2023

Women in
Leadership

Series

Female Leaders Empowering Female Voices

Four Impactful Sessions to Elevate Women Leaders

The challenges women in leadership roles face can be daunting, but female leaders are uniquely positioned to make a positive impact, inspire change and pave the way for future generations.

In this 4-part series, highly accomplished women will offer authentic, pragmatic solutions to the challenges and opportunities unique to being a female in the C-suite, benefiting from one another’s collective experiences. 

The series aims to create an open dialogue for all C-suite executives to have honest discussions about the female leadership experience to help build a gender-balanced future. Everyone will benefit from being a part of this conversation.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Shellye Archambeau

Author, Unapologetically Ambitious; Board Member, Verizon; Former CEO

Linda Babcock

Author, The No Club and Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide

Sally Helgesen

Author, Rising Together and How Women Rise

Mandy Hickson

Former Royal Air Force Fast-Jet Pilot; Author, An Officer, Not a Gentleman

Gail McGovern

President & CEO, American Red Cross; Board Member, DTE Energy and PayPal

General Lori Robinson

Former Commander of the U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, Air Force

Kim Ryan

CEO, Hillenbrand

Sandra Stern

Vice Chairman, Lionsgate

WHY ATTEND

Countless women have left their mark on corporate America, but a woman’s journey up the corporate ladder remains an arduous one. As of January 2023, only 10.6% of Fortune 500 companies are run by female CEOs. But this also presents a tremendous opportunity for female leaders to develop critical skills that will benefit them in both their personal and professional life. 

Join this unique series to learn how to:

Increase your influence in important business conversations

Harness your ambition and become unapologetically confident in yourself

Overcome the illusion of imposter syndrome

Create boundaries to achieve healthy work-life integration

Show up as the best version of yourself at work and at home

Hone your emotional intelligence to be a better leader

SERIES DETAILS

Challenging the Status Quo

Motivated women are everywhere. But many female leaders often don’t give themselves permission to strive for the very top. In October 2022, KPMG polled 750 high-performing executive women who are one or two career steps away from the C-suite and found that 75% have experienced imposter syndrome in their careers. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, actress Natalie Portman, revered author Maya Angelou, former first lady Michelle Obama, and many others, have all reported suffering from impostor syndrome. This session will dive into the common characteristics of ambitious women and share tried-and-true habits you can implement to cultivate success. We’ll help you overcome imposter syndrome and offer pragmatic tools to be a powerful voice in the C-Suite and boardroom.

FEATURING

Shellye Archambeau

Author, Unapologetically Ambitious; Board Member, Verizon; Former CEO

Sandra Stern

Vice Chairman, Lionsgate

Taking Smart Risks

Taking a risk is “exposing oneself to the possibility of loss or injury in the hopes of achieving a gain or reward.”

Research indicates that women are perceived to be more risk averse. That means women are at a disadvantage when it comes to getting support for risk-taking. Risk-taking role models of both genders are important in an increasingly complex world. Because smart, well-considered risk-taking is essential to our growth, and to exponential success, strong performance and leadership, we need to view risks as opportunities for learning and growth rather than potential failures.

Growth and comfort don’t co-exist, we have to be ok with discomfort. This session will help you learn how to embrace risk and execute bold ideas.

FEATURING

Mandy Hickson

Former Royal Air Force Fast-Jet Pilot; Author, An Officer, Not a Gentleman

Kim Ryan

CEO, Hillenbrand

Finding Balance in Work & Life

Let’s be truthful—something is always out of balance—it is difficult, albeit impossible, to have both life and work balanced. But many of the most successful female leaders have found a way to manage a demanding career while prioritizing their family and personal well-being. You have work, and you have life – you shouldn’t sacrifice one for the other. This session will help you find the equilibrium and develop a mindset to handle the persistent pull to meet everyone else’s needs.

FEATURING

General Lori Robinson

Former Commander of the U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, Air Force

Linda Babcock

Author, The No Club and Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide

Embracing Change & The Power of EQ

What’s the secret to change management—for yourself and the teams you lead? Emotional intelligence. The most gifted leaders manage the mood of their organizations with a keen awareness of emotional intelligence. But knowing what EQ is and knowing how to use it to improve your life are two very different things. This session will help you develop and use the four capacities of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management.

FEATURING

Sally Hegelsen

Author, Rising Together and How Women Rise

Gail McGovern

President and CEO, American Red Cross; Board Member, DTE Energy and PayPal

Roundtable

Strategic Planning Workshop

1:00 - 5:00 pm

Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process

Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:

  1. Lack of systematic approach (70%)
  2. Laundry lists without prioritization (68%)
  3. Decisions based on personalities rather than facts and information (65%)

 

Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns.  They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning.  Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process.  This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented.  If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form.  The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.

New York, NY: ​​​Chief Executive's Corporate Citizenship Awards 2017

Women in Leadership Seminar and Peer Discussion

2:00 - 5:00 pm

Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations. 

Limited space available.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $495 will be added to your total.

Golf Outing

10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS

General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.

The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $295 will be added to your total.