Women's Leadership Masterclass

Address the 'disease to please' and its impact on leadership, using an exercise-based approach in this women's leadership masterclass.

Discover how minimizing language and shrinking body language undermines women's authority, and learn to elevate positive influence in organizations through proven strategies from How Women Rise.

Engage in the oh well exercise, guided by gentle upbeat music, within the women's leadership masterclass.

Women often sacrifice their career for their job by pursuing perfection and loyalty to their team. This session urges investing in future growth and new opportunities over current roles.

Examine how expecting others to notice and reward your contributions limits advancement. Learn why women often negotiate less for salary and how case studies compare with men in law firms.

Reflect on the previous you, acknowledge the gifts women gave you, and forgive their mistakes. Choose happiness for yourself, and stop letting one person’s actions make you feel bad.

Explore how women view ambition differently from men, how ambition can be perceived as greed or offense, and how power, defined as influence potential, drives advancement in organizations.

Two monks confront rules about not touching women; one carries the crying woman across the stream, the other condemns him. Leave them at the stream.

Claim your achievements with confidence and balance credit between yourself and others in leadership. When praised, respond with 'thank you' rather than deflecting to your team, collaborators, or boss.

Don't overvalue expertise; avoid spending all your time learning details, draining bandwidth for visibility and allies. Position yourself for the next role beyond your current job.

In the women's leadership masterclass, women build broad and deep networks, but hesitate to leverage them; learn to engage supportive contacts and reciprocity to advance careers.

Explore how to leverage relationships to enhance leadership impact within women's leadership masterclass, applying relationship-building strategies through an actionable exercise.

Enlist allies from day one by identifying who you need to know to make the job successful. Gain more support, visibility, and less work.

Put your career ahead of your job by balancing daily tasks with long-term goals, and beware excessive loyalty that keeps you from pursuing the next role or advancing your career.

Learn to stop minimizing by avoiding words like just or only and shrinking body language, and instead hold your space with confident communication, because minimizing never serves your career.

Develop a crisp, concise communication style by preparing your core idea and sharing it upfront. Avoid oversharing background; offer details only if people are interested, demonstrating readiness for leadership.

Learn to break the cycle of ruminating on past mistakes and stop being hard on yourself. Move forward instead of staying stuck, especially for women.

Leverage the radar-like awareness women bring in the workplace and at home, while avoiding distractions that pull you from presence and your purpose.

Focus on three behaviors from the list, teaching you to promote your contributions and frame them as neutral information to strengthen leadership and ensure credit.

Explore four rules for women to prioritize personal happiness and self-acceptance, using breathing techniques and the idea of 'the previous me' to forgive others and grow.

Two monks debate helping a woman crossing a stream: one carries her, the other condemns him for breaking rules. The story urges leaving burdens at the stream and choosing compassion.

Choose a personal path and accept its trade-offs; don't demand perfection or become every woman's role model, instead show up as a good human being and do your best.

Learn to manage your reactions using the 'nobody's in the boat' metaphor, recognizing that others' actions reflect their histories and choosing empathy over blame.