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Course Summary

Unlock your leadership potential with our Women in Leadership online training course, designed exclusively for women who are ready to take their next step into senior roles.

Are you ready to lead with purpose, presence, and impact? This course provides you with the tools, confidence, and strategies that are needed to lead authentically, influence effectively, and raise your professional profile.

Through expert guidance and engaging breakout activities, learn to have courageous conversations that inspire trust and respect. Explore the conflicting expectations between assertiveness and likeability. Gain practical techniques to reframe self-doubt, harness your strengths, and develop a leadership style that is both assertive and inclusive.

Take the opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, share experiences, and learn from the perspectives of women across the public, private and third sectors. Leave the day with a toolkit of proven strategies and a clear plan to apply them in your role.

Equipped with greater confidence and sharper communication skills, return to the workplace with the skills to deliver lasting results as a leader.

Trainers

Rukshana Horwood

Expert Trainer & People Development Consultant

Who should attend

This training is designed for women who are looking to hone their leadership skills and advance to a senior role.

Online Training

Participate in live training online
Group work and practical scenarios
Course materials

Thoroughly enjoyed the course, has given me lots to think about and I've already put into practice some of the content.
Charlotte Creswell, Environment Agency

Excellent training, it made me think about my actions in the workplace and I gained lots of experience to help me with my confidence going forward.
Eleanor Dirckx, Bill Medical

Rukshana was amazing - she really made it a safe space and kept the audience engaged.
Naz Jahir, Chichester Festival Theatre

Course Outcomes

Learn how to accelerate your progression and thrive in the workplace
Alter your mindset to recognise your value
Understand the power of influence
Develop the skills to have courageous conversations and address challenging dynamics
Build a personal development plan that will support your progression in senior leadership roles

Agenda

09:30 - 09:50

Welcome and Introductions

Rukshana Horwood

Expert Trainer & People Development Consultant

09:50 - 10:30

Common Challenges Faced by Women in Leadership

Confidence and assertiveness
Imposter syndrome
Inability to put oneself in the spotlight when needed
Letting others take the credit

10:30 - 11:00

Maintaining Your Confidence

When does your confidence dip?
What do you do to build your confidence up again?
What strategies do you use?

11:00 - 11:20

Morning Break

11:20 - 11:40

The “Double Bind”

Owning your value: recognise the value you bring and remind people of it
Speaking up and when to say no
Calling out behaviours, assumptions, and language that result in the double bind

11:40 - 12:15

Assertiveness and First Impressions: Interactive Breakout Activity

Take part in a breakout group activity designed to make you think about your own assertiveness.

12:15 - 13:00

Confronting Imposter Syndrome and Hidden Bias

Affinity Bias and Systemic Bias
Finding a voice when you need one

Breakout group activity

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:30

Influencing Power and Positive Power Phrasing

Offering options vs direct statements
Using positive words
How to be honest and concise, even when saying no

14:30 - 15:00

Principles of Courageous Conversations

Being your authentic self
Listening to understand

15:00 - 15:15

Afternoon Break

15:15 - 16:15

Personal Development Plan: Progressing to Senior Roles

Create a personal development plan after reflecting on your learning from the day

16:15 - 16:30

Final Questions

16:30

Close of Course

Course Leader

Rukshana Horwood is a people development consultant with extensive experience in Leadership Coaching, Training/Learning and Development, Advance Presentation Skills, Performance Transformation and Management, Strategic Management and Customer Service Excellence. Her consulting expertise is supported by a career in senior roles with British Airways including recruiting, project work and managing large service delivery teams.

Rukshana is an accredited Facet5 Psychometric Profile Practitioner and Coach. She is also an ILM accredited Mediator and Investigator. Rukshana is an accredited Neurodiversity Practitioner and Coach. She is the recipient of the Institute of Customer Service [ICS] Silver Solutions Award.

Rukshana Horwood

Expert Trainer & People Development Consultant

CPD

This course is CPD Certified.

Contribute 7 hours towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and receive a certificate of attendance.

In-house Training

Westminster Insight provides bespoke training at a time and place to suit you and your organisation’s needs. All our courses can be provided online, at your place of work or a venue of your choice. Additionally, we can tailor or create a course to suit the exact needs of your organisation. We will discuss the learning outcomes with you and tailor the training to the needs of your organisation.

Benefits of in-house training:

Flexible – Schedule a course date and times that work best for you and your teams. Upskill your teams immediately as training needs arise. Choose from in-person or online and bring your teams together to learn in an interactive, friendly environment.

Cost-effective – Train groups of individuals working in the same organisation without incurring travel or accommodation costs.

Customised Content – Our experienced trainers work with you to ensure that the course content is tailored to meet the needs of your teams and organisation. Benefit from the opportunity to have in-depth discussions about scenarios in your organisation in a confidential forum.

Find out more about our tailored training solutions by contacting us at learning@westminsterinsight.com

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Westminster Insight can also provide this training as an inhouse course, to find out more email learning@westminsterinsight.com.

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Course Summary

Course Outcomes

Agenda