An open forum for women in senior leadership roles: navigating executive careers, managing competing demands, and leading with confidence. Members and non-members are equally welcome.
Women in Leadership The Real Conversation.
Every session brings senior leaders together for honest, high-impact discussion: the career demands nobody prints on a slide, the balance questions that never get easier, and the confidence it takes to lead in today's corporate climate.
Sessions are open forums and a great opportunity to network. Come to listen, stay to speak, and leave with people who understand the seat you sit in.
A room built for the questions that don't fit anywhere else.
Senior leadership can be isolating, and the higher you go the fewer people there are to ask. Women in Leadership exists to close that gap: a recurring, candid forum where women at the top of their fields think out loud together, compare notes without a scorecard, and leave with both perspective and people they can call.
What the forum is built to do
Give senior women a standing place to talk honestly about the realities of executive life: the pressure to perform, the demands that compete for the same hours, and the decisions that carry real weight for teams and careers. Every session is shaped around the questions members actually bring, not a fixed curriculum, so the conversation stays relevant to where each leader is right now.
Over time, the forum becomes a trusted circle. Members return not for a program but for the people, building the kind of peer relationships that outlast any single role and become a resource for the next decision, the next transition, and the next chapter.
What you take away
- Perspective from peers who have been there. Hear how other women navigated the exact crossroads you are facing, and pressure-test your own thinking against people who understand the seat.
- Practical confidence. Leave each session with clearer language for hard conversations, sharper judgment on tradeoffs, and the reassurance that comes from not deciding alone.
- A durable network. Turn a one-time conversation into ongoing relationships with leaders who pick up the phone, make the introduction, and remember your name.
- An open door. Because sessions welcome members and non-members alike, you can invite a colleague, a mentee, or a peer still weighing their next move.
Led by leaders.
Colleen Lonsberry Ciak
Host · Phello Ambassador
Bonnie De Smet-Bacon
Host · Operations, Women in Leadership
Carla Fleming
Host · Marketing, Women in LeadershipEverything Phello offers, free for 60 days.
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