Rise and Lead Women
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Women Leadership Development Program: Rise To Leadership
Leadership is not about your title or position, but about using your position to inspire action and drive changes.
You are a leader!
Our ‘Rise To Leadership’ Program will help you to do so.
Our Program Pillars
Vision
Values
Voice
Visibility
Impact
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Our Rise To Leadership Podcast features established business leaders and C-Suite executives who share stories of their successes, the social impact they are leading and challenges they had to overcome while rising to their leadership positions
Join the Rise and Lead Summit Membership
Grow your leadership and impact through our 12-months of bi-monthly leadership conversations + mentorship. You will have access to past summit recordings, learn and receive support from established leaders all through the year, stay connected and build relationships with a diverse group of bold and strong leaders for support and collaboration. You will also receive a ticket to the 4th annual Rise and Lead Summit (September 2021)
Sign up for our 5-weeks Leadership Development Program
Join the “Rise to Leadership Program”, a live virtual group program that helps you to enhance your leadership and impact.
Corporate Membership
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Meet our Past Summit Speakers
Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen
Chairman Executive Board Aon Holdings & Global CMO Aon Inpoint
Jennifer Eversen
Senior Director Strategic Services Benelux – Salesforce
Jeroen van Vliet
Director Field Sales of Coca-Cola European Partners Netherlands (CCEP NL) and member of the Dutch board
Rhonda A. Ocha
Director Market Delivery Europe of Mastercard
Emily K. Graham
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, FleishmanHillard
Ari Weinzweig
CEO and co-founding partner of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses
Irine Gaasbeek
Country Managing Director Accenture | Responsible Leadership & Equality | Digital Transformation & Innovation
Cristina Falcone
VP, Public Affairs at UPS Europe
Ebere Akadiri
Founder of Rise and Lead | CEO of Ataro Foods | Author | Women in Leadership Advocate | Keynote Speaker
Linda Aiello
EVP, Employee Success BP (HR) at Salesforce
Companies who Attend Rise and Lead Summit
About Rise and Lead
Rise and Lead’s mission is to increase the representation of women in top leadership positions. We achieve this by helping women learn leadership skills that position them to thrive in the professional world, while advocating for gender inclusion and equity.
Success Stories
Erica van Engel
Founder, Belief in Business
The Rise & Lead Summit 2019 was amazing. A two-day event fully dedicated to women and leadership. Attendees from all over the world. I’ve met so many inspiring women and had the privilege to inspire others in my workshop about leading the change by joining aboard. We, women, need to have a seat at the table for the benefit of business and society. That table can be in a corporate, non-profit or political setting; our voice matters wherever decisions and policies are made.
My biggest take away of the summit was a statement of a young woman who had the courage to step up and talk during the closing remarks. In tears, she stated that young women like herself are the future leaders and she has hope to really become one because of the female leaders of today.
To me, her message was not only a statement but also an assignment: a forest only grows from the trees we plant today.
I look forward to Rise & Lead 2020 and to collaborate with Ebere Akadiri in elevating women until we reach an equal level of leadership. I call men to join as well, as we need them in solving the problem of gender inequality.
Erica van Engel
Founder, Belief in Business
The Rise & Lead Summit 2019 was amazing. A two-day event fully dedicated to women and leadership. Attendees from all over the world. I’ve met so many inspiring women and had the privilege to inspire others in my workshop about leading the change by joining aboard. We, women, need to have a seat at the table for the benefit of business and society. That table can be in a corporate, non-profit or political setting; our voice matters wherever decisions and policies are made.
My biggest take away of the summit was a statement of a young woman who had the courage to step up and talk during the closing remarks. In tears, she stated that young women like herself are the future leaders and she has hope to really become one because of the female leaders of today.
To me, her message was not only a statement but also an assignment: a forest only grows from the trees we plant today.
I look forward to Rise & Lead 2020 and to collaborate with Ebere Akadiri in elevating women until we reach an equal level of leadership. I call men to join as well, as we need them in solving the problem of gender inequality.
Erica van Engel
Founder, Belief in Business
The Rise & Lead Summit 2019 was amazing. A two-day event fully dedicated to women and leadership. Attendees from all over the world. I’ve met so many inspiring women and had the privilege to inspire others in my workshop about leading the change by joining aboard. We, women, need to have a seat at the table for the benefit of business and society. That table can be in a corporate, non-profit or political setting; our voice matters wherever decisions and policies are made.
My biggest take away of the summit was a statement of a young woman who had the courage to step up and talk during the closing remarks. In tears, she stated that young women like herself are the future leaders and she has hope to really become one because of the female leaders of today.
To me, her message was not only a statement but also an assignment: a forest only grows from the trees we plant today.
I look forward to Rise & Lead 2020 and to collaborate with Ebere Akadiri in elevating women until we reach an equal level of leadership. I call men to join as well, as we need them in solving the problem of gender inequality.