Women in Leadership

Macquarie Graduate School of Management
Sydney, NSW, Australia

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' The much discussed "war for talent" is a major issue for organisations today. Senior executives claim that attracting, developing and retaining talent is now critical to achieve organisational objectives.

Against this background, developing senior and high potential women managers to make the transition to more senior leadership positions makes good business sense.

MGSM’s Women in Leadership program will assist women enhance their strategic thinking, leadership, commercial acumen and influencing skills. The program will combine academically rigorous models and frameworks with practical techniques to apply in the work place.

A blended learning style of presentations, case study discussions, group work and experiential activities will equip participants with a new set of skills. Just as importantly, participants will learn from other high calibre women participants and guest speakers as role models.

Content

Strategy Development & Implementation

Developing and implementing strategy are critical leadership skills. This session covers strategy frameworks such as Porter’s Five Forces, McKinsey 7S model and Values-based strategy. It also addresses the challenge of strategy execution, the importance of stakeholder engagement and strategy implementation techniques.

Leadership from a Female Perspective

Leadership is working through others. This session covers situational and values-based leadership models from a female perspective. Topics addressed include the manager as coach, managing difficult conversations, understanding your organisation’s DNA and building your talent pipeline.

Finance Management

Many have described finance as the language of business. This session covers financial management concepts and practices required for senior executives, the role of finance, investment evaluation, net present value and Internal Rate of Return, raising funds and gearing.

Communicate with Impact (NIDA)

The essence of effective leadership is the ability to inspire others. This session involves NIDA actors exploring voice projection, understanding how your gestures, movement and language are interpreted by others, creating presence and communicating with impact. Participants will tread the boards at NIDA’s theatre in a highly experiential session.

Negotiation Skills for Women

Negotiation is a critical part of every senior female manager’s day. This session potential pitfalls women may face in workplace negotiations. It then explores the traditional positional bargaining and the Harvard interest-based or "win-win" models. Experiential exercises will assist participants to apply key learnings.

Power and Influence

Senior female managers need to influence upwards, downwards, sideways and externally. This session explores organisational dynamics and how leaders utilise power through position, control of resources, expertise, charisma or personal loyalty. Topics covered include stakeholder management, influencing strategies and building networks.

Your Personal Journey

Advancing your career as a senior woman leader is typically both incredibly rewarding while also fraught with frustration. This session covers the personal aspects of this journey. Participants will gain deep insights from both feedback on their 360 degree behaviour-based survey and from engagement with others during the week. This session explores views on work-life balance. Participants will receive assistance in developing a Personal Action Plan and discuss implementation upon returning to the workplace.

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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:+612 9850 9017

School Address/Venue(s):

MGSM
Macquarie University
NSW 2109 Australia

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