How do you develop your high potential managers for future leadership roles?

Lois Braverman (Author & CEO, Ackerman Institute for the Family)


Lois Braverman discusses the two-year mentorship program at her organization that allows individuals to learn the skills that are needed by the organization from senior staff members. She also talks about she regularly tries to evaluate executive staff and play to their strengths allowing them to focus on the work they do best.

Lois Braverman

Author & CEO, Ackerman Institute for the Family Lois Braverman, is President and CEO of the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Her many publications and international presentations challenge the assumptions implicit in major schools of family therapy about women’s role in the family, in the workplace, and in the psychotherapeutic setting. She is founding editor of the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy and author of the book : Women, Feminism and Family Therapy (The Haworth Press). Lois was the recipient of the 1994 American Family Therapy Academy’s “Innovative Contribution to Family Therapy Award” and the 2012 University of Iowa, College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Alumni Award.

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Lois Braverman

Author & CEO, Ackerman Institute for the Family

Lois Braverman, is President and CEO of the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Her many publications and international presentations challenge the assumptions implicit in major schools of family therapy about women’s role in the family, in the workplace, and in the psychotherapeutic setting. She is founding editor of the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy and author of the book : Women, Feminism and Family Therapy (The Haworth Press). Lois was the recipient of the 1994 American Family Therapy Academy’s “Innovative Contribution to Family Therapy Award” and the 2012 University of Iowa, College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Alumni Award.

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Vaishali Jain

Vaishali Jain

Sarder TV Anchor & Former Bloomberg TV Journalist

Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.

Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.

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