Empowering High-Potential Women Leaders
It is built on four key pillars:
- Personal and Professional Development
- Mentoring and Sponsoring
- Visibility and Storytelling
- Fostering a culture where women can thrive
GWLI enhances leadership skills, creates mentoring opportunities, and promotes growth and success for women across the organization. The initiative also drives community engagement, such as women-led CSR activities and networking events, reinforcing VDart’s commitment to gender inclusivity and sustainable growth.
Sidd then planned a collaboration that would go beyond training . Something that will be about creating lasting value by empowering women to lead and drive meaningful impact across the organization.
Thus came the collaboration between IIM Tiruchirappalli and VDart’s Global Women Leadership Initiative (GWLI) in August 2024. This program was focused on delivering a long-term leadership development program for VDart’s leaders. This partnership was driven by VDart’s commitment to nurture talent and groom the next generation of women leaders through an executive education program tailored by IIM Trichy’s expertise in management and leadership development.
Sidd emphasized the importance of such initiatives as key differentiators in creating value and impact within the company, while IIM Trichy recognized VDart’s rapid growth and aspiration to develop forward-thinking leaders globally. The collaboration kick-started with a phased leadership program, starting with senior leadership sessions in November 2024, designed to build strategic leadership skills aligned with VDart’s business growth and inclusivity goals.
This three-day management development program created a significant impact by training the participants to develop strategic leadership skills and business acumen necessary for executive roles, thus promoting gender diversity and inclusion in corporate leadership.