Women Succeeding in Management and Leadership

Women have unique strengths and challenges as they enter management positions. We live in a time with unprecedented focus on women in leadership. There has never been a time when so many companies and governments are working to help women advance.

According to McKinsey, 75% of companies have at least adopted principles of gender equality, while only 30 percent are implementing programs to help women advance. The gap between good intentions and good performance needs to be closed. Providing the practical skills that women need, and recognizing the unique challenges they may confront is the key to performance.

This course will teach you how to identify your strengths as a leader and eliminate your constraints. In addition you will learn how…

• Deal with sexual harassment and micro-aggressions.

• Achieve work-life balance.

• Learn how to be assertive while avoiding aggressive behavior.

• Network your way to success.

• Communicate and listen more effectively,

• Know how to handle difficult conversations that are unique to women in organizations.

• Understand the female ambition penalty and likability paradox.

• Manage your boss.

• Develop a cohesive and productive work team.

• Increase your confidence and likability.

• Think like an executive with a strategic view.

This course is the result of extensive research on women in management as well as more than thirty years of experience in both the academic and business world.

Dr. Dorothy Marcic is a professor at Columbia University in New York City and has been writing about and teaching seminars on Women in Management for decades.