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Forté’s professional development events are designed to make you a better leader. Each live, online event is an opportunity to learn directly from leading experts, authors, and senior executives from top companies and business schools.

These insightful and inspiring 30 to 90-minute virtual events explore topics surrounding leadership, career advancement, and improving your job performance. Register in advance to join us live!

Forté members receive access to upcoming live virtual events and our on-demand library. We have memberships, including a free membership, to meet you where you are in your career.

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If your company or academic institution is a Forté partner, you may be entitled to a free Access Pass. Check our partners list to see if your organization is eligible.

upcoming online events

April 15: Leadership Coach — Talk It Out: Navigating Difficult Conversations

May 8: Business Essentials — Navigating the Tensions of Negotiating as a Woman

May 14: Career Coach — The Art of Telling Your Career Story

on demand library

Leadership
Coach
Workshops

Leaders aren’t born – they’re made. Develop your leadership skills with the help of our expert coaches and a community of experienced professionals. You’ll have the opportunity to explore key topics and skills required to lead in today’s workplace, discuss and debate approaches with a network of peers, and learn from each other’s experiences. You’ll leave each session with practical action steps that you can implement at work.

Career
Coach
Workshops

Make the most of your coffee or lunch break! Join us for some quick and valuable career advice from an experienced career coach. This interactive series will focus on how to improve your resume, LinkedIn profile, interview techniques, networking skills, and more. Each 30-minute webinar includes a live Q&A portion for audience members to engage with our career coach directly.

Women
on
boards

Forté’s Women on Boards series directs the efforts and intentions of those who aspire to have a seat at the table through quarterly insights and encouragement.

  1. Driving Impact from the C-suite and the Boardroom
  2. Board Basics: What You Need To Know
  3. Accelerating Aspiring Women Leaders into the Boardroom
  4. WON Way to Private Equity Board Opportunities
  5. The Need for Financial Literacy for All Board Members
  6. Business Executive to Board Member
  7. Practical Insights on the Journey to the Board Room
  8. Joining a Non-Profit Board
  9. Her Seat at the Table - Marge Magner

Conquer
Your
Career

Forté’s Conquer Your Career series offers an inside look at what it’s like to be a woman with an MBA working in various fields.

  1. Building Social Capital
  2. Corporate Finance: Aug. 2023 | Sept. 2024
  3. Entrepreneurship: Mar. 2023 | Jan. 2023
  4. Consulting: Aug. 2024 | Sept. 2023
  5. Real Estate
  6. Human Resources: April 2024 | Feb. 2025
  7. Venture Capital and Private Equity
  8. The International Student Career Search: Feb. 2023 | Jan. 2024 | Jan. 2025
  9. Technology - Leading the Product Life Cycle
  10. Supply Chain/Operations - Driving Profits Through Procurement, Production, and Process
  11. General Management/LDP Advantages of Gaining a Cross-Functional Company Perspective
  12. CPG and Brand Management What it Takes to Connect with Consumers
  13. International and Global Careers
  14. Marketing and Brand Management
  15. Operations and Supply Chain Management
  16. Brand Management Interviews 101 Workshop
  17. Entertainment, Sports, & Media

Business
Essentials

Get a front-row seat to cutting-edge innovation from Forté partner institutions. Each session is an opportunity to learn directly from leading faculty at top business schools as they share recent and relevant research for today’s business leaders, followed by a live Q&A portion for attendees.
(Formerly Women Lead)

  1. The Social Brand Era: Balancing Real-Time Relevance with Timeless Impact
  2. Leverage Your Pre-Pitch Anxiety
  3. The Future of Business with AI - A First Look for Professionals
  4. Gender Lens Investing
  5. Navigating the Social Network Landscape: Strategies for Effective Connection and Collaboration
  6. Navigating The Tensions Of Negotiating As A Woman
  7. Leveraging the Power of “Social” in Social Media
  8. Crisis Communication for Business Leaders
  9. Harnessing the Power of Financial Literacy in Negotiations
  10. Striving for Success: Defining & Cultivating Wellness
  11. Collaborative Consensus-Building: Negotiation Within Teams
  12. Career Advancement in Finance - A Fireside Chat with Dr. Jillian Alderman
  13. Evolving Leadership for Digital Teams
  14. Use Your Equity to Build Your Equity | Download Take It To Work Discussion Guide
  15. Managing Your Impact in Corporate Presentations | Download Take It To Work Discussion Guide
  16. The Alignment Quest | Download Take It To Work Discussion Guide
  17. The Double Standard of Time-Policing (this webinar was not recorded)
  18. How to Negotiate Fearlessly | Download Take It To Work Discussion Guide
  19. Impostor Syndrome & Workplace Impostorization | Download Take It To Work Discussion Guide
  20. Lessons from the Science of Motivation | Download Take It To Work Discussion Guide
  21. Leading and Working with Diverse Teams
  22. Life is a Negotiation
  23. Building a Culture of Inclusion, Trust, and Empowerment

Changemakers

Our live Changemakers sessions are designed to encourage you to think more deeply about issues relevant to today’s workplace. Current authors, content experts, and global thought leaders share their knowledge and expertise on topics that will make you a more successful, inclusive, and thoughtful leader.

  1. Effective Problem Solving in 4 SURE Steps
  2. More Than Your Title
  3. Six Signature Traits of Inclusive Leadership
  4. Narrowing the Generational Wealth Divide for Black Women
  5. Feel Better. Be Better. Lead Better!
  6. Little Allies
  7. Holiday Spirits
  8. Conversation With Disability Champions
  9. Communicating Across Difference
  10. Give Me a Break: Exploring a Career Time-Out
  11. Let's Get Real: Leading with Authenticity and Connection (In the interest of privacy of the attendees, this session was not recorded)
  12. The Anxious Achiever (In the interest of privacy of the attendees, this session was not recorded)

FranklinCovey
Presents

Executive Leadership and Coaching experts FranklinCovey have delivered training and assessment services for organizations and individuals globally. In this exclusive offering for Forté, our FranklinCovey Presents series puts a gender lens on some of their signature content. FranklinCovey facilitators and coaches offer interactive sessions throughout the year exclusively for Forté’s Premium Members.

  1. Change: Empowering Women's Journey from Uncertainty to Opportunity
  2. Critical Practices for Women Leading
  3. Trust: The Superpower for Women Leaders
  4. Are You an Imposter?

Executive
coach

Thoughtful conversations with an executive coach helping Forté Premium Members excel as leaders by leaning into their authenticity, nurturing their personal growth, and providing a community of peers. Sessions are not recorded

  1. Fall Restart - Strategies for Increased Productivity
  2. Capitalizing on Fresh Energy
  3. Achieve Your Goals: Strategies for Lasting Success
  4. How to Cultivate the Six New Traits of Executive Presence
  • Forté continues to attract top-tier researchers, coaches, and speakers. I am blown away at the quality of content.
    — Laura Szymanski, Deloitte

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Gender
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