CONNECTION & COMMUNITY

Creating Lifelong Networks:

  • "I have gained lifelong friends/ colleagues that share depth of knowledge about each other." - J&J ELP 2 graduate

  • "The greatest benefit was the fact that I was surrounded by highly talented, smart women who were there to help me without their own agenda. They were committed to my success as much as I was committed to theirs." - Lynn Ramsey, Verizon

  • "Three out of four members of our circle have been promoted or changed roles that take them on to greater challenges." - Kathleen Frappier, Takeda

Safe Space for Authenticity:

  • "The moment we connected, we became closer as a team. Everything from that first hour forward--it was a safe place." - Gina Newhart, Tyco

  • "Safe, non-judgmental, trusted space." - Takeda participant

  • "Very open with each other from the start and definitely bonded even though we're all remote." - Takeda participant

CONFIDENCE & LEADERSHIP PRESENCE

Results: 93% Participants & 78% Managers Reported Increase in Leadership Presence - Takeda

  • "More confident expressing ideas, proposing innovations." - Takeda participant

  • "Confidence to trust my decisions." - Takeda participant

  • "I can command attention and control." - Takeda participant

  • "Being in a group of strong woman at J&J definitely helped reinforce the value of my voice and contribution." - J&J ELP 2 graduate

CAREER ADVANCEMENT

Results: 83% "open to" or "actively" seeking expanded role/advancement - Takeda

  • "I got promoted!! After many years of searching for opportunities, I found the right one at the right time. I was ready for it!" - Takeda participant

  • "57% have achieved promotion" - ELP long-term study

  • "I was promoted to executive director not long after I graduated from your program, and last fall was promoted to VP." - Abby Knowles, Verizon

SELF-DISCOVERY & AUTHENTICITY

  • "In 30 years, I've never attended a program that comes close to this one in terms of self-discovery and positive personal and professional growth." - Jackie Strobel, VP, Chubb & Son

  • "Truly inspiring. Helped me discover the authentic leader deep in my soul." - Marti Heckman, VP, J&J

  • "This course changed the way I looked at myself and thought about what was possible as a working mother and leader. Change the way you see yourself and you remove self imposed limits. Limitless becomes possible." - Abby Knowles, Verizon

RETENTION & RE-RECRUITMENT

  • "I'm more likely to stay at J&J for another year, rather than leave in the spring as I had previously thought." - J&J ELP 2 graduate

  • "I would probably have left the company a few months ago without my Success Circle team. They helped me approach challenges from a different angle" - J&J participant

  • "An amazing experience that supported me in expanding my leadership aspirations and re-recruit myself to J&J." - Evelyn Espinal, J&J

BUSINESS IMPACT

  • "My team's accelerated growth is directly related to participating and learning." - Takeda participant

  • "Provided tools to enable me to deliver more and create positive business results" - Stacey Stewart, J&J

  • "Increased ability to lead, shape, connect, and deliver while living the CREDO." - J&J ELP 2 graduate

SUCCESS CIRCLES METHODOLOGY

  • “100% of Success Circles continuing past program graduation" - Takeda

  • "Regular meetings with my Success Circle enabled me to work with a small group of like minded women. While we all worked in very different functions, the support we were able to provide to each other with respect to our challenges was not only insightful but created an emotional bond in that we were trying to deeply help solve problems and create great solutions. No hidden agenda. Just pure support and trying to help raise each other up." - Stacey Stewart, J&J

  • "The best 2 hours every month, I guard the time." - Amy Wright, J&J

HOLISTIC LEADERSHIP

  • "What makes this program distinctive is the emphasis on the person and not the profession or role. We are women first and then professionals; and that's tremendously important to remember and value." - Carla Taylor, Ethicon

  • "I received the gift of breath and patience and clarity – all things that will help me be an authentic leader and a whole person." - Lynn Ramsey, Verizon

PROGRAM UNIQUENESS

  • "The ELP program has been the most rewarding training I have participated in my 19 years at J&J." - Kathy Osborn, J&J

  • "Different from any leadership training I had in J&J. It gives a different perspective and a number of very helpful tools to advance our careers. It is not the typical class, where we sit and listen to people." - J&J participant

  • "After 20 years at Penn State this was the most valuable professional development I have taken part in, hands down." - Michelle Zieders, CTF

LONG-TERM IMPACT

  • "100% define themselves as leaders" - ELP long-term study

  • "97% report success in their career" - ELP long-term study

  • "96% continue to use lessons learned from ELP in their current roles" - ELP long-term study

  • "I will never doubt myself or feel bad about asking for what I want…. will definitely carry some of the stories from my Success Circles as a reminder always to never give up and persevere" - Takeda participant