WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
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What is WLD? The Women in Leadership Development (WLD) is a year- long leadership development opportunity for CMC women that fosters confidence, builds awareness, and develops leadership. Through the WLD initiative, students learn and develop skills to support their leadership development through a retreat, workshops, leadership circles, and one-on-one leadership coaching.
Kickoff Retreat This half-day retreat kicking off the WLD Initiative for the 2024-25 school year brought the Handley Leadership Fellows together to develop connections, learn key leadership concepts, explore issues of women and leadership, and begin their leadership development journeys. The purpose of the retreat was to foster a community of peer support and a sense of belonging to create a psychologically safe environment for women leaders to grow and thrive.
Workshop 1 WLD fellows attended their first workshop on how to "Embrace Your Inner Leader." Fellows learned about the importance of leader identity development, identify the unique barriers and obstacles that women face in their leader identity development.
Workshop 2
The last workshop of the fall semester was hosted on November 21st, titled “Navigating Gender Bias.” Fellows explored patterns of gender bias and expanded their knowledge of intersectionality. At the end of the workshop, students developed and practiced strategies for navigating gender biases.
“As I reflect on the journey that has brought me to being the WLD Student Manager, I’m incredibly grateful to the Kravis Leadership Institute for recognizing a need for women’s development and leadership, and bringing it to fruition. I started as a Handley Fellow and went through the program last year. At the time, I was serving in numerous leadership positions on campus, and the workshops—as well as the community of incredible women—gave me a place to identify obstacles and tools to overcome them. This initiative empowered me, and has made me a better leader, one that is aware of the unique difficulties that women face, especially within different identities. Now, as the student manager, I have the privilege of assisting students on that very journey.” —Ava Kopp ‘25, WLD Student Manager
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