Part 1: The Importance of Women Leading

1. Define Leadership and How It Differs from Management
2. Understand That You Create a Competitive Edge in Your Organization
3. Describe Courage and Conviction to Speak Up, Advocate for Your Team, and Create Value for Your Organization
4. Understand the Four Domains of Successful Leadership

1. Part 2: Our Leadership VoiceDescribe the Components of a Compelling Leadership Voice
2. Understand Your Authentic Voice as a Leader and How to Communicate it with Conviction
3. Demonstrate When and How to Adjust Your Voice to Effectively Inspire Results
4. Overcome Biases to Your Leadership Voice
5. Understand the Importance of Role Modeling and Creating a Feedback Culture

1. Part 3: How to Craft a Compelling MessageApply a Simple Methodology to Craft Your Ideas Quickly and Powerfully
2. Understand How to Communicate Your Desired Outcomes to Different Audiences
3. Explain Your Ideas Courageously While Being Clear and Concise
4. Describe a Compelling Business Case That Stands Out to Various Stakeholders

1. Part 4: Communicating the Strategic DirectionDefine Strategic Direction and Its Importance to Daily Work
2. Communicate a Strategic Direction with Passion, Courage, and Conviction
3. Describe Messages Leaders Use to Set Strategy and Align Resources to Achieve Results

1. Part 5: Creating Highly Valued Successful TeamsIdentify Your Strategic Network and How to Improve It
2. Describe Organizational Politics
3. Understand the Four Keys to Successfully Navigating Organizational Politics for Your Career and Your Teams
4. Decide What Supports Movement from Individual Contributors to Highly Successful Team Players, and What Creates a High-Performance Environment
5. Align Your Team to the Bottom Line and Know How They Create Value

1. Part 6: Becoming a Strategic Leader That Innovates ValueDefine Strategy from an Organizational View
2. Identify the Five Key Questions Strategic Leaders Ask Regularly
3. Determine Future Needs Using SWOT for Risk Analysis
4. Create a Value Proposition Based on Customers’ Needs, Wants, and Expectations
5. Understand How to Inspire Innovation

1. Part 7: The Leader as NegotiatorDetermine What You Can Negotiate
2. Assess Your Dominant Negotiation Style and How It Aligns with Your Leadership Voice
3. Discern When Another Negotiation Style Is Necessary and Have the Conviction to Use It
4. Understand the Four-Step Process for Successful Negotiation

Professional women at all levels

• Recognize leadership as a specific way of thinking that combines business acumen, vision and introspection
• Explore 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 get comfortable with risk taking

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