Women at every level of an organization have what it takes to be exceptional leaders, bringing indispensable strengths, including team leadership, strategic thinking, and business acumen to every role they hold. Yet flourishing as a leader requires more than a strong skill set. It requires a dynamic, authentic voice that colleagues and teams will genuinely follow.
This intensive 2-day program equips you with the knowledge, frameworks, and practical tools to position yourself as a confident leader today and in the future. You will move well beyond the basics of communication and assertiveness, diving into vision, negotiation, and strategic thinking, while developing powerful techniques for finding your leadership voice and leading with both courage and conviction.
The course opens by concentrating on self-awareness and the practice of leading yourself effectively. From there, attention shifts outward to leading others, influencing stakeholders, and establishing yourself as someone who consistently creates and adds value across your organization.
Upon completing this program, you will earn a special AMA Women's Leadership Certificate, a recognition of the in-person, hands-on training you have completed in leadership areas that are critical for women who lead in business. You will also receive an exclusive AMA certificate acknowledging your accomplishment.
Who Should Attend:
Professional women at all organizational levels who want to step into or strengthen a leadership role, accelerate their career trajectory, or develop the competencies needed to contribute more meaningfully to their teams and organizations.
How You Will Benefit:
- Understand leadership as a distinct mode of thinking that integrates business acumen, forward vision, and genuine self-reflection
- Identify and develop the leadership capabilities that today's organizations actively seek
- Discover your authentic, dynamic leadership voice and craft a message that resonates
- Recognize and move past the assumptions and biases that can hold women back in professional settings
- Position yourself as a visible contributor who brings measurable value to your organization
- Build confidence and develop a productive, growth-oriented relationship with risk
What You Will Cover:
Learning Objectives
- Recognize Leadership as a Specific Way of Thinking That Combines Business Acumen, Vision, and Introspection
- Explore the Crucial Leadership Skills Organizations Demand
- Find Your True, Dynamic Voice as a Leader and Shape an Authentic Leadership Message
- Overcome Preconceived Notions That Can Sabotage Women in Business
- Present Yourself As Someone Who Adds Value to the Organization
- Increase Your Confidence and Be Comfortable with Risk Taking
The Importance of Women Leading
- Define Leadership and How It Differs from Management
- Understand That You Create a Competitive Edge in Your Organization
- Describe Courage and Conviction to Speak Up, Advocate for Your Team, and Create Value for Your Organization
- Understand the Four Domains of Successful Leadership
Our Leadership Voice
- Describe the Components of a Compelling Leadership Voice
- Understand Your Authentic Voice as a Leader and How to Communicate it with Conviction
- Demonstrate When and How to Adjust Your Voice to Effectively Inspire Results
- Overcome Biases to Your Leadership Voice
- Understand the Importance of Role Modeling and Creating a Feedback Culture
How to Craft a Compelling Message
- Apply a Simple Methodology to Craft Your Ideas Quickly and Powerfully
- Understand How to Communicate Your Desired Outcomes to Different Audiences
- Explain Your Ideas Courageously While Being Clear and Concise
- Describe a Compelling Business Case That Stands Out to Various Stakeholders
Communicating the Strategic Direction
- Define Strategic Direction and Its Importance to Daily Work
- Communicate a Strategic Direction with Passion, Courage, and Conviction
- Describe Messages Leaders Use to Set Strategy and Align Resources to Achieve Results
Creating Highly Valued Successful Teams
- Identify Your Strategic Network and How to Strengthen It
- Describe the Dynamics of Organizational Politics
- Understand the Four Keys to Successfully Navigating Organizational Politics for Your Career and Your Teams
- Determine What Moves People from Individual Contributors to High-Performing Team Members, and What Conditions Foster a High-Performance Environment
- Align Your Team to the Bottom Line and Articulate How They Generate Value
Becoming a Strategic Leader That Innovates Value
- Define Strategy from an Organizational Perspective
- Identify the Five Key Questions Strategic Leaders Ask on a Consistent Basis
- Use SWOT Analysis to Anticipate Future Needs and Assess Risk
- Build a Value Proposition Grounded in Customers' Needs, Wants, and Expectations
- Learn Approaches for Inspiring a Culture of Innovation
The Leader As Negotiator
- Clarify What Is Open to Negotiation in Your Professional Context
- Assess Your Dominant Negotiation Style and Evaluate How It Aligns with Your Leadership Voice
- Recognize When a Different Negotiation Approach Is Called For and Develop the Conviction to Apply It
- Understand the Four-Step Process for Achieving Successful Negotiation Outcomes
