In space, no one can hear you laugh. Yet naturalness, warmth, and collaboration—over power and control—can be exactly the way to lead a high-stakes team to success. This and other leadership lessons were shared with nearly 1,500 women at the 36th Annual Women in the Forefront luncheon, hosted by The Chicago Network. The annual event...
July 1, 2025
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The Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay released its inaugural ‘Bold Ideas’ white paper, Balancing the Benefits of AI & the Health of Our Planet. The paper explores how artificial intelligence can be leveraged to enhance both operational efficiency and environmental sustainability. Drawing insights from a range of women experts across the fields of business,...
June 13, 2025
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We’re at a point now where you can truly feel and see how the Center will look. On the Council building, walls are up, the roof is on, and windows are being installed. The Lodge is still getting framed out as crews assemble the special “treehouse” section at the top of the structure. The Cabin...
June 12, 2025
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Meet “The Women in the Trailer” who are guiding construction of the Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay. Hard hats. DayGlo vests. Blue jeans. Steel-toe boots. In a video recently released by Pepper Construction company, the people surveying progress at the site of the Women’s Leadership Center look like construction workers everywhere. But they aren’t...
May 7, 2025
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With a shared passion and commitment to advancing women leaders, we were delighted when Pepper Construction invited AWESOMELeaders CEO Michelle Dilley for a fireside chat highlighting lessons from her career journey during Women in Construction Week, which celebrates and promotes the role of women in the construction industry. Michelle is overseeing operations plans for the...
April 22, 2025
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When we write the past, we define the future. It’s said that people don’t tell stories so much as our stories tell us. They describe who we are, who we’ve been, how we think, why that might matter, and therefore what we can expect from the world. The power of the narrative is the power...
April 15, 2025
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Studio Gang, the international architecture and urban design firm led by Jeanne Gang, and Lincoln Road Enterprises, a philanthropic organization focused on elevating women’s leadership led by Ann Drake, have unveiled the design for the Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay. Overlooking Geneva Lake, the 24,000 square foot center will provide professional women’s groups with a unique retreat space...
March 25, 2025
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Comparing it to work by Frank Lloyd Wright and anticipating it will draw visitors from around the country, the Women’s Leadership Center is being celebrated in a full-length feature article in the Spring 2025 issue of At The Lake, a quarterly publication highlighting the lifestyle, culture, people, and history of southeastern Wisconsin. “Leading by Example”...
March 18, 2025
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Many talented women have helped bring the Women’s Leadership Center to life. This month, we introduce you to the women who’ve been turning our stunning designs into wood and stone, floors and ceilings, pipes and wires. An engineer by training and graduate of the highly ranked Milwaukee School of Engineering, Kimberly Schober is a Project...
February 25, 2025
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Courage is the prerequisite to confidence. This powerful phrase from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management Professor Ellen Taaffe’s book The Mirrored Door inspired a special workshop hosted by the Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay High School. The event, titled “Courage Creates Confidence,” took place on Thursday, February 9, 2025. It was the second annual...
February 21, 2025
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In Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks about climbing onto a wooden motorboat bobbing on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin early one September morning. “We were all a little wobbly,” she admits. Some of the wobbles came from gobs of celebrating the day and night before...
February 4, 2025
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Jeanne Gang, the world-renowned architect whose design for the Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay is now rising on the banks of Geneva Lake in Wisconsin, was honored on December 5, 2024, with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award by ULI Chicago, the local district council of the Urban Land Institute. Jeanne Gang is the founding partner of Studio Gang, an...
December 16, 2024
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