Leadership For Women

Leadership is not a natural trait, something inherited like the color of eyes or hair . . . Leadership is a skill that can be studied, learned, and perfected by practice

womenThe Noncoms Guide. The Lausanne Institute is often asked if the content of a leadership course for women should differ from one intended for men or men and women.  While the general content shouldn't vary, the approaches to solving a problem, the input of the decision making process, do require an awareness in the understanding of different Interpersonal Skills and Emotional Competency.

It is necessary and important to recognize different cultural mores and styles that women may employ to facilitate change and bring it into alignment with an organization's goals.  The employees call for greater workplace participation, the directives issued to implement teamwork, leadership, and other leadership related issues my look and sound different if coming from a woman.  The secret is not to replace single-leader modes, but to integrate the two to raise the productivity bar.

This course is a refreshing approach to women's role in the Leadership Process.  It is designed to bring about a Team Spirit that transforms people into leaders able to articulate the vision and successfully implement it.

Duration:

1 Day

Objectives:

  • After successfully completing this course, the attendee should be able to:
  • Recognize that less direct leadership styles are highly effective
  • Identify some differences between male and female leadership styles
  • Leverage their personal styles to maximize productivity

Content:

  • How to effectively deal with complex interpersonal relationships
  • Understanding that trust is the Key and how to build it
  • Review Update of the "Mommy Track" and the "Glass Ceiling"
  • Developing Emotional Competency-Ethics-Values
  • What is the research, and are the barriers to relationships between men and women as they relate to the world of Government or the Private Sector?
  • The importance of Empathy in Leadership
  • Taking past and current issues and offering a process that brings those issues into the open and dealing with them in a satisfactory manner
  • Disciplines required by leadership (individuals and teams)
  • Leadership that makes people innovative
  • Creating a work environment where subordinates do their best-Helping people grow and/or develop
  • Managing conflict
  • Understanding the behaviors of assertiveness, aggressiveness and submissiveness and its relationship to Leadership
  • Resolving problems that women may or may not face in order to acquire and be recognized as Leaders

Methods:

The Lausanne Institute is committed to the application of classroom learning to the workplace setting. We employ a variety of instructional training methods to assure skills transfer. These include:

  • Group Dynamics
  • Guided Conferences
  • Simulations
  • Case Studies
  • Lecturettes
  • Skill Practice Exercises