Women in Management

Women in Management

Duration: 4 days

Course Overview

This course is taught by an experienced International female leadership coach, who provides women with the knowledge and attitude to overcome barriers and help develop winning strategies.  Using leading edge research, theories and models, delegates will learn practical approaches to managing self and others.

This course supports women, to develop their credibility and thinking as a female manager about power, impression management, ambition and career success.  It enhances their skills, knowledge and most importantly their confidence to lead and manage people in diverse organisations.  It is for women that aspire to be successful leaders that wish to motivate others to succeed.

Who is it for

In today’s competitive and demanding business climate, good leadership is crucial to success; this five day course is designed for:

  • Aspiring women or those who are new to management
  • Women who want to excel in any management role
  • Women team leaders, assistant managers and heads of department
  • Women in any consultation role

This course covers the following skills and knowledge input:

  • Managing versus leading – the skills to do both
  • Making change happen using assertive communication
  • Inspire and motivate a team to get amazing results
  • Managing the individuals performance
  • Give positive feedback to improve performance
  • Empower individuals to support the teams objectives
  • Managing disagreements and resolving issues
  • Career planning and making change happen
  • Creative problem solving and critical thinking
  • Implement solutions on how to deal with stress and the confliction demands of work life balance

Training Methods

This is a participative course with the opportunity to really practice the tools and techniques covered over the five days.  Each day attendees will peer assess and evaluate their learning by action planning how they will implement their ideas.

Training will incorporate the following:

  • Interactive exercises
    • individual & pair work
    • team exercises
    • Case Studies & scenarios
    • Practical examples and facilitated discussions
    • Examples of international females in leadership positions
    • DVD / Video examples of good and bad leadership
    • Self-assessment questionnaires

What will I get from attending this course?

You will walk away with confidence in your role as a woman leader and manager in business.  With your management toolkit you will have a variety of tools and techniques at your fingertips to use at work when managing challenging situations.

  • A clear understanding of the challenges facing women in business
  • Help on how to manage people in an organisation where gender is probably a challenge.
  • Inspirational management skills including Emotional Intelligence (EI), coaching, delegation, dealing with conflict and achieving results through people.
  • Confidence in your leadership ability to inspire and motivate individuals and teams.
  • Ability to manage performance particularly poor and excellent performers.
  • Flexibility in management and leadership style to manage a range of situations and personalities.
  • Have the skills to influence and make change happen within the organisation.
  • Developed and heightened your EI to deal with others effectively.
  • Feedback on your leadership and influencing style