Women at every level of an organization can be strong leaders—bringing essential skills like team leadership, strategic thinking and business acumen to their roles. To flourish as a leader, a woman needs not only the skills to lead, but a dynamic voice that can be heard and followed. This unique 2-day program will provide you with the knowledge and tools to present yourself as a present and future leader, and to speak up and create value for your organization no matter what your role is. You’ll go beyond the fundamentals of communication and assertiveness skills and explore vision, negotiation and strategy—as well as powerful techniques to enable you to find your leadership voice and lead with courage and conviction.
First, the course will focus on self-awareness and effectively leading yourself. Next, your focus will shift to leading others and presenting yourself as someone who creates and adds value.
Upon completing this unique course, you’ll receive a special AMA Women’s Leadership Certificate, indicating that you’ve received in-person, hands-on training in leadership areas that are crucial for women who lead in business.
Added bonus: You’ll also receive an exclusive AMA certificate in recognition of your completion of this program.
Who Should Attend
Professional women at all levels who wish to take on a leadership role, advance their careers, or build leadership competencies to contribute more to their teams and organizations.
How You Will Benefit
- Recognize leadership as a specific way of thinking that combines business acumen, vision and introspection
- Explore crucial leadership skills organizations demand
- Find your true, dynamic voice as a leader and shape an authentic leadership message
- Overcome preconceived notions that can sabotage women in business
- Present yourself as someone who adds value to the organization
- Increase your confidence and get comfortable with risk taking
What You Will Cover
Learning Objectives
- Recognize Leadership as a Specific Way of Thinking That Combines Business Acumen, Vision, and Introspection
- Explore the Crucial Leadership Skills Organizations Demand
- Find Your True, Dynamic Voice as a Leader and Shape an Authentic Leadership Message
- Overcome Preconceived Notions That Can Sabotage Women in Business
- Present Yourself As Someone Who Adds Value to the Organization
- Increase Your Confidence and Be Comfortable with Risk Taking
The Importance of Women Leading
- Define Leadership and How It Differs from Management
- Understand That You Create a Competitive Edge in Your Organization
- Describe Courage and Conviction to Speak Up, Advocate for Your Team, and Create Value for Your Organization
- Understand the Four Domains of Successful Leadership
Our Leadership Voice
- Describe the Components of a Compelling Leadership Voice
- Understand Your Authentic Voice as a Leader and How to Communicate it with Conviction
- Demonstrate When and How to Adjust Your Voice to Effectively Inspire Results
- Overcome Biases to Your Leadership Voice
- Understand the Importance of Role Modeling and Creating a Feedback Culture
How to Craft a Compelling Message
- Apply a Simple Methodology to Craft Your Ideas Quickly and Powerfully
- Understand How to Communicate Your Desired Outcomes to Different Audiences
- Explain Your Ideas Courageously While Being Clear and Concise
- Describe a Compelling Business Case That Stands Out to Various Stakeholders
Communicating the Strategic Direction
- Define Strategic Direction and Its Importance to Daily Work
- Communicate a Strategic Direction with Passion, Courage, and Conviction
- Describe Messages Leaders Use to Set Strategy and Align Resources to Achieve Results
Creating Highly Valued Successful Teams
- Identify Your Strategic Network and How to Improve It
- Describe Organizational Politics
- Understand the Four Keys to Successfully Navigating Organizational Politics for Your Career and Your Teams
- Decide What Supports Movement from Individual Contributors to Highly Successful Team Players, and What Creates a High-Performance Environment
- Align Your Team to the Bottom Line and Know How They Create Value
Becoming a Strategic Leader That Innovates Value
- Define Strategy from an Organizational View
- Identify the Five Key Questions Strategic Leaders Ask Regularly
- Determine Future Needs Using SWOT for Risk Analysis
- Create a Value Proposition Based on Customers’ Needs, Wants, and Expectations
- Understand How to Inspire Innovation
The Leader As Negotiator
- Determine What You Can Negotiate
- Assess Your Dominant Negotiation Style and How It Aligns with Your Leadership Voice
- Discern When Another Negotiation Style Is Necessary and Have the Conviction to Use It
- Understand the Four-Step Process for Successful Negotiation
Reviews:
★★★★★
"well guided course"
this was a very well guided course. A plethora of information that will help you in your organization dynamics.
Lisa H.
1/26/2021
★★★★★
"excellent instructor"
Jacqueline is an excellent instructor. Even though this was a virtual seminar and we were not on the Zoom platform, she was able to conduct the class in a manner that made you feel as if you were in a classroom. She is very knowledgeable about the subject matter. She was very effective and engaging.
Tessa A.
3/30/2021
★★★★★
"internactive experience"
The facilitators did an excellent job at including all participants and providing an interactive experience, despite being an online seminar.
Donna B.
7/1/2020
★★★★★
"impressed"
I was looking forward to attending this training face to face for a while. However, I was still impressed with the level of engagement that the online training incorporated.
Aricka C.
6/29/2020
★★★★★
"instructor was excellent"
Found a lot of benefit in this training and the instructor was very excellent. She was knowledgeable about the topics and very engaging.
Sierra M.
6/24/2020
★★★★☆
"plenty of useful information"
plenty of useful information to implement into my job
Jodi O.
2/10/2021
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.