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19 October 2018

Call for Female Prospective Part-Time MBA Candidates to Participate in the GROW FAST Initiative

Join one of the largest multinationals in the World as an R&D Project Manager while earning a fully sponsored Part-Time MBA from an Internationally Accredited Business School Join the GROW FAST initiative GROW FAST stands for Generating Real Opportunities for Women – Financing And Supporting Talent and is a program initiated in LUISS Business School to promote, support and improve personal and professional growth of its female students. An outstanding and talented female candidate will be selected to fast track her career in Bridgestone while attending a fully sponsored 2-years Part-Time MBA at LUISS Business School. The GROW FAST initiative is launched in a joint effort by: Bridgestone, the world’s largest manufacturer of tyres and other rubber products, employing over 140.000 people around the world, operating via 3 technical centers and 178 manufacturing plants and sell products in more than 150 countries. Korn Ferry International, an organizational and people advisory firm, the world's largest provider of executive search; LUISS Business School, an internationally accredited provider of business education, based in Rome (Italy). To be eligible, you need to be a female candidate with a background in Engineering or Business. The selection is a 3-step process: Apply and being admitted to the Part-Time MBA Program; Pass the selection by Korn Ferry; Be selected by Bridgestone as a fit with the following job position. 19/10/2018 

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03 March 2017

#WomenInBusiness for March 8

The leader you want to become, the women who inspired you. The characteristics and the skills that make every single student of LUISS Business School a unique value to society and the working world. Until March 8, we will share the career plans of our female students, the aspirations that support the choice to pursue specialized training path to meet ambitious professional goals,  personal qualities that characterize their approach to professional life. Share your story on Instagram with the hashtag #WomenInBusiness and describe the professional that you are becoming: tag @LUISSBusiness in a photo that represents who you are and your path or your inspiration and enter the album #WomenInBusiness of LUISS Business School.   03/03/2017

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03 March 2017

Data Girls – The growing force of Data

Starting now the second project GROW - Generating Real Opportunities for Women Data Girls the second project of GROW - Generating Real Opportunities for Women was born. The dynamics of business, the need to monitor and improve results and the explosive force of the huge availability of data produced thanks to a great variety and rate of generating sources have revealed the need for new skills. Data Girls wants to support women who are interested in seizing all the opportunities stemming from the data management world and has the aim to become a reference point for all young professional women who have pursued a data scientist career. Data Girls joins the programme GROW FAST developed in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson e Korn Ferry International. The opening event of the panel for the definition of the guidelines of  Data Girls  will be held on March 8th  2017.   Related articles: GROW – Generating Real Opportunities for Women Leadership Through Diversity and Inclusion Call for Female Prospective MBA Candidates to Participate in the GROW FAST Initiative   02/03/2017

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10 February 2017

Call for Female Prospective MBA Candidates to Participate in the GROW FAST Initiative

LUISS Business School, Johnson & Johnson and Korn Ferry International Call for Female Prospective MBA Candidates to Participate in the GROW FAST Initiative  (Part of the Programme GROW – Generating Real Opportunities for Women) DESCRIPTION GROW (Generating Real Opportunities for Women) is a programme initiated in LUISS Business School to promote, support and improve personal and professional growth of its female students. GROW FAST (Financing and Supporting Talents) is an initiative that is part of GROW, designed and launched in a joint effort by: Johnson & Johnson, a Fortune 500 multinational company manufacturing medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer packaged goods; Korn Ferry International, an organisational and people advisory firm, the world's largest provider of executive search; and LUISS Business School, an internationally accredited provider of business education, based in Rome (Italy). The GROW FAST initiative offers to a selected group of outstanding women: direct access to organisations eager to support talents in the development of their potential; an internationally accredited MBA at LUISS Business School, which provides a culturally relevant and professionally memorable experience in the heart of Rome; a fully sponsored accelerated track into the world of business with leading companies that pursue diversity and inclusion as key strategic assets. The initiative consists of four main steps: selection of talented women; initial 3-month internship in Johnson & Johnson starting in July 2017, with a reimbursement of expenses of up to EUR 1,000 per month; 1-year MBA programme at LUISS Business School starting in October 2017, the tuition fee of EUR 27,000 + EUR 13,000 of living expenses being covered by a study loan; 2-year employment contract in Johnson & Johnson starting in October 2018, with a previously agreed salary + an extra that covers the repayment of the study loan within the term of the employment contract. The selected participants will be continuously mentored, starting from the initial internship until the end of the GROW FAST initiative. ELIGIBILITY Female candidates with: Bachelor’s degree; at least 2 years of work experience; professional working proficiency in English.  APPLICATION PROCESS Applicants must provide: copy of the degree certificate; fully-completed MBA application form; Curriculum Vitae; copy of passport or ID document; digital photo; essay explaining why they qualify for the GROW FAST. The selection of candidates is divided in two core phases 1. ADMISSION TO THE MBA PROGRAMME  LUISS Business School: receives and processes all the applications; organises the admission tests, consisting of a logics and English test in order to evaluate the admission of the potential candidates to the MBA programme (logics test can be omitted, if proof of a valid GMAT or GRE certificate is provided, and English test can be omitted, if proof of a valid TOEFL or IELTS certificate is provided); provides a guarantee for a study loan, covering the tuition fee of EUR 27,000 + the above-mentioned living expenses. Korn Ferry International provides strategic support in the process of search and selection of the candidates.2. EVALUATION TO PARTICIPATE IN GROW FAST 2. EVALUATION TO PARTICIPATE IN GROW FAST Based on the admission test results, motivational interview(s) with selected candidates and representatives of Johnson & Johnson and LUISS Business School will be organised. Candidates will be considered and evaluated on the basis of merit and regarding the quality of their admission application and interviews. At the end of the evaluation process a ranking of the candidates will be finalised, and up to three candidates will be offered the opportunity to participate in the GROW FAST initiative. Other candidates who pass the LUISS MBA admission tests, but who have not been selected as participants in GROW FAST, are welcome to enrol in the MBA programme, following the indications and deadline given to them by the Admissions Office of the LUISS Business School. If the candidate does not proceed with the necessary steps within the given deadline, her status will automatically decay from the right of immediate enrolment.  DEADLINES AND CONDITIONS Applications for participation in the GROW FAST initiative must be submitted by April 15, 2017 to mba23@luiss.it. The pre-selected candidates will be contacted approximately two weeks after the above-mentioned deadline, to invite them to the admission tests. The interviews with the candidates selected based on the admission test results and with Johnson & Johnson will be held in May 2017, and the final decision will be taken in June 2017. The final selected candidates must confirm their participation in the initiative within 5 working days after reception of the notification, signing the MBA Regulations and the agreement with Johnson & Johnson. If a candidate fails to confirm her participation, next candidates in their merit order in the waiting list will be considered, and the renounced candidate loses her right to participate in the GROW FAST initiative. In case of withdrawal from the MBA programme or exclusion of it for any reason, the participant will not be offered an employment contract at Johnson & Johnson and she is required to refund the total loan and other administrative charges. In case the participant completes her MBA studies and does not sign the employment contract with Johnson & Johnson or leaves Johnson & Johnson before the term of the 2-year employment contract, she is required to refund the total loan and other administrative charges. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at mba23@luiss.it, (+39) 06 85 22 5577 or (+39) 06 85 22 5064. DOWNLOAD PDF 10/02/2016

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25 January 2017

Leadership Through Diversity and Inclusion

LUISS Business School has positioned its female students at the centre of a new project named GROW – Generating Real Opportunities for Women. The project promotes diversity and inclusion in management culture, and has an aim to enhance the vision of leadership that could create growth in contexts characterised by high variability. In this view, diversity is considered as a resource that enriches companies with values and skills. GROW was initiated and will work as a collection of ideas and tools that helps its participants develop both their personality and professional skills. For the students of LUISS Business School participating in the GROW project means broadening their skills to become future leaders through mentoring and networking, Talent Programme and Data Girl Programme – the integrated initiatives to support the career development of women. However, it also means working with the corporate world to bring about innovation thanks to a different management culture, and to create a strong connection between the companies and the academy with an aim to build balanced teams of professionals on all organisation levels. The focus on diversity in educating the future leaders involves the whole community of LUISS Business School students: GROW is open to all students enrolled in graduate and master's programmes, including the MBA and Executive Master’s programmes. Having a direct contact with female leaders who have led a successful career and are therefore very useful role models, all the students have an opportunity to understand which aspects of their personality and professional skills should they concentrate on in order to grow. To gain self-awareness, set priorities, combine passion and hard work, go beyond one’s limits and be open-minded – these are the characteristics considered as essential for true leaders by Simonetta Iarlori, the COO of Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. Simonetta Iarlori, who met the students during the GROW presentation on November 29, 2016, emphasised the necessity for those traits in order to be able to take complex decisions in very heterogeneous environments, and encouraged the students to work on these aspects. (Article by Marica Bartoli, student of Master in Trade Management)   03/01/2017

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16 November 2016

GROW – Generating Real Opportunities for Women

LUISS Business School is launching  the project GROW – Generating Real Opportunities for Women with the aim to promote, support and improve personal and professional development of LUISS Business School’s female students with a focus on the access to the working world  and to the enhancement of their career, so as to reach the highest levels within companies, institutions, universities and other organizations. GROW pursues this aim through the creation and organization of networking and mentoring activities as well as training and talent development. The milestones will be set on November 11 2016 during the first official meeting lead by LUISS University’s General Manager Giovanni Lo Storto, by LUISS University’s Rector Paola Severino and by the Dean of LUISS Business School Paolo Boccardelli. The planned activities are addressed to all the female students enrolled in Masters and specialized courses (I and II level, including  MBAs and Executive Education Programmes) GROW activities  are led by a Steering Committe composed by the partners and by the executive managers of  LUISS Business School in order to define the strategic objectives and the guide lines to pursue in the current year ; the Advisory Board is composed by key speakers coming from different professional fields, representatives of sectors and offices in line with the planned objectives and activities and who will be periodically involved in the initiatives developed during the year. The following will be involved in this important and innovative project: Luisa Todini; President Poste Italiane and member of BOD LUISS Lella Golfo; President of Fondazione Marisa Bellisario Sandra Mori; President Valore D Giorgio Milesi; Vice President Developed Markets South Medical Devices EMEA J&J Stefania Brancaccio; Vice President Coelmo Maurizia Villa; Managing Director Korn/Ferry International Marta Dassù; Senior Director European Affairs The Aspen Institute Marco Icardi; CEE Vice Regional President and CEO SAS Italia Ilaria dalla Riva, HR Director MPS Simonetta Iarlori; COO Cassa Depositi and Prestiti Aurelio Regina; Partner Egon Zendher Francesca Di Carlo; Head of Human Resources and Organization ENEL Valeria Sandei; CEO Almawave, Marketing Strategic Director AlmavivA Enrico Cereda; General Manager IBM Italia Loredana Gulino; General Manager anti- counterfeiting – MISE-UIBM Emanuele Mangiacotti; Head of Recruiting, Training and Human Capital Development – Wind Telecomunicazioni Emiliano Cappuccitti; ‎HR Director Coca Cola HBC Italia Gabriella Valentinotti, Head of Global Training&Development and Internal Communication at Benetton Group Ida Sirolli; Head of Education and New Capabilities at TIM Francesca Patellani; Human Capital & Diversity and Geographic Services Lead of Accenture   Gallery 08/11/2016      08/11/2016

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