Author, Speaker and Leadership Consultant

Sally Helgesen is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and consultant, and one of the world’s brand-name experts on women’s leadership. Her latest book, The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, explores how women’s insights can transform organizations. Read More



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Sally Helgesen

"Sally Helgesen is a brilliant thinker who can turn her great ideas into practical advice. No one can provide greater insight for women on seeking to be leaders or for organizations trying to develop talented women."

—Marshall Goldsmith, author, Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back.

"The feedback from participants was overwhelming -- Sally packed a wallop with her insights."

—Chris St.Clare, Partner & Women's Advisory Board, KPMG

"Powerful and engaging."

—Mary Howell, EVP, Textron Corp.

"Sally strikes a raw nerve on the most pressing topic of the day. Full of practical solutions and great ideas."

—Alicia Whitaker, MD Global HR, CreditSuisse

"Sally is provocative yet practical in offering proven strategies for leveraging the power of in the global marketplace."

—Bill Mills, VP, Talent Management, United Way of America

"Great takeaways and plenty of aha's."

—J. Michael Keeling, President, ESOP Association

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Acting on the Female Vision

Women's visionary power is one of the greatest untapped resources in the world today. In this extraordinary new keynote, Sally shows women and organizations how to activate this power in order to achieve unprecedented results. More

Leading in 24/7

Leading in an intense, demanding, 24/7 global environment requires a distinctive set of skills. In this seminar, Sally describes the forces that are transforming opportunities in the marketplace and defines skills leaders will need to take advantage of them.p> More

Fast Forwarding The Female Advantage

In this keynote or seminar, Sally shows why skills women bring to organizations are precisely what organizations need today. She also addresses the major challenges women still face as leaders: achieving visibility, building support, setting boundaries, and influencing up. More

Leading from the Center of the Web

Sally draws on her classic book, The Web of Inclusion, to show how leaders can leverage the power of internal and external webs to engage the talents and ideas of people at every level in the organization. By breaking down the industrial era divide between what people see and what they do, leaders can achieve extraordinary results. More

 

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Shaping the Future: Preparing Girls for Leadership

Shaping our common future: Preparing girls for leadership in a changing environment. More

The Practical Wisdom of Ikujiro Nonaka

To help corporations create knowledge more consciously, the author of Managing Flow draws on Western and Eastern philosophic traditions. More

Best Business Book Roundup: Human Capital

Despite a widespread recognition that human capital constitutes their primary resource and provides their key competitive advantage, companies are ambivalent about what human capital means and reluctant to commit resources to its development. More

Female leadership: changing business for the better

Workplaces today use more direct communication and less hierarchy. Women helped effect this change. More

The Dance of Power

Richard Strozzi-Heckler teaches military and business decision makers how to build the muscle and fluency of leadership. More

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