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Kellogg Officer To Become First Woman CEO Of Chicago Tech Incubator

News from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

“Kellogg School of Management’s current chief innovation officer Betsy Ziegler will be making a big move from Northwestern to the Chicago tech scene this spring when she becomes the first woman CEO of technology incubator 1871.

“Ziegler, who has held different positions within Kellogg throughout the past seven years, said she will use her time at 1871 to continue growing the company’s influence throughout Chicago and the world. She will begin her position in April.

“Ziegler aims to both work with Fortune 500 companies based in Chicago and the Midwest and build bridges with entrepreneurs internationally, she told The Daily.”

SOM Holds Hispanic And Latin American Conference

News from Yale School of Management

“Diplomats, community organizers, lawyers, faculty members and students convened at Evans Hall on Friday for the Yale School of Management’s inaugural Hispanic and Latin American Conference.

“The conference was organized by members of the Association of Hispanic and Latin American Students and explored the theme of ‘leading through uncertainty.’ The event featured discussions about the issues and opportunities facing Hispanic-Americans and the lessons the United States — home to the second largest Spanish-speaking population in the world — could learn from Latin America. In keynote addresses and panel discussions that took place throughout the day, speakers and attendees grappled with various socioeconomic and political challenges common to the Americas, from internal political instability to barriers to smooth immigration and trade.

“’We are in an age of revolutions in many aspects of the international order, which does not respond to the needs of modern countries,’ said Sergio Silva do Amaral, Brazilian ambassador from Brazil to the United States, during his keynote address, delivered via Skype to an audience of around 100 attendees. ‘But what is important is that despite all these changes, Brazil and many other countries share one thing: the resilience of democratic institutions.’”

Academics, Executives To Focus On ‘Breaking Bias’ In The Business World

News from Purdue University Krannert School of Management

Ellen Kossek

“Academics and executives will meet at Purdue University to highlight the disparity in the number of men and women filling leadership roles, and discuss solutions to “break bias” ingrained into business cultures and practices.

“The Krannert School of Management, Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence and the Jane Brock-Wilson Women in Management Center, along with Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, are hosting a three-day conference March 21-23 at Purdue featuring prominent scholars and corporate speakers dedicated to achieving diversity and inclusion in the workplace, especially in the top ranks of businesses and government.

“Organizers of the biennial Breaking Bias: Leadership Excellence and Gender in Organizations Conference have announced this year’s theme will be ‘Bridging the Research to Practice Gap.’ Decades of research has exposed the pitfalls facing women seeking career success, although employment and human resource strategies nationwide have yet to catch up, says Ellen Ernst Kossek, Purdue’s Basil S. Turner Professor of Management and research director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center.”

Thanks to the support of their families at home, women were able to participate in a volunteer trash pickup effort organized by an Indian village’s health committee. Photo by Rachael Goodman

When Care Work And Paid Work Collide

News from Stanford University Graduate School of Business

“There is a great deal of rhetoric about the importance of including women in the economy. Governments, NGOs, and consulting firms alike emphasize the increased economic prosperity that can come from women participating in the labor market. Unfortunately, most of those organizations ignore the existing unpaid care work that already fills many women’s days. For women to participate in formal jobs, they must find others who can take on their care work at home. This is where extended family systems can help.

“Extended family systems, like polygamous marriages and joint families, are sometimes seen as oppressive for women, especially from the perspective of cultures where nuclear families are the norm. Young women often have little formal power in these systems, and stories of abuse circulate widely in the media. But for the people who live in these families, they can just as often be important sources of support that help women balance their paid work and unpaid care responsibilities. In places without social safety nets or affordable domestic help, extended family networks are essential to women’s ability to work both inside and outside the home.”

Experienced Leaders Go Back To School At UT Austin Thanks To New Program

News from University of Texas-Austin McCombs School of Business

“People who are late in their careers and considering what might come next now have a new option at The University of Texas at Austin. The university will launch a nine-month program that provides experienced professionals the unique opportunity to explore the vast educational resources of UT Austin through a highly personalized curriculum, as well as educational and networking opportunities outside the classroom.

Called the TOWER Fellows Program, it is designed for those seeking a new purpose or career path, looking to deepen their knowledge, navigate an entrepreneurial venture, or maybe just pursue a lifelong dream. The program is now accepting applications for the inaugural class, with the first cohort of 25-30 fellows entering in fall 2018.

“’The TOWER Fellows Program is the perfect opportunity for highly accomplished individuals from all walks of life to explore, discover, reflect and prepare for whatever they decide comes next,’ said Gaylen Paulson, associate dean and director of Texas Executive Education at the McCombs School of Business. ‘We live in a time when many people are rethinking traditional retirement and exploring a second career path, and this program is designed to foster that exploration or reignite a passion through the resources and support of the university.'”

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