Women in Leadership Program |
Develop strategies and interpersonal skills for greater success
Women have always been at the forefront of policy change and breaking barriers. Today’s women executives work hard to balance personal and professional lives while exceeding expectations. Resilience and determination continues to empower women toward their goals to become industry leaders. You'll learn to navigate the nuances of thought leadership, barrier destruction and organizational influence. This program serves as a platform for women to engage and uplift each other by inspiring positive change.
The Women in Leadership Program at UVM's Grossman School of Business is designed by industry experts for professionals seeking expert advice, strategies and practical tools. From your initial Personal Leadership assessment, to team building, negotiation strategies, communications, organizational culture and more, be ready to roll-up your sleeves and apply new skills in this hands-on, interactive course.
Benefits to Companies
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Benefits to Individual Students
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Learn how to navigate the nuances of leading through thought leadership, barrier destruction, and influence. Each module helps you assess your skills, develop your thoughts, and work out your strategies. Even better, this course provides you with the full Women in Leadership Ultimate Toolkit of OVER 30 Workbooks, eBooks, team focused activities, online templates, assessments, planning guides, and cultural posters. All to help YOU on the road to success.
From the ongoing battle for equal rights to the breaking of barriers in the workplace, women face complex issues in a dynamic environment that has been dominated by men for centuries. Even in the face of adversity, women continually meet or exceed company expectations while continuing to juggle the day-to-day. The modern-day woman is often required to transition from mogul to mother in a matter of minutes. Enjoy a course created and taught by women leaders, for women leaders! |
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Module 1 - Pillars Of Positivity
Explore the important pillars of positivity and networking for female leaders. Learn to successfully lead change in your organization by understanding your strengths and how to use them, both intentionally and purposefully.
- Develop your own feminine strength, style and strategies.
- Discover the power of high achieving female role models.
- Break down silos and shatter the glass ceiling.
Module 2 - Inspiring Emotional Intelligence
Identify and assess empathy among employees and colleagues. Discover how to use your own experiences to inspire and lead teams dynamics.
- Overcome individual and interpersonal barriers.
- Learn how to train teams for greatness.
- Uncover the elements of emotional intelligence that make an impact on your organization.
Module 3 - Winning Work-Life Balance & Mentoring
Embrace your self-confidence and expand your leadership while balancing your professional and personal life. Then, delve into mentorship and discover the rewards for everyone, including your organization.
- Identify the four essential elements of balance: learn, interact, framework, excel.
- Explore the benefits of a flexible working environment.
- Develop an action plan to help foster mentorship opportunities.
Module 4 - Improving Communication Habits
Overcome challenges with diversity and adversity in a dynamic work environment. Generate strategies to communicate with a vibrant work force, while successfully facing challenges and embracing inclusivity.
- Uncover verbal and nonverbal communication patterns.
- Examine gender differences in leadership styles.
- Develop your own style for speaking and presenting.
Module 5 - Advocacy, Actions & Accountability
Create your own advocacy plan by defining success measurements and determining the resources needed. Learn to be more assertive, when to take decisive action, and how to hold everyone accountable.
- Identify how female encouragement is used in the decision-making process.
- Generate advocacy and reformation for policy change.
- Learn to properly allocate resources to influence and improve employee performance.
Module 6 - Skills for Contracts & Negotiations
Develop collaborative communication processes and skills for negotiation. Harness the power of your actions to lead and manage efforts in your organization, resulting in measurable and accountable projects.
- Discover ways to enhance your confidence, behavior and actions during the negotiation process.
- Understand the benefits of respect, resolution and returns for female negotiators.
- Learn close-to-the-vest strategies – she who speaks first often loses the game.
Module 7 - Driving Ideas, Intellectual Growth & Transformation
Learn to use idea sprinting and new product development as a means for intellectual growth and relevancy. Determine how ideas generated within an organization lead to transformational and transactional success.
- Identify the importance of the leader-member exchange theory.
- Explore methods that foster idea generation.
- Drive relationship-based innovation and learn how it impacts achievement among employees.
Module 8 - Executive Leadership & Organizational Culture
Learn how the rise of businesses run by women have caused ripple effects in the way leadership and company culture is defined. But there’s still work to be done to create a culture that fully embraces and leverages diversity.
- Discover how to drive adoption across your entire organization.
- Successfully jump start your role by gaining quick wins and bring others along with you.
- Become a successful change-agent for experience-first thinking and inspire change.
Capstone Projects: Women in Leadership Personal Growth and Organizational Strategic Plans
To reap the highest return-on-investment, you're encouraged to create your very own strategic plan. Complete the Personal Growth Plan to step into your new found power with confidence, authenticity and presence. Or, use the Organization Strategic Plan to support all women in leadership throughout your entire company. Each program workbook and exercise helps build your very own professional Women in Leadership portfolio.
Dr. Sarit J. Levy
From patent acquisition to web development, Dr. Sarit Levy strives to build strong foundations and scalable practices for each organization she works with. These organizations span multiple industries, countries, and platforms; and these solutions led to the development of an innovative way to measure a firm's contributions and predict future success.
As an academic and entrepreneur, Dr. Levy has led, advised, and taught business programs for top universities and organizations around the globe. Not only is she multi-lingual, but Dr. Levy is also well-versed in sustainability, analytics, and international negotiations. With a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Touro University International and an M.S. in Management Engineering and Computer Science from Long Island University, she's played an integral role in many successful accreditation processes and continues to be an influencer in business leadership.
As an academic and entrepreneur, Dr. Levy has led, advised, and taught business programs for top universities and organizations around the globe. Not only is she multi-lingual, but Dr. Levy is also well-versed in sustainability, analytics, and international negotiations. With a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Touro University International and an M.S. in Management Engineering and Computer Science from Long Island University, she's played an integral role in many successful accreditation processes and continues to be an influencer in business leadership.
Blanca Greenstein, Esq.
Blanca was a lawyer for 25 years and served as a trial lawyer (voted Lawyer of the Year at the Public Defender's Office), head of litigation for a publicly traded corporation Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, partner of two major law firms (Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy, Chtd and Greenstein & Associates) and is also an inventor of a fully patented custom built email management program called Ingate, which she invented to process high volumes of corporate email.
Blanca’s true calling however is to produce broadcasts on a variety of topics to educate and empower her audience. The collective influences within the Laws of Life team reaches almost 74,000 followers in South Florida. Blanca also believes in the power of networking and also hosts a weekly networking event attended by business owners nationwide. Blanca is a superior public speaker that fires up her audience and motivates her listeners to be the best person they can possibly be. She is featured on 95.9 and 106.9 radio stations and has a regularly scheduled Podcast and Webcast that is always FIRED UP! Blanca is a force to be reckoned with and appears as a speaker at events worldwide.
Blanca’s true calling however is to produce broadcasts on a variety of topics to educate and empower her audience. The collective influences within the Laws of Life team reaches almost 74,000 followers in South Florida. Blanca also believes in the power of networking and also hosts a weekly networking event attended by business owners nationwide. Blanca is a superior public speaker that fires up her audience and motivates her listeners to be the best person they can possibly be. She is featured on 95.9 and 106.9 radio stations and has a regularly scheduled Podcast and Webcast that is always FIRED UP! Blanca is a force to be reckoned with and appears as a speaker at events worldwide.
Corvaya Jeffries
As a veteran journalist and reporter for some of the top news teams in the U.S., Corvaya is both a newscaster and news-maker. After launching Florida Time, an online platform featuring news from 22 South Florida teams, she's grown both her subscriber base and her talents as a storyteller. While working for organizations like CNN, she regularly improves content, manages apps and teams, audits competitors, and pitches breaking news events. A driven thought leader, Corvaya’s dedication to copy-writing, editing, and multi-platform production has led to industry accolades such as a CNN Diversity Fellow and the winner of Cox Media Group’s Digital Talent Program
Stephene Klein, MPH, MPHA, MB
As a real estate broker, radio host, and positivity influencer, Stephene is used to taking on many roles. Whether she's selecting commercial properties for expansion or reaching an audience of over 87,000 through various media platforms, Stephene stays focused on four foundational principles: resilience, resourcefulness, resolve, and reinvention. She's reinvented herself many times over 20 years in public relations, marketing, advertising, and business development. After working with CBS, Nielsen and JK Whatley, she's received awards for creative writing, video production, and was nominated for Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40.
Lisa Sherwin
Lisa has been dedicated to guiding healthcare organizations through challenges as a consultant, leader, and trusted colleague for over 25 years. Her career spans significant roles in consulting, provider organizations, and healthcare technology companies, providing clients with a breadth of perspectives. An advocate for leadership development, Lisa serves as a mentor through the Founder Institute and the UVM Women in Leadership Program, nurturing the growth of emerging leaders.
Kathleen Hinson
I am a military veteran who is an accomplish change management and material management analyst. I leverage my influence, adaptive leadership style, win-win conflict resolution, thorough communication, and effective training to ensure compliance. Advocate for knowledge sharing. My mindset, leadership skills, emotional intelligence, and analytical approach to a problem give me value, so I am not afraid to share what I have learned. I work globally and cross-functionally with many different teams, communicating and collaborating on resolutions to supply chain’s most complex problems.
Lisa Sherwin
Lisa has been dedicated to guiding healthcare organizations through challenges as a consultant, leader, and trusted colleague for over 25 years. Her career spans significant roles in consulting, provider organizations, and healthcare technology companies, providing clients with a breadth of perspectives. An advocate for leadership development, Lisa serves as a mentor through the Founder Institute and the UVM Women in Leadership Program, nurturing the growth of emerging leaders.
Marianne Crowe
Marianne Crowe, with 23 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, has dedicated her career to financial services, spanning check operations, retail, consumer services, and mobile/digital payments. As vice president of Payment Strategies, she led industry analysis and research on digital and mobile retail payments, standards, and security initiatives. Marianne collaborated with stakeholders to identify barriers and opportunities for mobile payment adoption, assessing benefits and risks. Notably, she convened the Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup for a decade, fostering innovative strategies. Additionally, she served as a payments liaison for the Federal Reserve’s Secure Payments Taskforce and co-chaired the System Payments Standards Leadership Team.
Brenda Monahan
I am a wife, mother, and perpetual student who recently graduated with an MA in Public History. I manage the strategic planning for our annual conference, which includes ensuring the conference has value to our target audience and a positive impact on revenue growth for the company.
Tara Craig
Tara is a senior leader in Learning & Talent Management and an Executive Coach with 20 years of proven experience driving results and engagement across a multitude of industries.
With her extensive background, Tara stands as a distinguished thought leader in her field; her unwavering commitment and dedication lies in empowering people through strategic tailored programming resulting in enhanced engagement, remarkable outcomes, and abundant opportunities.
With her extensive background, Tara stands as a distinguished thought leader in her field; her unwavering commitment and dedication lies in empowering people through strategic tailored programming resulting in enhanced engagement, remarkable outcomes, and abundant opportunities.
Judy Callahan
Judy is the VP of Revenue Management at DentaQuest part of Sun Life U.S. and has over 25 years of insurance industry experience in both Healthcare and Property/Casualty lines of business. Judy has lead cross functional teams through organizational change and challenging economic environments with a consistent focus on teamwork, education and communication.