Case collection: Women’s Leadership Initiative

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About the Women’s Leadership Initiative 

Our world benefits from diverse leadership and a myriad of voices seeking to address some of the world’s greatest challenges. Yet, around the world we fail to create the conditions to advance women. The Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) at the University of Delaware (UD) addresses these challenges by building powerful opportunities to advance diversity and inclusion in service of a more just and sustainable world. Our mission is to advance gender equity in leadership. To do so, we provide advocacy, education, and research that enables engagement in powerful conversations, and build critical skills that can support women and advance equity and inclusion.  

About the Lerner College of Business and Economics

For more than 100 years, the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has invested in its students and communities, giving back philanthropically and with its valuable skills. A top-ranked business school, the Lerner College creates impactful initiatives that advocate for diversity and inclusion across industries. Its 150+ faculty conduct research on meaningful topics like third world economic development, cybersecurity, women’s leadership, corporate social responsibility and more. Through collaborations with students and alumni, the Lerner College creates businesses that work to solve society’s greatest problems. 

About the free case collection

The Women Leaders Case Series includes teachable cases about real women business leaders based on primary interview data and secondary research, topics related to culture and gender norms, strengths-based leadership, business diversification, grit and resilience, work-life balance, and so on. Each case includes a teaching note to guide future instructors who may adopt the case for their students, which include teaching strategies, suggested readings, and examples of comments students might make. These cases vary in length and are relevant for a broad audience of learners. Each case is appropriate for existing or aspiring business leaders who want to learn effective management and leadership skills by learning from the example of a female business leader. These cases are also appropriate for graduate or undergraduate business students in classes that discuss business management, leadership, small business entrepreneurship, and/or civic and non-profit leadership.  

Collection contact

For any queries related to the Women Leaders Case Series’ case collection, please contact: 

Amanda Bullough
e bullough@udel.edu 

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Available from The Case Centre

The Women’s Leadership Initiative collection, and their accompanying instructor materials, is available from The Case Centre.

The Women’s Leadership Initiative's materials are also available as part of our discounted pricing scheme for members in developing countries.

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