Women's Leadership Institute
Past Events
Gearing Up
Fourth Annual Career Advancement Conference for Professional Women
Gearing Up: Strategic Tools for Career Advancement
May 8, 2009
Bentley University’s fourth annual one-day professional development conference addressed the needs of professional women in the early stages of their career.
Keynote Speaker: Suzanne Bates, executive coach; author; speaker; entrepreneur; former award-winning television news anchor; and president and CEO of Bates Communications.
Intensive one-day conference with interactive workshops with a special emphasis on "Speaking-Up: Effective Communication for Women Professionals." Two skill building seminars in areas relating to negotiations, persuasion and interpersonal communications in the workplace environment.
The day featured a luncheon panel of highly accomplished business women sharing tips, insights and experiences on communicating well to achieve professional and personal success.
Tufts Health Plan Speaker Series
Featuring Cathy Minehan
March 30, 2009
Ms. Minehan addressed a group of 250 students, faculty, administration and corporate executives. Drawing on insights from her career with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, she discussed the challenges of the current economic and fiscal crisis and ways in which business and government might respond in the weeks and months ahead.
View from the Top
March 26, 2009
Sponsored by the Graduate Women's Leadership Organization, alumnae gathered to hear the insights and wisdom of four high-level female professionals. The panel included Olivia Ho Cheng, President and CEO of Aurora Imaging Technology, Susan Esper, Partner at Deloitte & Touch LLP, Rosalee Hermans, Vice President and CIO at the Timberland Company and Carol Sanchez, Founder and partner of Sanchez & Santiago.
Detours and OnRamps
March 25, 2009
WLI Co-Sponsor
A one-day forum to learn what steps to take to get back into a rewarding career, and if you're just thinking about going back to work, the perfect place to explore your options. Information at www.onrampsforum.com
Guest Scholar Claudia Peus
March 4, 2009
Bentley University
Peus, Assistant Professor of Psychology/Executive Director of the LMU Center for Leadership and People Management, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Examined the positive factors that account for advancement of successful business and professional women.
Redefining Success:
Executive Women Exploring New Directions
February 26, 2009
Group of accomplished women in a confidential exploring ways to insure that their future, both professional and personal, reflects their own definition of success. Facilitated by career coach Ginny O’Brien, author of Success on Our Own Terms, this workshop offerred interactive exercises and steps to fit their vision and needs. Designed for senior level executive women, the session included a working lunch, interactive workshop, a panel of women who have successfully redefined their lives, and a cocktail reception. Past participants have found this workshop to be hands-on, supportive and specific, whether they were restructuring a current career, starting a new one, or engaging in a portfolio of activities to add meaning to life.
Faculty Research Roundtable
February 19, 2009
Moderated by Associate Dean Bill Wiggins with the following faculty: Atul Gupta, Otgontsetseg Erhemjamts & Kristina Minnick (Finance); Jennifer Gillan and Sheila Moeschen (English); Susan Adams (Management); and John Leeth (Economics)
Featured Author Series
:
Ruth Nemzoff
February 10, 2009
Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships
With Your Adult Children
6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Bentley University
WAGE Workshop
November 5, 2008
“Over her lifetime, a women will lose between $700,000 and $2 million. DON’T LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU.” Evelyn Murphy, former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, returned to campus to present her WAGE project initiative.
Election 2008: A Conversation with Congresswoman Niki Tsongas
October 20, 2008
Press Release
15TH Annual Women’s Mentoring Night
Featuring: Geri Denterlein, Author: “The Power Chick’s Guide to Boston”
October 2, 2008
Press Release
Denterlein accepts the Workplace Innovation Award from
Center Director Marianne Delpo Kulow.
Bentley recognizes “gender heros" at the 15Th Annual Women's Mentoring Night.
Destination Success 2008
September 26, 2008
Corporate perspectives to help you gain access to, or expand your footprint in the corporate market through Center for Women and Enterprise.
Gender Issues Across Disciplines
Faculty Research Roundtable
September 23, 2008
M.O.M.: More Opportunities for Mothers
Helping Women Professionally Refocus, Reinvent, Reconnect
September 17, October 1, 15 and 29, 2008
Press Release
Author Carol Fishman Cohen presents keynote to MOM participants.
Gearing Up: Strategic Tools for Career Advancement
May 9, 2008 Featuring Tory Johnson
Detours and OnRamps Forum
May 15, 2008
A one-day conference presented by the organization Detours and OnRamps: A Forum on the Issues Facing Mothers in the Workplace. This conference was designed as a practical resource for working mothers, working women considering motherhood, and mothers taking some time off from a career but planning to rejoin the workforce in some form.
Career Relaunch Expo
Programming for Women Reentering Paid Work
November 7, 2007
Gearing Up: Strategic Tools for Career Advancement
May 11, 2007 
Boston Women in Finance Luncheon
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Noon to 2:00 p.m.
Suffolk University
Boston Women In Finance
Thursday, February 26, 2009
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Flora's Restaurant
Wine tasting and Networking with today and tomorrow's female leaders in Finance & Financial Services in the Boston area.
Massachusetts Conference for Women
December 11, 2008
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
Boston Women in Finance
December 4, 2008
Noon to 2:00 p.m.
Suffolk University
Sargent Hall
Lynn Browne Speaker
Boston Women in Finance
November 20, 2008
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Bakey's Restaurant & Bar
45 Broad Street
Boston, MA
