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Emerging Leader Programs

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When professionals move from their roles as individual contributors into team leadership and people management, a new set of skills are needed to succeed and thrive.

 

This stage of the career development journey requires effective strategies for negotiation, problem-solving and decision-making that can impact not just an individual leader, but the whole team.

By bringing together cohorts across industries, participants learn from the program’s world-class faculty and through the exchange of ideas from other women leading in their fields.

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From Specialist to Strategist

Navigating the transition from individual contributor to people leader.

May 31 to June 5, 2026
From Specialist to Strategist is a robust in-person professional development experience for women working as technical specialists in STEM roles and fields who are moving into leadership and management positions.
Experience level
Aspiring and emerging leaders
Role

Individual contributors in STEM roles and fields moving into leadership positions.

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