WISE Executive Leadership Institute

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The Gold Standard in Leadership Training

The WISE Executive Leadership Institute (WELI) is a once-in-a-career opportunity for our highest-level WISE members to learn from their peers, accelerate their careers and make a greater impact for their organizations

This week-long program is taught in person at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. It combines the academic rigor of Tuck's world-class faculty with the real lived experiences of peer executives in a collaborative small group setting.

Launched in 2014, WELI has impacted the careers of more than 300 alumnae from the upper echelon of the business of sports, representing industry-leading organizations, including: Coca-Cola, ESPN, IMG, Octagon, StubHub, Under Armour, and the USOPC, as well as numerous professional sports organizations and major league teams.

The WELI Experience

The program is a unique opportunity for WISE executives in the sports industry to sharpen their business acumen and personal leadership skills, develop meaningful relationships, and take back ideas to immediately impact their organizations.

Leadership and Business Acumen
Learners are pushed outside of the comfort zone of their day-to-day business responsibilities to expand their knowledge base and explore the building blocks of successful leadership. Guided by academic faculty who understand the challenges and opportunities of modern organizations, WELI participants also benefit from candid exchanges based on their cohort's collective experiences.

Meaningful Relationships
Throughout the program, session content is reinforced through facilitated reflection and peer coaching. Group learning activities and interaction during breaks enable participants to create a powerful community. This is not superficial networking. The relationships forged at WELI last long beyond the program's end. Cohorts are a powerful source of friendship and advice for the remainder of their careers.

Immediate Impact
The WELI curriculum is focused on driving real-world change in a variety of practical applications. After a week focused on long-term issues instead of daily operational efficiency, WELI participants report returning to their roles feeling empowered with the actionable knowledge they need to transform their organizations, and the motivation to immediately implement what they've learned.

"The WISE Executive Leadership Institute provides women executives in the sports industry an opportunity to enhance their leadership and business acumen, develop meaningful relationships and expand their network and take something back to impact their organizations."
— Tonya Cornileus  |  VP Learning & Organization Development, ESPN '14