Women leading - exercise in leadership

 

Women Leading

 

A dynamic,

practical course for

women in leadership roles.

 

 

  • Interested in leading initiatives and bringing about change?

  • Are you already leading but want to practice different approaches?

  • Wanting to consolidate and build on your leadership skills?

This dynamic, practical course for women will let you explore and try out leadership skills and styles in a safe environment using a variety of medium both indoors and outdoors.

 

Dates:

By arrangement

Length of course: The two days - one held about 4 weeks ahead of the other or residential to suit

Location: Callander, Comrie or elsewhere if preferred by your organisation

Cost: By arrangement

 

Contact us for more information about the course or download the leaflet PDF file

 

The training aims to give women confidence and skills to take on leadership roles and reinforce existing leadership roles that they have. By the end of this training, women should:

  • Have a better understanding of different models and theories of leadership

  • Have practiced and received feedback on their own leadership style

  • Be aware of their own strengths as a leader and areas for action

  • Have explored blocks and barriers to taking on leadership roles

  • Understand issues of power and their impact on women leading

The training is facilitated by Fran Loots and Karen Darke.

 

Why women only?

Women are underrepresented in almost every area of decision making. Reasons are complex but amongst the issues highlighted in research articles is that women lack confidence in themselves and are unhappy dealing with power. Training has a role to play in increasing confidence and providing opportunities to explore approaches outside the workplace. Read the summary of the Women and Leadership report by Fran Loots (PDF format).

What previous participants say

"Many thanks - it DID make a difference"

"Thank you - this course came at a difficult time and enabled me to tackle problems in a more constructive way than I have before"

"Experiential approach was very good for grounding material"

"As a person new to management it was a good insight to different management skills"

Fran Loots

A skilled and versatile facilitator, trainer and coach, Fran works with a wide range of age and client groups both indoors and outdoors. She has extensive experience of working and training in the public and voluntary sectors specialising in equality perspectives. In addition she is an associate member of Terra Nova, working on leadership and team building events with them. She also has worked for Engender, where she has done research into women and leadership. She has a background of leading initiatives and supporting change in both the public and voluntary sectors.

Karen Darke

Karen runs her own business Inspire and Impact and has substantial facilitation and coaching experience in the private and voluntary sectors. She draws on her background as a Learning & Development Advisor with a major multi-national company as well as her personal experiences of dealing with and leading change in a positive way.

Paralysed in a climbing accident, Karen has a unique perspective on issues of equality and human growth.


Every year, Karen pushes out the boundaries of exploration for people with disabilities.  She led the first inclusive crossing of Greenland by a British woman. She has hand cycling up Ben Nevis.  Now she is in the 2012 para- cycling Olympics Team.

Oh - and in her spare time she has written a book "If you fall" which is pretty inspirational too.  She is now working on a second book.

 

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