Authenticity in Action Female Leadership and Power

Authenticity in Action Female Leadership and Power

From research, it is clear that women face a number of disadvantages in trying to reach senior executive positions. From a gender and leadership perspective, the program focuses on identifying behavioural patterns and unconscious biases, which sometimes are powerful, yet invisible, barriers to women’s advancement: How do these biases affect their development as leaders, and what can they do to work around them?

Accelerate your career

From research, it is clear that women face a number of disadvantages in trying to reach senior executive positions. That is why CBS Executive Summer School offers a leadership course custom-made for women.

Primarily, the program is designed to power up and inspire leading women for greater success in current assignments and to manoeuvre their career in the desired direction by addressing contemporary challenges women are facing when transitioning to a higher management level.

Content

From a gender and leadership perspective, the program focuses on identifying behavioural patterns and unconscious biases, which sometimes are powerful, yet invisible, barriers to women’s advancement: How do these biases affect their development as leaders, and what can they do to work around them?

Secondly, the focus is on the power dynamics in organisations with the purpose of inspiring the participants to navigate in their organisations, thus enhancing their business influence.

The third main theme is authentic leadership. The participants are offered a practical toolbox to strengthen their personal leadership impact when being in the spotlight. All participants will receive highly impactful tools for strengthening their authentic communication.

Key benefits

• By integrating research with the participants’ personal experiences, you will obtain a clearer understanding of the challenges which female leaders are facing when taking up senior positions

• Explore elements that will support you in your daily leadership practice, e.g. assertiveness and negotiation tactics

• Acquire tools which enable you to enhance your power and influence

• Strengthen your impact by being aware of your leadership styles

• Authentic and inspiring communication (training)

• An opportunity to step back and address your personal challenges and strengths in a safe environment of peers, that encourages personal reflection and growth