High Potential Women Leaders
Benchmarking Study:
Challenges Women Leaders Face
Creating breakthrough with women leaders to unlock their potential
Women’s leadership is exponentially more powerful when integrated with leadership.
The Result:
Women bring their full selves to work, believe in themselves, do what matters most and have impact
Thought PAPER: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
HOW TO BE INCLUSIVE, HIGH PERFORMING ALLIES
The Research is Clear
Companies with more women leaders do better
We conducted an extensive research study in 2018 about “Challenges Women Leaders Face” from the perspectives of male and female leaders and Human Resources professionals.
As a result of this research, we created our Signature Program:
The Bold Leadhership Program
This program was developed to empower women to overcome the biggest challenges identified in the study and encompasses 10 crucial areas of skill development.
The simple, practical and profound tools and practices in the program help create breakthroughs for women leaders AND integrate it with the organization’s leadership. The supportive network among women in the program is another key component to what makes the BOLD Leadhership Program unique.
The program can be tailored to the particular needs and challenges of your organization. We leverage the elements of the BOLD Leadhership Program to focus on the key levels the company wants to target.
BOLD Leadhership advances women leaders by strengthening leadership from the InsideOut (leading self) and the OutsideIn (leading others, team, Enterprise).
Advance can mean to promote, retain, develop or elevate the extent to which women:
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Speak up for what they think and feel
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Sign up for new actions and opportunities
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Stand up for what matters
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Step into challenges or new opportunities
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Self-advocate and build their network
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Identifying what matters most to them personally, to their team, to the organization
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Creating a strong mindset and presence
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Building strong habits of well-being
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Communicating through powerful language that influences and inspires
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Challenging their own and their teams’ status quo
BE YOURSELF: TO BE MYSELF, I NEED TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF
- Be Me: Believe in myself, reconnect with what matters most, bring my whole self to work.
- Trust Myself: I am (good) enough.
DARE TO SHARE: GET A BETTER ME, GIVE A BETTER ME
- Commit to Well- Being: When I take care of myself, I am capable of anything.
- Use My Voice: When I speak, I add value. When I negotiate and say no, I build trust.
- Ask for What I Want: When I make requests and ask for help, I am a bold leader.
OWN YOUR ZONE: PRACTICE COURAGE
- Do It Boldly: Self- advocate, make uncomfortable decisions, seek new opportunities.
- Challenge Fear: Get comfortable feeling uncomfortable.
- Be Coach-able: Get accurate, reframe beliefs, take CORE STEPs.
LEAD WITH PRESENCE: COMMUNICATE CONSCIOUSLY
- Be Present: My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
- Practice Intentional Language: My words create my world.
How we do it:
We focus on targeted populations:
There is often a gap of development, support and community at Senior Director/VP levels. Research points to the high cost of personal suffering, often unknown to others, that can lead to retention and advancement challenges. We also create solutions for emerging high potential leaders.
We work with the “whole person”:
We focus on the core elements of who leaders are, what they want, and what they do that gets in their way. Our research shows self-doubt, struggle with the work/life juggle and communication are the biggest internal barriers.
Integrated women’s development solution:
Creating an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their highest leadership potential can’t be done in a vacuum. In addition to the women-only time, this program includes, integrates and engages male and female managers in becoming effective sponsors, managers and coaches.
Specialized, targeted solution:
We customize specialized solutions based on the company’s particular needs. This can include forms of coaching, facilitation and training for women leaders and mixed gender audiences to accelerate integration and inclusion.
Unique approach:
We combine expertise in highly interactive development sessions for individual and group coaching, in-person and virtual facilitation, and a systems-lense to create solutions that benefit leaders and the greater culture.
Content is based on experience and proprietary research:
25+ years of building high performing organizations is combined with our independent research that centers on “Challenges Women Leaders Face.” It is not only critical to focus on leadership practices and the cultural elements. Research shows the significant extent to which women get in their own way. This work focuses on what leaders can do to overcome these challenges.
Build the Network:
Women who participate tend to create community networks that are supportive and encouraging in their quest for finding their voices, bringing their full selves, creating opportunities and advancement, and succeeding while balancing life and work priorities. We design the groups to build trust, community and confidentiality that last long after the experience ends.