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Plan now for the 2017-2018 Fellows Program Applications due June 1, 2017 The Leadership Foundation empowers high-potential women leaders through executive training, mentoring and networking opportunities.
The Leadership Foundation
Fellows Program
The International Women’s Forum
advances leadership across careers,
What Makes
cultures and continents by connecting It Special
women of diverse achievement. The
IWF combines more than 30 years of Structure: The program convenes
experience with its global membership approximately 35 Fellows from around
of over 6,400 women leaders in 35 the world for a total of 20 days,
nations in order to build better comprised of three separate sessions.
leadership for a changing world. It is executed in partnership with
Harvard Business School and INSEAD.
The Fellows Program offers creative,
The Leadership Foundation, IWF’s multidisciplinary training aimed at
charitable and educational entity, developing leadership and strategic
launched the Fellows Program in 1994 management capabilities.
to train, mentor and connect women
leaders. The U.S. Department of Labor
provided seed funding for the program Mentors: In addition to leadership
as a result of the findings of its Glass training, Fellows are matched with an
Ceiling Commission. IWF member who serves as a mentor
and coach during the program year.
Participants garner personal insights and
advice from women at the top of their
fields through this experience and from
participation in IWF’s annual World
Leadership Conference, which brings
together 850+ female executives from
PROGRAM TUITION more than 40 nations.
US $27,500 Legacy Projects: In order to leverage the
impact of the Fellows Program beyond “The Leadership
One week of orientation, the 35 Fellows who participate each year, Foundation’s Fellows
specialized Fellows Program taught us to
Program training, and Fellows are charged with implementing
a “Legacy Project” that furthers our more skillfully reach
participation in the 2017
mission of training, mentoring and for stars we could see,
IWF World Leadership
Conference in Houston, connecting women leaders. Previous and etch our names
Texas Legacy Projects include: a program on ones not before
to provide reading materials to rural imagined.”
Two weeks of customized secondary schools in Nigeria, a career
training at Harvard -Marsha Sampson
conference series aimed at female
Business School and Johnson, Past
INSEAD university students in Mexico, and a
breakfast roundtable for women in the Participant
Mentor visits U.S. military in Washington, D.C.
All meals and
accommodations
All course materials Applications are due
Transportation not June 1, 2017
provided (ground & air
travel)
Sample of Recent Fellows:
Vice President, People, Strategies & Performance,
WEB RESOURCE
Meridian Credit Union, Canada
To review the application, which provides
further detail on the selection criteria,
please visit our website at Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer, Walmart,
http://iwforum.org/fellows-application/. Chile
Director, Corporate Communications, Cisco Systems
Criteria: Inc., India
Each year, the Leadership Foundation aspires Senior Counsel, Indigenous Relations, Canadian Red
to select a geographically, culturally, ethnically Cross, Canada
and professionally diverse group of women.
The Leadership Foundation seeks candidates
that demonstrate the following:
tConsidered change agents within their
organization and community
tHave the capacity to both contribute to and
gain from the Fellows Program
tPossess the ambition to push to the highest
levels of their career and the desire to lift as
they rise with regard to legacy and
mentoring
tSubstantive professional/work experience Vice President, Operations, State Farm Insurance, USA
and significant direct accomplishments
Managing Director, Accenture, Japan
tSuperior intellectual ability, as evidenced
by academic history and distinctions, and
recommendations Head of Efficiency and Cost Management, Citibank
Latin America, Mexico
tStrength of character, motivation and
commitment to goals
Global Managing Account Director, The Nielsen
Company, USA
tIntention to participate fully in all activities
and programs associated with the Fellows
Program, as well as a commitment to the Executive Director, Women’s Basketball Coaches
Legacy Project. Association, USA
The Fellows Program Helps Connect with senior-level decision-makers
Emerging Women Leaders: Strengthen teamwork and coalition-building skills
Enhance awareness to diverse cultures
Develop new leadership skills
Improve communication
Build mentoring capacities within organizations
AFGHANISTAN
AUSTRALIA
BAHAMAS
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CAMEROON
CANADA
CHILE
CHINA
COSTA RICA
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GEORGIA
GERMANY GLOBAL EXPANSION OF THE FELLOWS PROGRAM
GHANA
INDIA
ISRAEL 1994-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010 2010-Present
ITALY
JAMAICA
The Leadership Foundation has continually expanded its reach across the globe with Fellows from
JAPAN
47 nations. More than half of the 2016-2017 Fellows Class hail from outside the United States.
JORDAN
KENYA
MADAGASCAR
MEXICO What Participating Organizations have to say about
MYANMAR
THE NETHERLANDS
the Fellows Program:
NEW ZEALAND “The Leadership Foundation’s Fellows Program is a
NIGERIA unique development and retention tool for our most
NORWAY promising women leaders. Each year, women return from
the program as better leaders, more engaged employees,
PANAMA
and bringing broader perspective to our organization. As
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you look across Texas Instruments, many of the women
PHILIPPINES in our most senior positions are graduates of the Fellows
POLAND Program.”
ROMANIA – Samantha Dwinell, Vice President, Global
RUSSIA Talent Management, Texas Instruments
SINGAPORE
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN “The Fellows Program is a transformative experience which
SWEDEN
allows senior women leaders the opportunity to reflect
upon their strengths and career aspirations, while also
SWITZERLAND
sharpening many aspects of critical business acumen. It
TAIWAN also provides an exceptionally valuable opportunity to
TANZANIA collaborate and learn from some of the best and brightest
UGANDA professional women. I know this because I experienced it
UNITED KINGDOM
firsthand as a participant in the 2009-2010 Fellows Class.”
UNITED STATES OF
– Camille Mirshokrai, Managing Director –
AMERICA Growth Markets, Growth and Strategy,
VIETNAM Accenture
Ongoing Participating Organizations Include:
What Alumnae are saying about the Fellows Program:
Over 450 women leaders across multiple disciplines and sectors have participated in this program,
which is making an enduring and powerful impact on the participants themselves and their
organizations. Here is what they are saying about the Fellows Program:
PASCALE FOURNIER
Professor & University Research Chair, Legal Pluralism & Comparative Law, University
of Ottawa – CANADA
“The Fellows Program provided me with the tools and energy to dream the impossible. I learned to better know myself,
be in touch with my needs and aspirations, and intentionally make things happen.”
VIVIAN LAU
CEO, Junior Achievement Hong Kong – CHINA
“The Fellows Program brought my different talents, wisdom and experience together on a journey to reach new heights
and push beyond boundaries. I built a strong and honorable support network totally focused on just one goal –
the realization of my full potential.”
CLAUDIA HERRERAMORO
Latin America Communications Director, Procter & Gamble – MEXICO
“One of the best experiences in my life, both professionally and personally. The Leadership Fellows Program has helped
me become a better leader and a better person to influence the transformation of the world into a better one.”
KATE VANEK
Senior Vice President, Nielsen – USA
“My aspirations, choices and skills grew more defined and more in sync with my true definition of success, which the
program helped me surface and articulate.”
2017-2018 FELLOWS PROGRAM CALENDAR
1 June 2017 Applications due for the Fellows
Program
1 Aug 2017 Selected Fellows announced
21–28 October 2017 Fellows Class begins training &
participates in the IWF World
Leadership Conference in Houston, TX,
USA
Late February - Fellows convene for training at the
Early March 2018 Harvard Business School, Boston, MA,
USA
Late June 2018 Fellows convene for training
at INSEAD Business School,
Fontainebleau, France
A custom-tailored executive education program at Harvard
Business School engages Fellows Program participants
in a unique combination of classroom work, case-study
discussion, and peer advice. Fellows hone their ability to think
strategically in areas including negotiation, organizational
“The Harvard training was amazing. I continue to be humbled
and inspired by the wealth of talents, candor, thoughtfulness and learning, marketing, global affairs, and the management
insights. The whole experience was absolutely a gift. I am sure we of innovation and services. Fellows also meet with their
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Board of Advisors groups in which they each work through
lives.
a professional/business challenge. The meetings continue
Xia Liu, Senior Vice President of Finance & Treasurer through the training at INSEAD and often after the fellowship
Southern Company
concludes.
2010-2011 Fellows Class
The Women Leading Global Change program is designed
as one of the milestones to the Fellows Program. Held at
INSEAD’s global campus in France, the Fellows are pushed to
adopt a deeper, global perspective. A core component of the I always look for opportunities to network and strongly believe
training is the 360° Global Executive Leadership Inventory in its value. What I realized during the training at INSEAD was
developed by INSEAD’s Global Leadership Center to measure how similar the people are that are in my network. Professor
Herminia Ibarra emphasized the importance and value of a
12 dimensions of leadership. The Fellows assess what they GLYHUVLÀHGQHWZRUNµ
learned from the inventory with professional coaches.
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2012-2013 Fellows Class
RECENT EXECUTIVE EDUCATION COURSES:
Connect, then Lead: Using the Power of Nonverbals Managing and Marketing Platforms – Globally
Creating Value through Negotiation Doing Business in Emerging Markets
Work of Disruption at Levels of Nations, Industries, High Performance Teams
and Corporations
Leadership, Power & Influence
Leading and Managing Change
Networks
FOR MORE INFORMATION
PLEASE CONTACT:
Crosby Cromwell
Vice President, Partnerships &
External Relations
International Women’s Forum
ccromwell@iwforum.org
Jessa Morrison
Vice President
International Women’s Forum
& Executive Director
Leadership Foundation
jmorrison@iwforum.org
Nikki Nesbary
Program Manager
Leadership Foundation
nnesbary@iwforum.org
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