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Women's Leadership Program

Goals

  • Gain a toolkit of top in-demand skills and frameworks to bolster women’s leadership in the modern workplace, including identifying & maximizing your leadership style; leading teams effectively; managing perceptions, navigating gendered expectations, negotiating with power and confidence, and more
  • Gain access to the city’s top women leaders through the Chamber’s Women’s Network
  • Expand your network with women from a variety of industries, companies, and job functions
  • Increase confidence and ability to navigate your own career and to create the conditions for other women to thrive
  • Complete an Individual Action Project where each participant scopes and implements a project at their employer based on WLP learnings

Details

  • September 13, 2022 - May 23, 2023
  • 35 Weeks
  • 1 hour commitment /week
  • Online & In Person
  • $5000/person
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Our Women’s Leadership Program enables you to take your leadership to the next level by arming you with the most in-demand leadership toolkit. Identify and maximize your leadership style, learn how to lead teams effectively, negotiate with confidence, and gain premium access to a cross-sector network.

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Recent Grads

Shameika Wilmington
Shameika Wilmington, PhD

Research & Development - Group Head Procter & Gamble / Gillette

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Thelma Haddock

Sr. Business Director, Iron Mountain

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Allegra Marra
Allegra Marra

Volunteer & Corporate Relations Manager, Women's Lunch Place

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Aisha Miller
Aisha Miller

Vice President, Related Beal

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Jess Dashner
Jess Dashner

Dir of Media Strategy & Operations, Gupta Media

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Program Outcomes

  • 82% made at least one connection through the program
  • 77% built their leadership toolkit
  • 64% applied learnings to make a positive impact on their workplace
  • 32% expanded their job responsibilities during the course of the program
  • 13% earned a promotion during the course of the program
  • 76% gained new perspectives on how to make a positive impact on their team or organization
  • 62% gained confidence
  • 53% felt prepared for increased leadership
  • 25% accomplished projects more successfully because of what they learned
  • Your employees learn organizational and strategic skills that bring teams closer to reaching top goals
  • Your employees positively represent your business or organization as the city’s next generation of trusted leaders
  • Your employees feel more prepared for the next stage in leadership, and are equipped to be authentic and inclusive leaders
  • Your employees display more efficacy and commitment to collaborating with, or leading teams
  • During the program, your employee is responsible for completing an Individual Action Project, which yields results that can positively impact your business or organization

“This program changed my outlook on who I am. My ability to be powerful was there, this program allowed me to pull it out.”

Aisha Miller, City of Boston (Class of 2021)

“This program helped me learn more about myself, the impact that I can have on the ones I surround and the power that my actions have. As women we are powerful, as a network we are a force, thank you for the experience and the network!”

Marie Yunis, MFS Investments (Class of 2021) 

“The Women's Leadership Program helped me learn more about myself as a leader, earn a promotion, and contribute to a more inclusive environment within my organization. I highly recommend the program to anyone committed to professional self-improvement!”

Jess Dashner, Gupta Media (Class of 2021) 

“I now know women in every industry. That really helped me take more control at work, become a leader, step up, and while I was doing this program, I was promoted.”

Blair Hollis, Boston Ballet (Class of 2016)

2022-2023 Schedule

  • September Theme - Your Leader Identity

    Welcome to the Women's Leadership Program! This month, we will have an orientation and a session on your leader identity. Participants will take the HRDQ assessment to find their default style and discuss when and how to flex it.

    September
    Virtual Cohort
    Orientation: Tuesday, September 13, 10am-12pm
    Virtual Leader Identity Part I: September 20th 10am-12pm
    In-Person Cohort:
    In-Person Orientation + Leader Identity I (+ Orientation Reception): September 28th 9am-5pm

  • October Theme - Your Leader Identity & Proven Practices

    Examine how we are socialized to think about leadership and what identity has to do with it. We will then dive into organizational culture and learn strategies to manage dynamics at work inclusively.

    October
    Virtual Cohort
    Virtual Leader Identity part II: October 4th 10am-12:30pm
    Virtual DEI Leadership Competency: October 26th 10am-12pm
    In-Person Cohort:
    In-Person Leader Identity II + DEI: October 19th 9am-5pm


  • November Theme: Building Strategic Relationships

    With network mapping and a focus on a specific leadership goal, participants analyze their network and develop an action plan to fill in the gaps in a structured, systematic way and build their relationships within the cohort. Then, they will network with leaders through a Candid Conversation session and put their networking into practice.

    Virtual Cohort
    Virtual Intentional Networking: November 9th 10am-12:30pm
    Virtual Candid Conversations 1: November 16th 10am-12pm

    In-Person Cohort
    In-Person Intentional Networking (morning) + Candid Conversations: November 1st 9am-5pm

  • December/January: Leadership in Action

    Participants will kick off their Individual Action Projects, put networking into practice, and observe leadership in action at Pinnacle Awards.

    Both Cohorts
    Virtual Individual Action Project Kick-Off: December 6th 10-11:30am
    In-Person Networking Session: December 8th 5-7pm

  • February Theme: Using Your Voice to Manage Perceptions

    Using the leadership style you identified in September, examine how others might perceive you because of your style and learn strategies for managing that perception. We will also have a public speaking workshop to further explore how to use your voice.

    Virtual Cohort
    Virtual Managing Perceptions: February 1st 10am-12pm
    Virtual Public Speaking: February 15th 10am-12:30pm

    In-Person Cohort
    In-Person Managing Perceptions + Public Speaking: February 7th 9am-5pm *

  • March Theme: Negotiations and Leading Teams

    First, we will explore team leadership in two ways: 1) Outlining key elements of team effectiveness 2) Examining the impact of leadership style on those elements. Participants gain skills for empowering themselves as effective self-advocates. Next, we will learn the fundamentals of successful workplace negotiation and mutual gains problem solving.

    Virtual Cohort
    Virtual Negotiations: March 7th 10am-12:30pm
    Virtual Leading Teams: March 21st 10am-12:30pm


    In-Person Cohort
    In-Person Negotiations + Leading Teams: March 28th 9am-5pm

  • April Theme: Building Connections

    The cohort will attend a Women's Network Forum and network with leaders through a Candid Conversations session. They will also see gender and leadership in action by observing behind the scenes of a women-led business.


    Both Cohorts
    In-Person Networking Session : April 13th 5-7pm
    Behind the Scenes of a Women Led Business: April 27th
    Women’s Network Forum: TBD

  • May Theme: Reflect and Look Ahead

    Participants will report out about their Individual Action Projects and celebrate at a graduation and plan how to stay connected!

    Both Cohorts
    Individual Action Project Report Out: May 9th 10-11:30am
    Graduation: May 23rd 4-6pm

Time Commitment

  • Sessions

    Virtual cohort: Average of two sessions / month for 2-2.5 hours per session
    In-person cohort: Average of one session / month for the full day
    About 1 hour of pre-work prior to most sessions

  • Outside work

    The completion of an Individual Action Project at your organization with the support of a peer group
    Monthly meetings with your peer group on your own time recommended

     Characteristics of Successful Candidates

  • Self-motivated, high-performing women at any stage in their careers who are committed to full program participation.
  • Employed by a Chamber member organization.
  • Diversity is strongly considered
  • Though self-nominations are accepted, we encourage you to solicit a nomination from your manager or another leader to ensure you have organizational support to participate.

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