Smashing YOUR glass ceiling for career success - now recruiting for Jan 2012 intake

1. Women’s Leadership
Programme
Smashing YOUR glass ceiling for career success
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2. Women’s Leadership Programme
Smashing YOUR glass ceiling for career success
Who is the programme for?
The course is recommended for females working just below the senior
corporate level who have been identified as having the potential to be
future leaders in their organisations.
The development programme is for women who wish to grow their
confidence and overcome the barriers holding them back from realising
their career potential.
Course overview
Despite the increase in female representation at senior level in business,
women continue to face a whole host of challenges as they work towards
leadership roles within their organisations. These challenges often include
feelings of guilt holding back their careers as they juggle work and home
life, a lack of confidence and self-esteem getting in the way of achieving
desired career goals or finding their voice in a male dominated
environment. The 4-day Women’s Leadership programme provides
participants with the knowledge, skills and mind-set to develop successful
strategies that will enable them to realise their full career potential.
Course benefits
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
• Better handle some of the specific challenges facing women in
leadership roles
• Recognise self-limiting behaviours and attitudes and act with more
confidence and self-belief
• Draw upon feedback gained to increase their presence and impact at
work
• Assert themselves and lead others more effectively
• Articulate a compelling vision for their own career development
• Create support mechanisms to sustain progress beyond the course
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3. Benefits to your organisation
By the end of the programme, organisations will benefit from an employee
who is:
• More engaged
• More impactful
• In touch with their ambitions and committed to an action plan to
achieve career success
• More self-aware and aware of their leadership potential
Programme content
DAY 1
• Introductions and contracting to work together
• What you can expect from Pearls membership
• What are the biggest challenges for women in leadership?
• Emotional Intelligence & Leadership styles: Goleman’s New Leaders
• A coaching approach to leadership
DAY 2
• Using creative approaches to identify own personal career goals and
internal blocks to achieving these
• Development of own vision & creating a picture of a desirable future
• Development of individualised plan
• Co-coaching sessions focusing on workshop material
Coaching session for each delegate between workshop 1 & 2 with a course
tutor to work further on their individual career plans.
DAY 3
• Authentic Leadership: bringing who you are into what you do
• Creative tension: being true to yourself and true to the organisation
• Leadership presence: What kind of presence do you have? Widening
your range and flexing your style
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4. DAY 4
• Where and what next?
• Building your support network
• Co-coaching sessions focused on where next
• Review of the programme
Methods of learning
As well as theoretical input, the programme is highly participative and
includes experiential learning, facilitated debates and group discussions,
creative techniques including visualisation, small group work and coach
practice feedback sessions. Participants receive a coaching session with a
course tutor between workshop 1 and 2 to work on their personal career
plan. In partnership with An Inspirational Journey, delegates will receive a
year’s membership of ‘The Pearls’ (subject to approval), please see below
for details.
The Pearls & Calendar of events
The Pearls offers bespoke support, direction and guidance and is delivered
in two ways, online and offline.
The online support involves the use of an exclusive member’s only website
that includes: a forum where member’s can interact with fellow Pearls, links
to relevant and interesting reports and press releases, profiles and advice
from leading male and female role models.
The offline support is delivered through bespoke 1-day events spread
across the UK which are led by leading speakers and role models from
business, politics, academia and the media.
As part of the women’s leadership programme, you will receive
membership of The Pearls for one year which includes admission to up to
three events. The September 2012 - June 2013 calendar of events is as
follows:
• Work Life Balance - 16th January 2013, Yorkshire
• Communication & Conflict - 6th February 2013, Birmingham
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5. • Authentic Leadership through Storytelling - 13th March 2013, Edinburgh
• Understanding & Utilizing your Strengths - 17th April 2013, Manchester
• Developing Personal Resilience – 15th May 2013, London
• Self Confidence & Stepping Up – 26th June 2013, Yorkshire
• Personal Brand and Reputation – 11th September 2013, Edinburgh
• Mindsets/Unconscious Bias – 16th October 2013, Birmingham
• Being a Role-Model – 13th November 2013, Manchester
For further information, please visit www.the-pearls.com.
Dates and programme details
Workshop 1: 16th / 17th January 2013
Coaching sessions between workshop 1 and 2 will take place on the 5th /
22nd February
Workshop 2: 7th / 8th March
Programme tutors:
Pauline Clare
Sarah Willis
Jenny Stacey
Price:
The cost of the programme is £1,750 + vat, which includes 12 months
membership of The Pearls. For existing members of The Pearls, the cost of
the programme is £1,250 + vat.
Register your interest
To find out more about this programme or to register your interest, please
contact Helen Houman at PB Coaching.
Email: Helen.houman@pbcoaching.com
Phone: 0113 3882810 / 07515529299
Website: www.pbcoaching.com
Coaching premises: 3 Albion Place, Leeds, LS1 6JL
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