Modern Trends in Business Leadership for Women

Course Objectives

·       Demonstrate authentic leadership skills, and drive transformation in the workplace

·       Become role models for other potential leaders and help to create a culture that embraces and leverages diversity

·       Step into leadership roles with a limitless, solution-driven mindset and develop the communication and management skills required to lead a team

·       Develop self-awareness and confidence so that participants understand what they are broadcasting and how this can impact the team they are working in

·       Produce an individual action plan to ensure learning is embedded in the workplace and that participants have the ability to empower and coach those around them

·       Take on independent or leadership roles, work in teams when needed, and interact confidently with peers, direct managers and executives

·       Utilize excellent communication skills to be even more impactful in the workplace

·       Structure their workload for optimal performance and results, using effective time management strategies

·       Build effective relationships with direct managers by adapting to different working styles

·       Manage conflict as well as understand and influence colleagues using Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Who Should Attend? 

·       Female professional in an administrative or supporting role. This includes, but is not limited to: administrative assistants/ office managers/ executive Pas/ executive secretaries/ personal assistants/ executive assistants/ confidential secretaries/ senior and junior secretaries and other administration-related office professionals.

·       Business Women professionals who preparing for responsibility as CEO or senior management.

·       Entrepreneurs and business owners

Course Content

Building on existing skills

·       The role of a woman professional in the 21st century

·       Developing personal leadership

·       Developing your organization's vision, mission, goals and plan

·       Leadership Assessment: Problem analysis and Decision Making for Leaders decision

·       Communication skills and techniques

·       Confidence as a tool

·       Assertiveness in the workplace

·       Time management under pressure

·       Organizational skills

Managing the workload

·       Task planning

·       Prioritizing the workload

·       Understanding the business – the big picture

·       Taking control of the workload

·       Change management in the work environment

·       Effective goal setting

Communicating effectively

·       Communicating to continuous improvement

·       Active listening

·       Effective business letter writing

·       E-mail writing

·       Report writing

Powerful presentation skills

·       Creating presentations

·       Winning the room

·       Presentation styles

Managing relationships

·       Image and perception management

·       Effective working relationships

·       Working styles

ü Identifying styles

ü Adapting to work styles

·       Having valuable meetings

·       Being a team player

·       How and when to delegate

Emotional intelligence

·       Understanding and influencing behaviors

·       Expressing needs and opinions with clarity

·       Giving and receiving feedback

·       Resolving conflict

·       Utilizing empathy to achieve a common goal