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Accelerating High-Performing Women into Executive Leadership
Women are the majority in advancement—yet hold roughly one-third of advancement executive roles.
RISE is Our Response: a 10-month leadership journey designed to change that.
This research-backed, cohort-based program equips high-achieving women to boldly step into executive roles without compromising who they are. Participants will develop sustainable leadership practices rooted in their values while learning how to effectively tackle the unique barriers women in advancement face in leadership.
Why RISE?
Close the Leadership Gap: Prepare high-achieving women to confidently step into executive advancement roles.
Organizational ROI: Female CEOs deliver 20% better financial performance in the two years following appointment (S&P). Diverse leadership teams deliver up to 25% better results (McKinsey & Co) and are 25% more likely to drive innovation and growth (Boston Consulting Group).
Leverage Bryant Group Expertise: Decades in executive coaching, leadership development and advancement search prepares women to thrive in the C-suite.
Flexible Payment Options: Invest a little now, get a lot right away. Tuition can be spread over multiple fiscal years.
The RISE Experience: 10 Months. One Cohort. Your Next Chapter.
This isn't a conference. It's not a webinar series. It's not another program that checks a box and disappears.
It's 10 months built around what high-achieving women in advancement actually need — with coaches who know advancement, peers who get it and a structure built around your real life.
Quarterly Intensives:
Four full day intensives together — in Dallas and virtually — where the breakthroughs happen. Deep dives into executive presence and strategic leadership, with real-time problem-solving and honest conversations with senior women leaders who've navigated exactly what you're facing. Program dates coming soon!
Monthly Virtual Sessions:
90 minutes that keep the work moving between intensives. Each session brings something different — a case study that mirrors what you're dealing with at work, a book or article that reframes how you're thinking and a cohort of peers who push your thinking.
Personalized Coaching:
Personalized coaching built around your career, your challenges and your whole life. Quarterly sessions included, with the option to add monthly coaching for deeper support.
What Leaders and Institutions Gain
For Participants:
The confidence to stop second-guessing yourself and own your expertise in the rooms that matter
A voice that gets heard — in high-stakes conversations, difficult moments and the decisions that shape your career
A network of women who get it and stay in your corner long after the program ends
For Organizations:
Leaders who can delegate, communicate vision and operate strategically — not just execute
Women who are ready for the executive seat when you need them there
A team culture where high-achievers do their best work and don't look for the exit
Hear from Mo Cotton Kelly, CPO/Sr VP for Alumni Relations at the University of Connecticut, about the power of RISE!
“Thank you for forming this group. You saw a need and I honestly don’t think I’d feel as confident or supported during this change without RISE. This has been a really tough month professionally — and it’s reassuring to know I’m not completely messing it up.”
Secure your spot now – applications are filling fast.
Register by June 30th to claim your spot! Flexible payment options available.
Free Download
Most advancement professionals are more visible to their institutions than to the field. This assessment changes that.
In 15 minutes, you'll audit where you actually stand — your online presence, your visibility as a subject matter expert, your peer network — and leave with a clear 30-day action. Download our free personal brand assessment and get a sneak peek at what RISE is all about.
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