Course description
This exciting 4-day programme has been designed specifically for female leaders, by female industry experts from our senior leadership delivery team. We have taken our flagship CMI Senior Leadership Programme and tailored it specifically to women in leadership positions. The programme offers a safe environment to facilitate those conversations that are not easily possible in a mixed and often male dominated environment. Built on contemporary theory, we take an energetic, interactive, approach to really drill down on those areas within current leadership development that women in leadership need to negotiate to achieve personal, team and organisational success.
We begin by focusing on ‘self’ giving you much needed time and space to consider your personal leadership style/signature, your inhibitors, your fountains and drains, and tools to deal with the ‘imposter’ that often lurks within! We move outward to consider the female leader’s role in inspiring and motivating teams, practicing authentic, values-based leadership, handling difficult conversations in a male dominant environment and the power of effective communication and negotiation. We practice coaching & mentoring for success and focus on the development of a gender inclusive strategy/workplace.
You will leave this programme feeling refreshed, peaceful, energised, and supported by a network of female professionals. You will have an action plan, supported by tools and techniques that can really make a difference to your personal and professional life and to your organisation’s strategy.
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
This programme is designed for women wishing to develop professional management and leadership practice, and who will have the knowledge, skills and behaviours to drive business activities in a senior management and leadership role. It will be particularly relevant to those wishing to focus on key elements specific to women in leadership practice, and to the creation of a gender inclusive business strategy.
Is this course right for you?
- Gain a clear understanding of their personal leadership signature and tools to increase self-awareness
- Gain an increased factual knowledge of gender inequality in today’s working environment and strategies to be able to overcome this
- Learn and practice coaching and mentoring skills for success
Outcome / Qualification etc.
On completion of this programme, delegates will:
- Have a clear understanding of their personal leadership signature and tools to increase self-awareness.
- Have an increased factual knowledge of gender inequality in today’s working environment and strategies to be able to overcome this.
- Identify one’s ‘drains’ and ‘fountains’, how to overcome the dreaded ‘imposter’, move out of the ‘drama triangle’ and move one’s career as a woman in leadership in a positive direction.
- Have a clearer understanding of ‘leadership’ versus ‘management’ and tools to drive a values-based, authentic leadership culture through teams and the organisation.
- Be able to inspire others to lead through positive motivation and overcoming some of the common dysfunctions of teams.
- Develop skills for effective communication and negotiation in a male dominant working environment.
- Learn and practice coaching and mentoring skills for success.
- Develop a gender inclusive workplace/strategy.
- An action plan for negotiating personal, team and organisational success as a woman in leadership.
Training Course Content
Session 1
Your personal leadership signature:
Key themes include:
- The reality for women in leadership today: Key issues and facts
- Do you take care of yourself – how? – It’s in Betari’s Box!
- Knowing your ‘fountains’ and ‘drains!’
- Leadership and management in 2023
- The big Imposter Syndrome – accepting and believing in oneself!
- Self-awareness – tools, and techniques to develop your personal leadership signature.
Session 2
Inspiring others to lead:
Key themes include:
- Leading a diverse team as a female leader
- Don’t get hooked in the drama!
- The Power of Motivation – becoming a powerful female leader
- Authentic and values driven leadership – it’s at the ‘heart’ of what we do!
- Overcoming the common dysfunctions of a team – taking a female perspective.
- The “issues we face” – gender disparity, pay gaps, work-life balance, family responsibilities (caring for others), hormones! Menopause
- The power of effective communication – techniques to manage difficult conversations and to negotiate for success from a female perspective.
Session 3
The gender agenda! - Developing a gender-inclusive strategy/workplace:
Key themes include:
- EDI strategy and the gender agenda – managing our biases
- Gender equality and workplace inclusion
- Looking to the horizon: Horizon scanning model of applied strategy
- Case study: John Lewis Partnership
- Coaching and mentoring – tools and practice (it’s power to creating a gender balanced culture)
- The significance of reflective practice.
Session 4
The way forward…
Key themes include:
- Leading change in a turbulent world
- From fixed to a growth mindset – are we agile, really?
- Hybrid working and the future
- Back to the gender agenda – action planning for gender-inclusive strategy
- We have come full circle! – back to self–career negotiation strategy as a woman in leadership
- What’s next? Reflective practice and action planning.
Course delivery details
Delivery Options:
Virtual Classroom
We strive to create a positive and lasting impact through the delivery of our courses, which is why all our sessions are structured around taught theory, interactivity and shared experiences from the real world. Our online training courses are designed to create the optimum learning experience for the virtual environment. Our training is highly interactive; our tutors make regular use of whiteboard, annotate, polls and other types of interactive software to enhance the learning experience.
Face to Face
At In Professional Development, we ensure that your learning environment is one where you can get the most out of your study. The benefits of learning in a face to face environment means you have the opportunity to connect with, problem-solve, and network with other delegates from a wide range of backgrounds. In Professional Development deliver the most up to date and relevant solutions, to everyday real world problems for the working professionals.
In House Team Training
Our in-house service delivers tailored training solutions to assist businesses in achieving their goals. Unlike our open courses, our in-house offering provides completely customisable content that is built with your guidance to facilitate anything from large transformational projects to individual learner journeys.
Our dedicated bespoke account management team will work with you to ensure that the solution you and your business choose allows for the optimal learning experience.
Your In-House Training Options
- Off-the-shelf, existing programmes delivered privately for you and your team
- Part-tailored solutions using various elements of our existing programmes to create a unique programme aligned to your organisational needs
- Bespoke built programmes, created and designed entirely to meet your specific requirements and customised to your business’ goals
Why choose In Professional Development
Delivered training to over 10,000 organisations
92% of delegates rate our courses as 5 star
Created over 2,500 CMI registrations
Reviews
Average rating 5
Victoria is highly skilled and knowledgeable and used industry examples to demonstrate theory and practice.
Victoria delivered the course professionally but made it very enjoyable. The course was structure well and gave enough breaks to digest what had been delivered.
Expenses
- Virtual classroom: £2,100 + VAT
- Face to Face: £2,600 + VAT
- In-House Training: Price on Enquiry
Continuing Studies
This programme is run in partnership with Diversity Trust.
CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice
Following completion of the Women in Leadership Programme, learners can opt to continue their studies by completing a CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice. This qualification is designed for practising middle managers and leaders at operations, division, departmental or specialist level, who are typically accountable to a senior manager or business owner.
Learners are required to complete one 4,000-4,500 word written assignment. Units to be completed include:
- 702: Leading and Developing People to Optimise Performance
Benefits of completing the qualification include:
For learners:
- Enables learners to develop the professionalism to deliver impact and behave ethically.
- Enables learners to develop an in-depth understanding of how to effectively lead and develop people.
- Provides the opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to continual learning and development.
- Accredited management and leadership qualification and certificate on completion.
For organisations:
- Learners will build on their strategic management and leadership skills to focus on the requirements of embedding the organisation’s strategy.
- Provides skills and behaviours to drive core business activities.
- Delivers skills to optimise organisational performance through the effective leadership and development of people.
Learners also receive:
- Targeted tutorials run by our CMI-qualified tutors, to help learners complete the assignment writing phase.
- Dedicated support from the Quality Assurance Team here at In Professional Development, including regular CMI learner drop-in sessions.
- Access to a wealth of CMI online learning resources through their Management Direct website.
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In Professional Development
In Professional Development are a professional training provider offering a wide range of professional development courses, on an accredited or non-accredited basis. Our course portfolio ranges from 1 to 5-day courses. We work with a range of partners to ensure...
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