 Premise >
The ability to quickly establish rapport and trust within a team is a key characteristic of influential leaders. To do so authentically requires a balance between a confident sense of self and a willingness to be vulnerable.
Concept >
Embracing the value one brings to the table is imperative to fully actualizing potential. Also, establishing trust and rapport between participants is critical to the success of A Seat at the Table. This session is intended to do both. By sharing positive aspects of themselves and their lives through exercises that will surprise and delight the participants, everyone will walk away feeling good about themselves and appreciating everyone in the group.
Learning Objectives/Takeaways >
• An appreciation for the unique contribution each participant brings to the table.
• Awareness and increased acceptance of your own patterns of success.
• A methodology to facilitate future decision-making and to create even more success
in the future.
• Assess individual historical communication models and how they impact choices and behavior.
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 Creating a vision, a mission and a plan for your future to achieve your goals.
Premise >
You are an acknowledged professional, with a resume that demonstrates that you have made a difference in your profession. Your days are filled with high energy, the search for right solutions to never-ending challenges, and nonstop meetings with people demanding your attention. It is time to strategize your personal vision for your career and it is imperative that you make the right choices.
Concept >
An interactive seminar to help women get in touch with their natural gifts and skills in order to develop strategies to uncover new career paths and professional possibilities for a more fulfilling life.
Learning Objectives/Takeaways >
• A clear vision for your future
• A mission of what you want to do and accomplish
• A game plan that utilizes your relationships to achieve your goals Back to Top
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Most people shy away from addressing conflict in a positive manner. Appearing unflappable, calm and reasonable is tantamount when you are occupying a power position.
Concept >
Learning to address and eventually enjoy the challenge of adversity, and the resulting outcome, is an important life skill. First, we must understand our responses, psychological and behavioral, that have been developed in the face of conflict. This can be accomplished by exploring our history and how it affects us.
Learning Objectives/Takeaways >
• Explore the negative impact of conflict in work-related situations.
• Develop techniques for successful resolution of issues.
• Identify the historical models that have impacted your life.
• Learn cognitive responses to these images.
• Understanding successful behaviors for dealing with adversity.
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 Premise >
Who / how you “are” is the primary source of your power and distinction as a leader. Others may be equally intelligent or have similar experience / expertise in an industry or domain, but it is how you interact with others, the presence you have, the way you coordinate with others, the mood you are, the dignity you embody, etc. that people read and respond to.
Concept >
Who / how we “are” lives in our bodies; our physical, mental and emotional bodies, not just our heads. It's one thing to know you need to be able to stand toe to toe with the senior partner, board or CEO; it's another thing to be able to do it effectively in a way that produces the result you intend.
Learning Objectives/Takeaways >
• The distinction of leadership presence and the process for developing it
• The ability to come back to center more quickly in times of challenge, change and/or transition
• Awareness of ones conditioned tendency (mental, physical, emotional) under pressure and the practice of re-centering
• Learn how to show up authentically and be present fully.
• The importance and process for managing mood inside of organizations
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 Communicating at the highest levels
Premise >
At the Senior Management level, leaders are expected to – and must – communicate in a visionary fashion.
Concept >
Communication is the single most important factor in determining a woman’s success in her career; however, it is also the most underdeveloped skill of women in the workforce. Presentations that communicate ideas are effective when individuals think like a leader, act like a leader, project authority, and create confidence within the group. Only then can presenters truly communicate their vision and influence the actions of key audiences. Like all executive skills, communicating as a leader takes awareness and practice.
Learning Objectives/Takeaways >
• Learn interactive communication skills that establish leadership, regardless of audience size and whether in formal or informal settings.
• Learn how to build confidence and presence through communication.
• Learn techniques to convey ideas, energy, passion and vision.
• Develop a signature style to project confidence and presence. Back to Top
 Communicating at the highest levels
Premise >
At the Senior Management level, leaders are expected to† and must† communicate in a visionary fashion.
Concept >
Communication is the single most important factor in determining a woman’s success in her career; however, it is also the most underdeveloped skill of women in the workforce. Presentations that communicate ideas are effective when individuals think like a leader, act like a leader, project authority, and create confidence within the group. Only then can presenters truly communicate their vision and influence the actions of key audiences. Like all executive skills, communicating as a leader takes awareness and practice.
Learning Objectives/Takeaways >
• Learn interactive communication skills that establish leade Back to Top
 Identifying personal values and integrating them into our lives
Premise >
There is no such thing as balance; it’s all about what we value.
Concept >
Now that we acknowledge that we all live in a post-superwoman world, what’s next? How about balance, as defined by the need to ascertain and meet our most important priorities first. With unresolved conflict leading to stress in our busy lives, it becomes necessary to allow for an “ebb and flow” in accessibility to less important activities and people. Maintaining a broader life perspective and seeing things as part of a continuum can help define what our priorities really are.
Learning Objectives/Takeaways >
• Explore priorities based on needs and values as opposed to those thrust upon us by history and expectations.
• Discuss the concept of balance from a physical, psychological and societal perspective.
• Learn methodologies and a plan for promoting satisfaction in meeting priorities both personal and in the workplace. Back to Top
 Leaving your very specific impression on others
Premise >
Just as companies and organizations are brands, people are brands too. Understanding how to uncover your brand qualities and project yourself will make a difference in your success, both personally and professionally.
Concept >
The best brands display consistent characteristics and create authentic relationships with their customers. An experience with a good brand is powerful and leaves people wanting more. There is trust and confidence in the relationship and excitement in the offering. In a business environment, having a clear sense of who you are and your personal vision is the first step toward creating your personal brand. By defining your own brand, you will remain true to your core values while meeting the needs of your customers and associates, eliciting confidence and trust and becoming someone people will admire.
Learning Objectives/Takeaways >
• Learn the characteristics of successful brands in business and why they appeal to customers.
• Discover your unique brand qualities—those that will set you apart and insure that you are memorable.
• Write your own brand brief which will set the foundation for your brand path.
• Tackle the realities of business protocol and etiquette.
• Learn how to project your own personal brand with style. Back to Top
 Creating supportive and influential relationships for women in business
Premise >
Running a business or making the transition from middle to senior level management can be difficult without a strong mentoring experience, especially since women at higher levels tend to be few.
Concept >
The mentoring role is about influence, not power. A gifted mentor makes a commitment to provide guided learning experiences in a safe environment, to serve as a model, to offer instruction and advice. Finding mentors and learning from them is important throughout one’s career; acting as a mentor is equally important.
Learning Objectives/Takeaways >
• Determine how to seek out and build a relationship with one or more mentors.
• Explore accountability and trust in the mentor/mentee relationship.
• Explore what it means to be in a mentoring role.
• Assess the benefits of mentoring in the larger context of companies, corporations and the community. Back to Top
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