Addressing Challenges in Women’s Leadership(May 13-15) In-person

May 13 2024

Addressing Challenges in Women’s Leadership(May 13-15) In-person

9:00am
National Banking College

Background

Women continue to break down barriers and seize leadership positions in today’s dynamic and diversified professional scene. However, with advancement comes the awareness that women leaders face unique challenges and chances for growth.

This training is designed with the notion that effective leadership knows no gender but recognizes that women face unique hurdles on their leadership journey. Our mission is to provide women leaders with the knowledge, skills, and techniques they need to overcome challenges, advance professionally, and thrive in leadership roles.

Programme Objectives

Gain confidence and clarity in communicating technical information to seniors, peers, coworkers, and customers, both technical and non-technical, in a more concise and confident manner.
Practice crafting a personal 1-minute elevator pitch that describes your job, scientific value, and personal characteristics to guarantee your performance is acknowledged at work.
Give you the ability to document your success, discuss it, and use it to further your technical career.
Recognize your technical skills and shortcomings, as well as your talent gaps, to develop a personalized personal career map.

Course Outline

Careers Introduction and Self-Assessment
Introduction to Careers – Women
Carry out a Self-IMPACT Assessment
Map out Skills and identify any gaps.
Identify personal Stakeholders map & sphere of influence.
Review current Job Description and future Job description.
Introduction to Business Management
Discuss the promotional criterion within the workplace.
Define your personal credibility in the workplace.
Understand how to maximise your full technical ability.
Review the necessary business skills.
Communicating your Science.
Understanding the value of your Technical Skills
Communicating your science to your peers
Technical report writing – creating standard templates.
Presentation skills – presenting science to non-scientists.
Finding your voice – influence and persuasion
Advancing your science externally – LinkedIn

Career Management
Design your current Personal Development Plan
Understand the importance of mentoring.
Is Job Shadowing an option?
Time Management and Organisational skills
Career Planning – setting achievable goals.
Future You
Pitching yourself, learn the importance of self-confidence.
Design a personal manifesto for future you.
Create a 5-year career plan.
Wrap up and Discussion

Target Group

Senior Managers, Managers, Supervisors, Team Leads
Women who want to boost or reconnect with their technical career progression
Technical women who want to raise self-awareness and improve self-confidence
Academics who want to improve how to communicate their science to their peers
Technical women who want to move into more leadership roles
Managers and leaders who wish to nurture and develop their technical team
Human Resources (HR) personnel in charge of technical staff
Management planning to return to technical positions

Addressing Challenges in Women’s Leadership(May 13-15) In-person