Programs – UPWARD Women

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UPWARD Academy Programs

Welcome to UPWARD Academy

UPWARD Academy is a suite of professional development programs with 4 foundational pillars designed to meet the unique needs of individuals and corporations.

For individual UPWARD members, UPWARD Academy provides the skills, resources, and necessary relationships required to progress in their careers. Our commitment extends beyond personal growth, as we actively contribute to the global empowerment of women and play a pivotal role in shaping the future landscape of work.

For corporations, UPWARD Academy serves in partnership to facilitate the establishment of a sustainable framework that nurtures advocates, mentors, sponsors, and champions within organizations, fostering an environment conducive to the advancement of women on a global scale.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PILLARS

UPWARD Academy helps corporations build a sustainable framework for advocates, mentors, sponsors, and champions for women inside organizations to advance women globally.

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Diverse organizations are more successful at recruiting and retaining talent; leading to an increase in job satisfaction and commitment to the company.

Diversity is key to better decision-making among teams leveraging a greater variety of perspectives.This results in an increase of innovation, team performance, and revenue.

Studies link diversity to indicators of profitability, such as: gross and net margins, revenue, market value, investment performance, return on assets, equity, sales, and stock returns.

Why partner
with UPWARD?

Access A Community of Global Leaders

Create brand affiliation with UPWARD, the global network for executive women. With over 6,000 members globally and 86% of our membership is Director level and above, we have credibility and a history of supporting women’s advancement as a community.

Accelerate the Advancement of Women

Be a part of providing the resources to recruit, hire, train, and retain women leaders. UPWARD has a track record of high profile, high-quality events and speakers to support the professional development of women. We work with you to create platforms and cultivate programming to deliver education for the advancement of professional women.

Customized Programming

UPWARD works with organizations to identify their needs and desired areas of improvement to create specific programming aligned with organizational goals. We have put together a menu of programming options that UPWARD has successfully delivered that supports community and advancement of women in the workplace.

Why partner
with UPWARD?

Access A Community of Global Leaders

Accelerate the Advancement of Women

Customized Programming

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what our
Members are
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what our MEMBERS are saying

"For women executives to succeed requires a tribe of other females that will back you up. It’s been truly impressive the commitment of all the volunteers/members that give of their time and willing to foster the spirit of paying forward and desire to do whatever it takes to help the other members in the organization. This group is special. This will be a lifetime membership for me.”