EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR WOMEN

EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP
FOR WOMEN
Every woman in leadership has her unique story. Many of their
stories are left unrealised as they hit the ceiling and subsequently
experience limits to their Leadership.
This workshop focuses on developing exceptional leadership skills
and knowledge to take women to the next level in their career.
Created for women who are in leadership, this workshop will
look at a more in depth and systematic understanding of women
in leadership.
The workshop will focus on three critical, research-based areas
for leadership growth:
• Intelligent leadership that enables women to succeed in their
capacity as leaders
• ‘Insightful directorship’ that unpacks the transferable
skills and knowledge required for women as board members
with influence
Insightful directorship: Senior executives and high-potential
talent bring, in many ways, a set of capabilities and perspectives
gained from a track record in organisations. Potential c-suite
committee members or non-executive directors require much more
to contribute at this level. Processes, perspectives and dynamics
differ significantly from day-to-day management. The shift involves
moving from execution to oversight and from operational tactics
to strategic foresight. Thought and focus are required to build the
case for a seat at the table. Planning for the next level can be a rich
learning experience giving new insight into what it means to be an
adaptive leader. At the end of this session you will be able to identify
the five key transferrable skills for the next level of leadership
whether it be an executive committee or board role. You will also
know the nine questions to ask to stress test whether you will get
that next promotion.
You will develop insightful directorship by:
• Entrepreneurial leadership that shows you how to optimise
opportunities for social impact.
• expanding your knowledge of what nominations committees
look for
Intelligent leadership: This session will help you ‘read’ your
organisational context and the implications for female leaders.
Drawing on the Gender Intelligence Model, this session focuses
on organisational factors and how these influence your capacity
to lead. Once you can ‘read’ your organisation and how women in
leadership fare, you can then make strategic decisions about taking
your leadership to the next level. Focussing on decision making, as a
key factor in leadership capacity, you will be encouraged to discuss
and develop a repertoire of leadership responses based on given
case studies and your own workplace scenario.
• identifying the adaptive leadership skills and strategic thinking
necessary for executive leadership
This interactive session will encourage you to develop your own
leadership talent by:
• enhancing your awareness of gender intelligence and how this
influences your leadership
• identifying roadblocks to leadership in your organisation and
how they can be navigated
• employing a range of decision making approaches as a key
component of building leadership capacity.
• stress testing your readiness for next level of leadership.
Entrepreneurial leadership: It is said that an entrepreneur is
someone who invests in and manages business enterprise with
considerable initiative while simultaneously acknowledging
risk. Thought leadership is dependent on entrepreneurs
who act on seizing opportunities in the face of inherent risk,
pushing boundaries and paving the way for those to follow.
Women have not traditionally been encouraged to take risks;
now is the time for change. Enterprises require an idea, a vision,
and a holistic approach to identifying opportunity. Using case
studies and workshopping ideas, we will seize and act in this
executive training session nurturing the inner entrepreneur.
You will develop and nurture your entrepreneurial thinking by:
• identifying opportunities for growth and empowerment
both in your current work and with the group
• developing partnerships and networks that sustain your
inner entrepreneur
• creating actions that develop your inner entrepreneur
EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR WOMEN
DR ATHENA VONGALIS-MACROW
Dr Athena Vongalis-Macrow is Director of Educational Management and Leadership Program at Deakin University and has extensive experience
in delivering leadership education nationally and internationally. Her work specifically focus on what is needed to enable talented women
to lead. Her research has been published in academic journals, books, as well as in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes and Business Insider,
US NEWS. Her passion is in preparing women for dynamic leadership so they can be the change makers in their fields. Her work is focussed on
empowering a diversity of women’s leadership within a context of change and challenge. She draws on the most current research and learnings
about women in leadership to inform and inspire women to be the best leader they can be. Her work has been referenced extensively including,
Women Criminal Defence Attorneys, Women in Communications Network (NY), Women in Technology (DELL), and Global Banking Alliance
for Women.
DR SHEILA NGUYEN
Dr Sheila Nguyen is the Director of the #3 globally ranked Sport Management Postgraduate Program at Deakin University (Melbourne,
Australia). Sheila has a PhD in Sport Management from Florida State University (USA), specialising in corporate social orientation and
stakeholder management with ongoing research interests including corporate social responsibility, environmental responsibility,
measurement and research design. She has had experience working with licensing/marketing (PGA Tour, USA), corporate consulting
(William Morris Agency, Beverly Hills, USA), and she worked as part of the broadcasting team at the 2010 Asian Games (Guangzhou, China)
with clients such as NHK, Al-Jazeera, KBS, and CCTV. Sheila is a member of Baseball Victoria’s Board of Directors and is part of the Committee
for Melbourne business leadership program. She is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Associate certified
(since 2011), and passionately advocates for environmental leadership within the sport industry and its communities, as Executive Director
of the Sports Environment Alliance (SEA).
DIANNE JACOBS
Dianne Jacobs is the Founding Principal of The Talent Advisors and has a keen interest in executive impact. Having worked at senior executive
levels, including as a partner at Goldman Sachs JBWere, she has a real understanding of talented executives, how they think, achieve success
and which actions are needed to take performance to the next level in complex, networked and demanding businesses. Her consultancy—
The Talent Advisors—works with a range of corporate and individual clients to improve executive capability, shift managerial performance,
develop board readiness and succeed in transitioning to new roles. As an advisor, coach and consultant, Dianne’s passion is to enable
talented executives to have greater control over their career roadmap and be more competitive in the promotion stakes. She is a member
of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and sits on the Melbourne Business School coaching panel. Her articles on leadership and
non‑executive directorships have appeared in leading publications such as Boardroom Report, Company Director, Ivey Business Journal
and Business Spectator.
Date:
Monday, 20 April 2015
Time:
8.45 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Venue: DeakinPrime, Level 3, 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne 3000
Costs:
Cost per person: $895.00 (+ GST)
RSVP:http://deakinprime.com/news-and-publications/events/
CONTACT US
DeakinPrime
Level 3, 550 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
t 03 9918 9000
einfo@deakinprime.com
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