Leadership Development for Women

Enhance and strengthen your leadership capabilities through this engaging, hands-on training seminar specifically designed for women seeking career advancement in today's dynamic workforce.

Ideal participants for this course:

Female business professionals who aspire to move forward within their organizations by developing a leadership style that aligns with the positions they want to achieve. Despite significant legal and corporate policy improvements, many qualified women still fail to secure desired positions due to persistent misperceptions, stereotypes, and emotional obstacles from various sources. This course teaches women to adopt a strategic career approach that transforms these challenges into opportunities.

This practical leadership training shows women how to strategically leverage your unique strengths and competitive advantages while maintaining composure and emotional control in even challenging environments. You will learn to build a strong network of supporters, take intelligent risks, and reframe competition in positive ways. Discover techniques to conduct yourself with professionalism that commands respect, and pursue your goals with confidence and positive momentum. You will return to your position feeling assured, ready to compete with courage, and better positioned to gain recognition for your authentic capabilities and contributions.

Key benefits for participants:

• Overcome both overt and subtle biases that work against women in leadership
• Adopt a competitive mindset that strategically leverages your strengths as a woman
• Build a wide, strategic network of important stakeholders who champion your career
• Move past perfectionist approaches to competitive and challenging situations
• Recover quickly from setbacks by developing resilience and perspective
• Learn proven strategies for managing hypercompetitive colleagues you don't trust

Core content and topics covered:

• Becoming a confident, assertive woman in competitive, male-dominated business environments
• Breaking out of your comfort zone and cultivating a resilient, growth-oriented mindset
• Gaining a competitive advantage by taking smart, calculated career risks
• Creating friendly competitor and challenger relationships based on mutual respect
• Expanding your strategic network in virtual and remote work settings
• Learning to collaborate effectively with people you may not naturally prefer

Comprehensive course outline and learning objectives

• Describe Collaborative Competition and Learn How to Apply This Mindset to Lead with Confidence
• Identify Opportunities to Take Smart Career Risks for Increased Competitive Advantage
• Explain the Power of Pacing Partners to Increase Organizational Savvy, Build a Strategic Network, and Expand Your Visibility

Developing a Collaborative Competition Mindset

• Distinguish Between Male and Female Views and Approaches to Competition
• Explain How Perfectionism Can Inhibit Healthy Competition
• Describe How Female Qualities and Characteristics Are Assets in Leadership
• Define a Collaborative Competition Mindset and Framework

Defining a Smart Risk-Taking and Resilience Brand

• Describe Why Smart Career Risk Taking Is Critical for Building Your Personal Brand
• Explain the Importance and Value of Having a Resilient Mindset
• Describe the Four Performance Zones: Blah, Comfort, Stretch, and Yikes
• Explain the Purpose and Benefits of Getting Comfortable in the Stretch Zone
• Identify a Practical, Actionable Approach to Taking Smart Risks

Acting with Organizational Savvy

• Apply Strategies to Create a Savvy, Strategic Organizational Role
• Describe Methods to Overcome Negative Labels That Can Limit Leadership Potential
• Identify and Use Organizational Savvy Strategic Tactics to Promote Your Leader Brand

Building a Strategic Network

• Identify the Reasons Why a Strong Strategic Leadership Network Is Essential
• Create an Action Plan to Develop an Ideal Leadership Network

Collaborating with Hypercompetitive Colleagues

• Distinguish Between Different Types of Hypercompetitive Colleagues
• Explain the Beliefs and Behaviors of Having Competent Yet Unlikeable Colleagues
• Describe Proven Strategies and Tactics for Dealing with Challenging Colleagues

Building Relationships with Pacing Partners

• Define the Four Levels of Pacing Partners and Their Functions
• Describe How to Form Friendly Competitors and Challengers and Overcome Common Pitfalls
• Build Pacing Partner Relationships That Support Your Career Growth