Aspiring Women Leaders Programme 2016
Outline of Programme Structure and Content
The Programme is highly interactive and consists of four days over four months. This includes establishing a learning set with a group of peers on the programme, taking part in Aspire’s Mentoring Programme and tools to apply the learning from each module in your day to day work.
Expectations
This is a ‘leadership’ programme to inspire leaders to aim high and be authentic. So expect it to be challenging, fun, relevant, interactive, insightful, practical and highly supportive. This programme is not a management course.
There will be pre-work that participantsare expected to complete in full prior to each module that includes reading, reflection, self assessmentand actions to put into practice at work and note findings to bring to the workshop.
There will be actions for participants to complete after each workshop so that they can apply what they have learned at work – this programme is all about practical application – not just theory!
Participants will meet with their learning set in between modules to discuss progress, challenges and to celebrate successes.
Participants will meet women senior leaders from the student movement and past participants of previous year’s programmes during each module.
Module 1: 5 May 2016, 11am-5.00pm
Topics explored:
- Career Success
- Understanding your leader identity
Participant outcomes:
- Identified and own their leader identity
- Have an inspiring picture of career success and an understanding of what this means to them and others
- Own their professional credentials and personal qualities, such that they come across as credible, professional and authentic
- Know how to manage the demands of work and life effectively
- Take responsibility for proactively managing their career path
Module 1:6 May 2016, 9am-4pm
Topics explored:
•Leader climate
•Sexism & gender bias
•Networking
•Career planning and action
Participant outcomes:
- Understand how to build a success network
- Understand the leader culture within the student movement
- Ideas on how to respond to sexism and gender bias
- Feel empowered as a leader in the student movement and ready to progress their chosen career path laterally or through promotion to a more senior position
- Create an action plan, set up support, and accountability to ensure learning is applied back at work and continued support (peer support)
Module 2: 21 July 2016, 10am-5pm
Topics explored:
- Raising your profile
- Having leadership impact
- Leadership influence
Participant outcomes:
- Strategies to raise profile authentically
- Appreciate own leadership impact and know how to leverage this
- Be more able to influence others effectively
- Appreciate the value of mentors and sponsors and know how to secure them
- Clear on how to apply learning back at work
Module 3: 26 August 2016, 10am-5pm
Topics explored:
- Powerful communication
- Building resilience
Participant outcomes:
- Have developed an authentic and effective communication style
- Able to confidently and effectively communicate their ideas and messages
- Recognise other’s values and preferences and can adapt their communication style to different people and situations
- Strategies for overcoming barriers in public speaking
- Know how to bounce back from setbacks
- Commitment to implement learning and development as a leader
For further information about the course please contact NUS Learning and Development Consultant Sam Uppal:
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