Alumnae Spotlights

In today’s world, highly talented women continue to face challenges that limit their success, career potential, and general life satisfaction.

To share their perspective, we interviewed 14 GSB alumnae leaders from a variety of different industries and career paths and captured their stories and wisdom in a collection of video vignettes. The vignettes are structured to spark personal reflection around one’s own values and decision-making process, which will lead to transformative learning of practical ways to address challenges.

This material has been made available to all GSB students and alumni, and the content is designed to be experienced individually, in a group discussion or with a professional coach.

Leadership in Focus

Leadership in Focus is a large collection of case vignettes, teaching, and learning resources that bring real-world business challenges to life and spark lively discussions aimed at improving executive skills. Each short video is accompanied by teaching notes for added context, suggested discussion questions and role-playing ideas to help engage groups of managers in learning experiences of their own. Leaders may also experience the cases online with opportunities to calibrate their thinking for actionable insights.

Fitting In and Standing Out
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Fitting In and Standing Out

Dana Bloom, MBA ’04 talks about how she was coached to be more assertive to better fit into the male culture of private equity.
Managing Boss and Expectations
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Managing Boss and Expectations

Trae Vassallo, MBA ’00 talks about how sharing your struggles and concerns is important to giving you more confidence and quiet the critical voice.
What I Wish I Had Known
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What I Wish I Had Known

Robin Donohoe, MBA ’94 shares six critical lessons she learned through her life to help other women be successful and avoid disappointment.
Work-Life Integration
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Work-Life Integration

Theresia Gouw, MBA ’94 talks about how everybody has something that is important and how important it is to figure out what matters to you.