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Authentic Leadership: Helping Young Women Step into their Power
How can we become leaders that use our values and authenticity to bring others along? How do we know we are living in alignment with our values? Authentic Leadership is a course designed for soon-to-be and young professional women around the world that want to uncover powerful leadership insights and opportunities early in their career. Authentic Leadership highlights gender dimensions of leadership and helps young women step into their power.
Online
Intermediate
Approx. 6 hrs.
1 day
English only
USD 350
Max 40 people
About the Program
Authentic Leadership: Helping Young Women Step into their Power
We are only beginning to see more women in leadership and greater diversity among decision makers globally. As young women, you have the opportunity to shape new ways of being and creating. This course will allow you to explore your values and behaviors and the positive impact they can have on others. How will you become the kind of leader that feels true to you? You will learn from your peers and explore how alignment with your values can create new opportunities for you and others.
Global perspective with personalized attention
iLEAP is not like other global leadership programs. Our small groups make sure you won’t get lost in the crowd. Our instructors get to know you and are dedicated to your success. You’ll get focused, individual attention when you need it.
Course Details
What to cover:
- Module 1: Exploring Your Values
- Module 2: Values & Decision-making and Gender Dimensions of Decision Making
- Module 3: Creating Boundaries and Risk-taking
- Module 4: Leading with Authenticity
Faculty
Kristin Haffert
Kristin is an expert in women’s leadership and has devoted her life to advancing gender equality. From villages to the halls of national government in conflict and other countries in every region of the world, Kristin’s made her first mission in life getting more women elected to office. Because of her belief that the world will be a different place if we had more women leaders, she has worked with multilateral organizations like the UN, Fortune 500 companies, and activists around the world to advance women to the highest levels of power across sectors where they are now making an exponential impact. Kristin co-founded Mine The Gap which she runs with her business partner, Jessica Grounds. She has an BA from Douglass College, the women’s college at Rutgers University and has a MS in Leadership from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. When she isn’t working, she’s enjoying family and friends at the beach in New Jersey, USA or is digging in her garden.
We all are leaders, any women who is interested in self growth and self discovery would be a perfect candidate for this course.
-Grishma, Nepal