The Strategic Women in Leadership Programme
The Strategic Women in Leadership Programme - 5 Days
(Last Series for 2011)
Leading in a transforming and diverse society
Dates: 15 16 22 23 29 November 2011
Endorsed by the Business Women’s Association.
During these challenging times, when business is changing on all fronts, it is imperative for businesses to develop new leaders, to assist them in realising their potential, both for their company's success, and for the future of leadership in South Africa. The STRATEGIC WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME has been run at Wits Business School and Milpark Business School The programme has been designed specifically to assist women in management positions to better manage, lead and gain leverage within their organisations.
The programme’s unique educational environment is both powerful and inspirational because it operates on several different levels. As an analytical experience; the focus is on learning innovative leadership competencies. On a developmental level, the result is transformational, as participants step back and reflect on what key issues mean to them as individuals and professionals. The experience is also creative, with participants exchanging personal experiences and insights. Equally significant is the strong connective component. A supportive and energised setting promotes peer-to-peer learning through ongoing interchange amongst accomplished female executives.
The program consistently achieves an average delegate rating of 97%.
COURSE OUTLINE & KEY FACILITATORS:
Thinking Strategically in a Global Business Context
Mark Peters - Director - Executive Education
Wits Business School
Strategic Career Management
Italia Boninelli - Senior Vice-President HR
Anglogold Ashanti
Personal Mastery for Leaders in a Diverse and Transitional society
Dr Renate Volpe - CEO
Dr R Volpe Leadership Consulting
Negotiation intelligence
Dr Renate Volpe - CEO
Dr R Volpe Leadership Consulting
Political Acumen in the World of Work
Dr Renate Volpe - CEO
Dr R Volpe Leadership Consulting
Fashion Fundamentals: Core essentials for every wardrobe
TBA
Personal Branding for visibility and credibility in your organization
Linda van der Colff – Global Head of Leadership and Learning
Standard Bank
Media and Boardroom Presentations
Les Aupias - Write Angles
(Former Producer of Carte Blanche)
Guest presentations by:
Christine Stent-Pinha
Nutritionist & Professional Speaker
Mike Lacey-Smith
Free to Live
CEO & Professional Speaker
Derek McGowan
Financial independence - Build your asset base
Financial consultant
Susan Potgieter
SABRIC
COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS
The programme is very informative. I learnt a lot from it, and realised that I still have much more to learn on a daily basis. I come out of this programme wiser, matured, much more professional than I was a couple of month ago when I left the corporate world.
Zine Nkukwana – Ikamva HR – BWASA - Chair Person
I had the pleasure of attending one leadership course. It changed my life! Renate’s personal experiences and challenges in the workplace that continue to face women every day were shared and provided valuable insight into myself as a worker and as a woman. The week long programme was upbeat, professional and pertinent. I highly recommend it. Lynda Bleazard - Netcare
"My experience of this process was profoundly liberating. The catalyst for my personal journey was Renate's uncanny intuition with regards to my unique learning points. With absolute respect and gentleness she brings you to the precipice of knowledge and helps to take the leap of faith required for you to move forward in your development. This is a learning experience unrivalled in the market today. "Yvette Montalbano - AMBUSAVE - DIRECTOR
This programme is empowering, stimulating and interactive at a personal and professional level. I have derived great value in all the sessions and I now have access to an amazing network of women at the same level as myself. I recommend this to every woman who wants to take her career to the next level" Phumzile Maseko, Director, National Treasury
I never thought a 5 day course could empower one in the way this course has done for me. I have made little changes in my life .The facilitators are brilliant, the people are authentic. The environment was so relaxing I didn't need to be anyone other than myself!
Eugene Makgale, Operations Manager, Rand Water
YOU WILL LEAVE THIS COURSE WITH:
* Leadership skills and strategies required to assume senior management positions.
* An ability to think strategically and enhance your risk profile.
* A personal mastery and branding strategy which will enable female participants to shatter their own glass ceilings.
* Access to coaching and mentoring which is essential for female leaders personal and professional growth.
* A valuable business network of other senior women
* Enhanced personal confidence and competence
TWO COACHING SESSIONS INCLUDED
Traditionally people leave executive development programmes feeling invigorated, but find it difficult to sustain this in the business environment. The STRATEGIC WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMEaddresses this issue by including a coaching component as part of the core course content. Each delegate will have access to various coaches in fields such as strategy, finance, leadership and people management.
STRATEGIC WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP COURSE CONTENT
STRATEGIC THINKING IN A GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Many emerging leaders have focused their career in one industry and have worked their way up the ladder through the ranks. The result has been an excellent understanding of how their industry works, but with little understanding of where it fits in the global environment.
Outcomes
.Engage with strategy tools that assist in fostering innovation
.Apply models to identify and prioritise the key opportunities to take your organisation into the future
.Develop future scenarios
.Review and update your organisation's vision and strategic intent
.Be able to develop operational strategies to realise your organisation's vision
.Understand ways to manage and measure organisation change
BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT YOUR CAREER
This module is designed to focus women's attention on their career, what stage of their career they are in, and how to develop a long-term career plan which will ensure they achieve their latent potential. In other words it equips them to break through the "glass ceiling"!
·An understanding of the competencies required at the executive level;
·An ability to differentiate the inward and operational focus of the level 3 manager vs. the strategic view of the level 5 executive;
·An ability to identify the strategic elements of business problems at the executive level and apply the appropriate leadership and management strategies to address these strategic issues.
Practical skills will also be gained in:
· Environmental scanning;
· Redefining stakeholders;
· The importance of picking the right lieutenants
PERSONAL MASTERY FOR LEADERS
Maximise your personal power by focusing on your unique individuality
· Eliminate self-sabotage and replace self sacrifice with self development
· Extend your boundaries, manage ambivalence and master multiple roles
· Harness your full potential through conscious attitude management
· Become emotionally literate by facing your fear, managing your anger and eroding the guilt.
· Understand the source of femininity and align yourself powerfully, with a changing world
MEDIA AND BOARDROOM PRESENTATION SKILLS
Achieve respect and maximize impact through powerful communication skills.
· Enhance and strengthen your communications skills.
· Position and present your ideas in a credible manner.
· Understand how the media think and achieve your set objectives
· Present with authority, authenticity
PERSONAL BRANDING
A personal brand is a promise of what an individual delivers in the work they perform.
Well established marketing brands eg. Coke or Levis are reliable and consistent, yet also reinvent themselves regularly. People need to adapt these same branding strategies to themselves, constantly updating their skills and capabilities to adjust to the changing business environment. Branding oneself is often difficult for women because they have a natural tendency to want to blend in and not stand out in any way. A well developed personal brand ensures that an individual's visibility and exposure are maximised in the corporate world.
The aim of this module is to provide emerging women leaders with:
· The ability to develop their own personal branding strategy.
· Understand the value of building ones brand.
· The branding tools to raise their visibility and credibility
NEGOTIATION COMPETENCE
Many women suffer from an inability to "ask" for what they want. Some feel uncomfortable discussing financial issues for example, and requesting what they want in an effective manner.
This module is designed to show the female manager that everything is negotiable! This will be done though simulated excercises which are aimed at:
· Showing how to plan a negotiation strategy and determine the desired outcome.
· How to focus on interests (i.e. the desired outcome) and not the personal side of things such as people or position.
· Determining the climate of negotiation.
· Identifying the types of negotiations.
· Identifying the negotiation phases.
· Learning to prepare and bargain.
· Understanding positions of power and leverage.
· Understanding human dynamics.
POLITICAL ACUMEN IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
A non-political corporate environment would be a very rare find. Unfortunately playing politics can be both time consuming and demoralizing.
This module will:
· Give the female manager an understanding of the dynamics of competing agendas.
· Differentiate between power and politics and influence.
· Identify the rules so that you can understand and manage the game.
· Assist in using corporate politics to benefit your performance and your career
NETWORKING COMPETENCE
In effect this module provides women with the skills to ‘ make their connections count’.
The aims of the module are to
·Provide an understanding the power and necessity of networking.
·Provide a format to evaluate the female manager's personal and professional networking philosophy and resource base.
·Learn the how-to of effective networking to forge alliances with key stakeholders within the organisation and externally in industry.
·Develop a complete Networking strategy
·Expand your business network
FEE FOR THE PROGRAMME:
The fee of R16 000 -00 (Excl VAT) i.e (R3200 per day / per delegate) includes tuition, instruction materials, two individual coaching sessions, lunches and refreshments.
Programme pack includes the book by Dr Renate Volpe:
* Lessons from the school of hard knocks
* and the Career Kit which consists of seven sets user friendly prompt cards in the following areas:
1. Leadership lights
2. Personal Mastery
3. Networking tips
4. Self esteem nuggets
5. Assertive living
6. Corporate political intelligence
7. Negotiation intelligence
PROGRAMME DETAILS
Registration: 8.00am for 8.30am - 16.30pm
Venue: Regenesys Business School, Pybus Street, Sandton, Johannesburg.
Call Maggie for Group Discount
We also do in-house programmes for a minimum of 15 people
FOR BOOKINGS AND MORE INFORMATION CALL OR EMAIL MAGGIE:
011 455 0769/076 494 9704 Maggie@drrenatevolpe.co.za
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