Women In Sports And Events Announces Fall 2014 Launch Of Executive Leadership Institute At The Tuck School Of Business At Dartmouth

NEW YORK, April 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Women In Sports and Events (WISE), the leading voice and resource for women in the business of sports, has announced the launch of an Executive Leadership Institute in partnership with Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth. The program was created specifically for the advancement and retention of female executives in the sports industry.

A first for the sports industry, the program will convene November 9-14, 2014, on the Tuck campus in Hanover, New Hampshire with 40 women selected for the inaugural class. The customized curriculum is targeted to high-performing women, at the vice president level or above, who aspire to senior-level positions, with the ultimate goal of establishing a deep bench of female leaders who are prepared to ascend to the C-suites. Led by a diverse Tuck faculty, the WISE Executive Leadership Institute addresses the critical business acumen and personal leadership skills needed by any successful executive, while also addressing specific challenges faced by women in the sports industry.   

"We are thrilled to provide this ground-breaking opportunity for female executives in the sports industry in partnership with such a well-respected institution as the Tuck School of Business," said Kathleen Francis, Chair and President, WISE. "The goal of the WISE Executive Leadership Institute is to equip women with the strategic mindset, critical competencies, and peer networks to better navigate their career trajectories and transform their organizations."

"This program exemplifies our commitment to providing transformative learning experiences for women that lead to senior leadership positions," said Clark Callahan, executive director of Tuck Executive Education.  "We look forward to delivering an exceptional program with lasting impact on the participants themselves, their organizations, and the sports industry."

Tuck's world-class faculty combines research-based insights and case studies with real-world knowledge and global experience to help executives become more effective and better equipped to drive innovation, growth and cross-company collaboration.  

Women, from multiple disciplines, who are employed full-time in a line management or staff position in the sports industry or by a company that is engaged in the sports industry, (i.e., brands, agencies and/or media companies) are encouraged to apply for one of the 40 available slots in the inaugural 2014 class of the WISE Executive Leadership Institute.  If not self-employed, they must be endorsed by their company's senior management for participation in the program.

For additional information and program applications, please visit www.wise-institute.org. Applications must be submitted online by Tuesday, June 10, 2014. All submissions are confidential and will be reviewed by a WISE committee. Applicants will be notified of selection results by Thursday, August 7, 2014.

About WISE
WISE (Women in Sports & Events) is the leading voice and resource for professional women in sports.  Through ongoing meetings, special events and mentoring programs, WISE aims to offer its members the opportunity to gain valuable industry insights and connections that can give them a competitive advantage in their current position and as they advance in their careers.  Founded in 1993, WISE is a membership organization headquartered in New York City with chapters in Atlanta, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, NYC-Metro, Pittsburgh and Washington, DC, as well as Syracuse University's WISE on Campus.  To become a member of WISE, please visit www.WISEworks.org.

About Tuck
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth is consistently ranked one of the top global business schools, recognized for general management, strategy, innovation, leadership development, and teamwork, and renowned for excellence in teaching. Tuck Executive Education has developed preeminent programs for women leaders in partnership with Smith College (Smith-Tuck Global Leaders Program for Women), with ASCENT—Leading Multicultural Women to the Top (ASCENT Managing Management Program), and with Women's Business Enterprise National Council (Tuck-WBENC Executive Program). Tuck's world-class faculty brings research-based insights, real-world experience, and highly-developed facilitation skills to fully engage experienced executives in an active and collaborative learning process. Executives emerge with skills and insights to help them address the challenges their organizations face and to take their own leadership development to the next level. For more information, please visit http://exec.tuck.dartmouth.edu/

SOURCE WISE (Women in Sports & Events)