WomenLeadersMove.com captures the essence of what so many women do today — women lead and women move! For those who are successful — and in my experience, virtually all of them are or have the potential to be — over time their leadership roles become more challenging and the process of moving up and/or out more complex.

For over 30 years I have enjoyed a career in the midst of a rising tide of enormously talented women leaders, serving in a leadership role that uniquely addressed the lives and working conditions of these women. For many of them my assistance was especially relevant in times of planned transitions, for others in times of unanticipated departures. Over the years we came to consciously recognize the transitory nature of our very existence, professionally and personally, in a rapidly changing world. Naming the journey and affirming each other sustains us all.

Although women are more numerous in leadership circles than ever before, we still have to prove ourselves over and over again. . . usually on a bigger playing field each time. It calls for new approaches, even greater efforts, and special care.

One approach to providing that care lies in the relatively new field of executive coaching, a field that has moved to the mainstream in the past decade to offer a new kind of support to leaders. Many major companies in the private sector have made coaching a core part of executive development. "The belief is that, under the right circumstances, one-on-one interaction with an objective third party can provide a focus that other forms of organizational support simply cannot." (See Harvard Business School's WORKING KNOWLEDGE for Business Leaders, What an Executive Coach Can Do for You, 6/13/2005)

In 2007 I renewed my commitment to helping women leaders in higher education as they make the changes required to meet 21st century challenges. WomenLeadersMove.com is already a source for coaching and referrals. In the near future we will move toward becoming also an information resource for leaders in higher education, enabling them to identify easily the major trends and data sources — addressing but not limited to issues of gender — to support their own continuous leadership development as well as the professional development of their staffs.

I hope you will join me, share your ideas, and let others know what you are gaining and learning from WomenLeadersMove.com.

Judy Touchton, Ph.D., Founder, WomenLeadersMove.com
Consultant and Executive Coach, Touchton Partners LLC

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