About the programme

In 2014, we created the Women’s Leadership Programme with people development and consultancy firm People & Performance Ltd. Of the more than 120 women who’ve been through it, well over half of those have moved into bigger roles within their organisations.

How it works

We’ve designed the programme to help you:

define your ambitions and develop a plan – and the confidence – to achieve them
explore your leadership style and how you might be holding yourself back
identify the barriers in organisations and in ourselves, and overcome them
build a professional support network of businesswomen in the region, and promote access to experienced leaders through our guest speakers.

The themes for this year include:

building trusting and productive relationships at work – with stakeholders, peers, your team and your boss
adapting your style to make the most of hybrid working
engaging with resistance rather than avoiding it
exploring organisational culture and how your behaviour is shaped by it (and can shape it)
developing and sustaining high-performance mind-sets
working with diversity to successfully lead and support your team.

What you can expect:

4 full days of delivery including 2 personal wellbeing sessions lead by Gillvray Health
2 individual coaching sessions per delegate
Dinner on the 1st and 3rd night with your sponsor invited
Access to guest speakers
A pdf of all the course material
A personal reflections journal
Access to the alumni network and on-going support.

One of the things that makes our programme different is that we encourage everyone to have a sponsor for the duration of the course – usually someone senior from your organisation – to support you and act as a mentor.

We also carefully tailor the programme to the experience level of the group. So you’ll always be able to relate to the other people you meet while you’re taking part.