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Conference provides insights in what it takes for women to become great leaders
Shards of crystal, symbolizing the breaking of the glass barrier that keeps women from top level corporate jobs, -- this is the emblem for the recent Inamed Academy Women's Leadership Conference, which was held in Sherman Oaks, March 23 to 24, 2006.
The logo symbolizes the difficult challenges women often face when trying to break into the top echelons of corporate America.
The conference’s keynote speakers were the among the nation’s best and brightest entrepreneurs, mostly women and a few male executives, who’s accomplishments and experience provide noteworthy testament to what can be achieved in business.
The speakers graciously shared their insights on business management providing golden nuggets of wisdom, strategies and stories about how they were able to rise to top of their chosen profession, without having compromised their core values.
Lois Phillips, a management consultant, and co-author of "Women Seen and Heard: Lessons Learned from Successful Speakers," and Fran Lotery, a consultant and co-author of "Live Inside Out-Not Upside Down," co-chaired the conference event.
Marcy Carsey, a producer best known for hit television shows such as "The Cosby Show," "Roseanne," "Grace Under Fire" and "That '70s Show," and founding partner with Oprah Winfrey of the Oxygen network, was among the 11 keynote speakers.
Carsey said that while leadership demands risk-taking, character plays a vital role in effective management. "It's a lot about character," Carsey said, "not so much about skills, but courage (and) responsibility for other people." She explained that the ability to take responsibility derives from personal security.
"You are who you are at home, at work and at play," Carsey said.
