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Women in Leadership
The Women in Leadership program is aimed at demonstrating high performance in the workplace, career planning and managing the multifaceted roles of women. Enhance your personal growth and interpersonal influence by refining your communication style, mastering conflict resolution and stress management techniques, and setting personal and professional goals.
3 full days
(1 day per week for 3 weeks)
Intake 1: March 4, 11 & 18
Intake 2: June 4, 11 & 18
Intake 3: August 14, 21 & 28
Intake 4: November 9, 16 & 23
Overview
The increasing number of women in frontline, mid-level and senior leadership roles has highlighted the unique talents and expertise women bring to these roles. Harnessing this talent and expertise through a focused professional development experience is the purpose of this program.
You will be guided through contemporary ideas on leadership, career planning, negotiation and management. You will also develop a greater understanding of yourself and your impact on others. You will learn how to overcome barriers that can exist in the workplace that may hinder your professional growth.
Who will benefit
This program provides a unique learning environment for women from all industries who currently hold, or aspire to positions of leadership and influence. The program will assist their professional growth and development and will help them on their ascent to the top of their profession.
Content
- Balance of life/career planning
- Setting personal and professional goals
- Stress management
- Managing gender differences
- Developing self-confidence
- Motivation
- Coaching, mentoring and benefits of effective coaching
- How to find and be a good mentor
- Managing in a turbulent environment
- Analysis of your leadership philosophy
- The issues of values and ethics in leaders and business
- Effective communication and styles
- Characteristics of assertive communication
- Difficult people and situations
- Persuasion, influencing and personal power.
Learning Outcomes
You will learn to:
- Be in a position to take charge of your future
- Understand how to benefit from coaching and mentoring
- Develop transactional and transformational leadership practices
- Be able to use specific skills to build group cohesion and improve communication
- Have a range of change strategies to implement and overcome blocks in the workplace.
Optional/Additional Coaching Package
Fees:
(3 x 1 hour)
$900 Non Member
$800 Corporate / Professional Member
To increase your leadership abilities, you must learn how to influence the people you lead. This course helps you understand how you are perceived by your team, how to impact those perceptions and leverage your strengths to foster a more positive work environment.
Leaders have been using stories since the beginning of recorded history. Tribal leaders have used stories to gain loyalty and legitimise their reign; Elders have used stories to hand down their histories; Military leaders have used stories to reduce fear and boost morale.
Managers must play an active role in identifying and responding to specific opportunities to improve the performance of their employees. This course will help you to develop the coaching skills to support and sustain improved performance in others.
You need to understand yourself as a leader before you can understand or lead others. This program draws on world-wide leadership research and focuses on the practical application of leadership skills and principles.