While it takes many forms, the Wurtele Center’s programming centers around our model of collaborative leadership. We define collaborative leadership as taking the initiative to work intentionally and ...

Collaborative leadership is the action that promotes and allows two or more parties to engage in open, cooperative and respectful communication. This creates spaces where all parties feel safe to be ...

While much of the Wurtele Center for Collaborative Leadership’s programming is geared toward students, we nevertheless strive to live into our mission to equip all members of the Smith community with ...

We’re at the top of the new year, but we’re just months away from another national election. This one will be critical to many of the issues that are important to women, and Black women in particular.

Looking ahead, I believe the legal industry still has work to do to make leadership more accessible and sustainable for women. We need more visible examples of women in high‑stakes practices and ...

When leaders talk about collaboration, they often imagine it as a matter of attitude, goodwill or team-building exercises. Yet in my experience, collaboration usually breaks down not because people ...