The WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Program is specifically designed to accelerate the leadership development and effectiveness of high potential mid-level managers with a minimum of seven years experience in a supervisory capacity.
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
- 360° leadership skills assessment and feedback
report
- Individual development planning process
- 12 monthly skills development workshops conducted
by top-rated facilitators. Monthly workshop topics include:
- The Need to LEAD: Why You, Why Now?
- The Intentional Leader: Recognizing & Playing to Your Strengths
- The Leadership Connection: The Power of Alliances
- The Transformational Shift: From Managing to Leading
- The EQ Rules for the Savvy Leader - virtual forum
- Leadership Presence: The "IT" Factor
- The Power of Priorities: Essential Strategies of a Successful Leader
- The Influential Leader: Positive Connections for Powerful Results
- Leadership in Action: Making A Difference - virtual forum
- Big League Business Thinking
Some current programs are utilizing former workshop titles - these include:
- LEAD Success: Maximizing Your WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. Experience
- Playing at a Higher Level: Feedback and Success Strategies
- Leveraging Alliances: Every Winner Needs A Coach
- Leadership: It Begins With You
- Leadership Presence: Communicating with Power and Credibility
- Leading at the Speed of Life
- Corporate Savvy: Understanding the Rules of the Game
- Applied Leadership Learning: Changing the Corporate Landscape
- Creative Conflict Management
- Leadership Call to Action: On-the-job action assignments
- Matrix mentoring
component led by senior level executives for teams and one-on-one
- Evaluation and measurement systems
- Graduation event
- Alumnae workshops, conferences, and newsletters
- One-year membership in the WOMEN Unlimited Alumnae
Network. (To view Alumnae Network description, please click
here.)
Please click here to view workshop descriptions.
COST
$6,250 per participant for full twelve-month development program.
Fee covers all assessments, monthly workshop workbooks and other materials,
continental breakfasts, luncheons, special graduation event, and one-year
membership in the Alumnae Network.
SELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS
A company may select and approve a maximum of five women to participate
in a particular 12-month LEAD program.
Participant criteria includes:
- High potential - Women who are achievement-oriented and have the leadership potential to continue to be successful in their organization
- High achievers - Women usually rated as frequently/consistently exceeding position requirements
- Experienced - Women with management experience - minimum of seven years
- Committed to ongoing professional development - Women who have a desire to further enhance their leadership skills, and are willing to invest in their own growth and development
- Proactive in the feedback process - Women who ask for and are open to feedback, willing to interact with a peer group of other high achieving women, and able to give and receive feedback from peers and mentors
- Accountability - Women who will invest their time to participate in all program components during the year and will be accountable for their own progress
- Manager support - Women whose managers fully support their participation in the program and are willing to provide assistance in their leveraging the program learnings into the work environment
Scholarship Nominations
Women Unlimited, Inc. is proud to provide scholarships to women leaders from Not-for-Profit organizations whose missions are focused on women’s initiatives. Our nationwide programs include one scholarship recipient per class.
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