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Overview

IWLF

IWLF is a social organization which works with utmost dedication towards Gender Balance, Gender Agnosticism, Empowerment, Diversity, Inclusivity, Innovation & Leadership. It is a platform that brings together leaders from powerful sectors and diverse regions of the world to promote Leadership and Innovation.

Founded by Sharmila Banerjee in 2013, IWLF has worked relentlessly to promote education, awareness and insights on different issues and has worked on causes such as Breast Cancer, Acid Victims, Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, etc. .
The Leadership & Innovation Awards Conference is an effort to build a long-lasting bond between leaders across geographies and extend business, political, cultural and interpersonal relations.

IWLF Forum is proud to work with the best of Leaders and Innovators in Business, Government, Politics, Education on areas which requires proactive & development focus The forum brings together the most sought after personalities together to discuss and and to share their thoughts on leadership and revolutionize the way Women and Men are contributing to the changing face of new age India.

IWLF has created its affiliate ILF, which acts as a business chamber nurtures Leaderships and Innovation cross industry. It acts as a bridge between Industries, Government and related organisations to promote sector-specific business leadership.

It is a consortium that brings together leaders from powerful sectors and diverse regions of the world, working on the advancement of the respective industry on the National and the Global Level. ILF Intends to provides a platform for networking and consensus building within and across sectors and for Indian Industry, policy makers and the International business community.

Extending its agenda beyond Leadership IWLF is Partnering with civil society organizations to carry forward corporate initiatives for integrated and inclusive development across diverse domains including Banking and Investments, Finance, Fin-Tech, Start-Ups, MSME, Media, etc.

Vision

  • Inspire men & women for leadership positions in all sectors
  • Create an empowered forum of Corporate, Business, Political, Social and cultural leaders
  • Create aspirational levels by demonstrating successful case-studies and role models across the globe
  • Provide mentoring opportunities to create best practice in work place
  • Provide a forum for candid and open discussion on the obstacles for career advancement, positioning and empowerment across organizations
  • Engage with community/ corporate /government /academicians / NGOs /cultural leaders to recognize windows of opportunity and enhancement of individual potentials

Mission

  • To create a clearly “differential style of leadership”- that is open, collegial, consensus-building, motivational and outgoing
  • To foster an understanding of the changing needs of a dynamic and diverse workforce
  • To exchange ideas and experiences with similar global forums and women’s networks world wide to understand the complexities of cross cultural diversities
  • To engage and enhance Societal leadership for achievers for reaching out to communities

What we do

  • IWLF helps causes such as Women on Board, Diversity, Inclusiveness, Gender Balance and Innovation.
  • Different Aspects of Leadership - Corporate Leadership, Societal Leadership.
  • Organize the quarterly IWLF forum meetings with participation of senior executives hosted in different cities in India to spread awareness about the global happenings in the field of business, technology, art, science, and all the other parts of life.
  • IWLF hosts its annual Leadership & Innovation Conference every year which is a day long conference session with interactive panel discussion, keynote presentations, power-play sessions, workshops, round-table sessions and case studies. The power packed day is followed by honoring leaders for their success stories in different facets of life.
  • Leverage the talent pool of women and men in the workforce and develop programs to retain them Advocating Gender agnosticism and Gender Balance.
  • Committed to celebrating the success stories of women and men ,show-casing their professional experiences across global set up to provide inspiration.
  • Creating a “strong mentoring network” and fulfilling our responsibilities towards successor planning of women and men leaders in today’s Business Scenarios.
  • To deliberate on diversity-sensitivity of the organization and its capacity to attract and respond to the aspirations of women leaders in a gender-neutral environment.
  • Executive Coaching for Fast-Track Women & Counseling at all levels.
  • Mentoring executives for Leadership position.
  • Deliberations on Sexual Harassment at workplace and Women's Empowerment as a whole.