, build trust, and work more effectively with a diverse range of colleagues
- Make decisions with greater confidence under a variety of conditions
Take control of your careerTake control of your career
- Identify the best path for your career
- Assess opportunities for new roles or responsibilities
- Position yourself for potential future roles
Enhance your organization's culture and leadership capacityEnhance your organization's culture and leadership capacity
- Develop talent and leadership qualities in others
- Create an internal culture that thrives on excellence, diversity, and change
- Foster ethical decision making throughout the organization
Expand your personal and professional networkExpand your personal and professional network
- Extend your network by living and working with accomplished women executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
- Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions
Help your organization achieve key business goals
- Improve your ability to drive change and help your company adapt to current conditions
- Expand your organization's ability to innovate, capture new opportunities, and build advantage
- Develop and implement new strategies
- Negotiate skillfully inside and outside your company
Become a more effective leader
- Address personal blind spots
- Improve your ability to influence others
- Connect, build trust, and work more effectively with a diverse range of colleagues
- Make decisions with greater confidence under a variety of conditions
Take control of your career
- Identify the best path for your career
- Assess opportunities for new roles or responsibilities
- Position yourself for potential future roles
Enhance your organization's culture and leadership capacity
- Develop talent and leadership qualities in others
- Create an internal culture that thrives on excellence, diversity, and change
- Foster ethical decision making throughout the organization
Expand your personal and professional network
- Extend your network by living and working with accomplished women executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
- Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions
Who Should Attend
This women's leadership development program is designed for women in senior leadership positions in public and private companies and nonprofit organizations, including senior executives, business owners and entrepreneurs, business unit leaders, and other senior businesswomen. It may be especially valuable for women who are at an inflection point in their careers.
While the program is designed for women executives (and will be most beneficial to those who identify as such), the program is open to all executives who otherwise fulfill the admissions criteria. Please find our policy on nondiscrimination here.

Program for Leadership Development participants earn 4 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
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Who Should Attend
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This women's leadership development program is designed for women in senior leadership positions in public and private companies and nonprofit organizations, including senior executives, business owners and entrepreneurs, business unit leaders, and other senior businesswomen. It may be especially valuable for women who are at an inflection point in their careers.
While the program is designed for women executives (and will be most beneficial to those who identify as such), the program is open to all executives who otherwise fulfill the admissions criteria. Please find our policy on nondiscrimination here.
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 4 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
Dive Deeper into the ExperienceSee how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
Learning and Living at HBS
When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
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Learning and Living at HBS
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When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
Admissions Criteria and Process
Answering Your Questions
Application Submission
Application Review
Fee, Payment, and Cancellations
Answering Your Questions
Application Submission
Application Review
Fee, Payment, and Cancellations
What You Will Learn
Learning alongside other accomplished senior businesswomen from around the world, you will engage in an intensive, highly customized learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, small-group exercises, self-assessments, and coaching. The program features the latest research on leadership, diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and emerging best practices that are helping today's most successful companies outperform the competition. As you learn how other successful women have overcome challenges in their industries, their companies, and their personal interactions, you will expand your repertoire of leadership strategies.
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What You Will Learn
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Learning alongside other accomplished senior businesswomen from around the world, you will engage in an intensive, highly customized learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, small-group exercises, self-assessments, and coaching. The program features the latest research on leadership, diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and emerging best practices that are helping today's most successful companies outperform the competition. As you learn how other successful women have overcome challenges in their industries, their companies, and their personal interactions, you will expand your repertoire of leadership strategies.
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Board of AdvisersBoard of Advisers
Exceptional networking opportunitiesExceptional networking opportunities
Board of Advisers
Exceptional networking opportunities
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LeadershipLeadership
- Aligning your leadership strategy and style with your own personal values and self-image
- Becoming a more authentic leader
- Driving higher levels of performance
- Leading at times of crisis
- Connecting with peers and your team more effectively
Leadership
- Aligning your leadership strategy and style with your own personal values and self-image
- Becoming a more authentic leader
- Driving higher levels of performance
- Leading at times of crisis
- Connecting with peers and your team more effectively
Change
- Leading organizational change and creating an environment that inspires and sustains results-focused change
Values
- Implementing ethical negotiation and decision-making strategies across all levels of the organization
- Championing inclusion
The HBS Advantage
Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by top faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing
Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice
Thomas Henry Carroll/Ford Foundation Professor of Business Administration
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration
Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership
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The HBS Advantage
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Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by top faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
Faculty ChairJesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing
HBS Unit:Technology and Operations ManagementFacultyBaker Foundation Professor of Management Practice
HBS Unit:Organizational BehaviorThomas Henry Carroll/Ford Foundation Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Business, Government and the International EconomySenior Lecturer of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Technology and Operations ManagementRichard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Organizational BehaviorKonosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership
HBS Unit:Organizational Behavior
Your Peers Expand Your Learning
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Your Peers Expand Your Learning
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"You don't lead or manage the business—you lead and manage the people."

"The conversations we had during the program continue to stay with me."
