Leadership for Women

Course Objectives

Key Learning Outcomes

• Identify your own leadership style
• Acquire characteristics and competencies of a successful leader to fuse into your style
• Achieve an assertive, persuasive response style without aggression
• Create an image of authority and increase your influential capacities
• Delegate while empowering peers to achieve corporate goals
• Confidently and effectively coach, mentor and lead high performance teams
• Understand male leadership styles and use to your advantage
• Create your own opportunities to direct and advance your career by:
  > Developing specific communication skills to influence senior management
  > Projecting professional presence and influence through image and personal style
  > Capitalising on networks
• Negotiation that fosters cooperation while building professionalism and respect

"Very engaging, very flexible in dealing with issues as they came up. Very knowledgeable and expert. Varied activities and learning styles"
General Counsel, SBS

"Isabel has vast experience and is very warm and open about sharing with all of us on the course, I found her to be inspiring and engaging in all activities and enjoyed the interaction with other professional women"
Operational Risk Manager, HBOSA

About the Course

Women aspiring to leadership positions face particular challenges.

They often have to actively seek leadership opportunities and face more rigorous tests to determine their suitability for promotion.

To be able to create your own opportunities it is vital that you identify and acquire the characteristics and competencies of an effective leader and fuse these into your own personal style.

This practical and interactive course is unique because it’s as much about learning tools and techniques as it is about sharing key challenges and specific concerns, and receiving feedback and support with others in similar predicaments.

You will learn to effectively deal with the pervasive and increasing rate of change and identify opportunities arising from this.

By accurately assessing your skill base and combining it with tools, techniques and discussion you will discover how you can capitalise on your strengths to achieve your personal and organisational goals.

Who Should Attend

This course has been designed for all professionals who communicate with internal and external stakeholders. Anyone who wishes to enhance their personal profile, increase their communication and interpersonal interactions and raise their level of confidence in the workplace will benefit from this interactive training course.

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