Women in Leadership Program
A popular program for women to support each other and build leadership capability
The objective of this program is to empower women in leadership positions to cultivate their executive presence. Traditionally, women are nurtured into roles as ‘carers and putting others first’ and this program is about ‘unlearning’ some of these default behaviours while, at the same time, learning how to assert themselves and exert influence.
Example program
Month 1
Traditional roles and gender stereotypes
Looking at the traditional roles of women and how this conditioning has resulted in exclusion from leadership opportunities. Unlearning any ‘conditioned’ responses.
- Induction
- Program roadmap
- Virtual workshop
- Application tools
Month 2
Why you don’t have to ‘lead like a man’
Discussing the idea of ‘female leadership’ – what are some of the strengths we can embrace as leaders?
- Clifton-Strengths Diagnostic Tool
- Virtual workshop
- Application tools
- 1:1 coaching
Month 3
Your leadership brand
Developing a ‘leadership brand’ that is authentic and draws on the strengths identified in Month 2.
- Virtual workshop
- Guest speaker (authentic female leader)
- Application tools
Month 4
Getting heard: assertiveness and influencing
Learning how to have influence – to be heard and get your ideas in front of the right people.
- Virtual workshop
- Application tools
- Reflection task (presentation preparation)
Month 5
Building a sustainable, supportive community
Learning how to empower each other as female leaders in an ongoing community of practice, and giving new female leaders in the future a place to access support.
- Virtual workshop (short presentations from each leader)
- Community-building application tools
- Community of Practice
Hear from past ‘Women in Leadership’ participants
Recently, we worked on a ‘Women in Leadership’ program with carsales. In this short clip, three participants talk about the impact the ‘Women on the move’ program has made on them both personally and professionally.