Women continue to blaze the trail to advance to the top of
organizations, currently holding about half of the country's
managerial and professional jobs. While this is a dramatic increase
from 20 years ago, women are still vastly underrepresented in the
senior executive ranks.
As women navigate the path
to higher management positions, they are challenged to define and
develop their unique leadership style to enhance their
effectiveness and impact in their organizations. Women must
proactively manage their growth and development to prepare for the
leadership roles they desire.
Advancing Women in
Leadership will help you uncover and integrate your unique
strengths and qualities that will help you thrive and succeed in
your current and future leadership roles. Through an action
learning approach, you will:
Is This For Me?
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The ideal candidate for this
program is currently a middle level high potential manager with 5
to 10 years of progressive management experience who:
- Manages people, money and/or resources
- Desires to move up in the organization
- Has a strong performance record
- Has been identified as high potential
- Brings a rich perspective and set of diverse management
experiences to draw upon and share
Curriculum
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Advancing Women in
Leadership will be based in part on the Emotional Intelligence
leadership methodology. To enhance real life learning, participants
will participate in a variety of learning methodologies, including
self-assessments, lecture, case study discussion, reflection,
experiential and action-based role playing and peer coaching.
Topics in this program include:
- Self-Awareness and Leadership: Examine
the results of Emotional and Social Competence Inventory to
understand your leadership strengths and opportunities for
growth.
- Aligning Our Values and Behaviors: Use a
values discovery process to examine priorities, current choices and
behaviors and identify actions for increased alignment.
- Adapting and Thriving in New Situations:
Explore competencies of adaptability, self-control and positive
outlook to effectively manage ourselves during rapid change.
- Influencing for Positive Impact: Learn
the tools to understand implicit norms, relationships and apply
strategies to spark interest, build consensus and align
action.
- Catalysts for Change: Apply frameworks
and tools to effectively manage diverse perspectives and to
inspire, energize and engage others to bring about change.
- Helping Others Find Their Way to
Excellence: Apply coaching, mentoring and feedback
skills to help others develop to their full potential.
- Cultivating Our Personal Board of
Directors: Apply a framework to identify and enroll
sponsors, mentors and networks to support our leadership
development process.
- Leveraging a Balanced Style of
Leadership: Apply a broad range of leadership
styles to motivate people and drive performance.
Outcomes include a 360-degree assessment, a personal leadership
development plan and peer coaching skills.
Program Cost & Dates
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Program Cost: $3,600 per participant includes
tuition, learning materials, meals, and refreshments. Companies who
wish to send more than one person to this leadership program will
receive a 10% tuition discount on each enrollment - up to six from
a single organization. Special accommodations for participants can
be made on a case by case basis. There are no prerequisites to
enroll in this executive education program.
Program Dates:
- October 10
- November 14
- December 12
- January 16
- February 13
- March 20
Location: Classes are conveniently held on our
Butler campus, located at 4600 Sunset Drive, Indianapolis, IN.
Parking is available within one block of the classroom.
Contact Stephanie Judge with questions or for more
information about the program at (317) 940-9886 or sjudge@butler.edu
AWL Faculty
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Sheri Fella, Butler Corporate & Executive
Education faculty partner, has worked in
organizational development, human resources, production operations
and supply chain management, strategy and change management
consulting disciplines for over 15 years. Her work experience
covers businesses of all sizes, from large multinational corporate
conglomerates to small businesses, across a multitude of industries
and geographies. Before coming to academia, she worked in
organizational development, human resources, production operations,
supply chain management, strategy and change management consulting
disciplines for over 15 years. Sheri has worked with numerous
corporations such as Motorola, Ernst & Young LLP, J.D. Edwards
(now PeopleSoft), Ford Motor Company, Honda, Kimball International,
and Bristol Myers Squibb. Sheri received her M.B.A. in
Strategy/Human Resources from Indiana University and her B.S.B.A.
from Bowling Green State University in Production
Operations.
Anne Thompson, Butler Corporate & Executive
Education faculty partner, specializes in leadership
and team development, organizational diagnosis and analysis and
executive coaching. She has over 15 years' experience designing and
implementing programs focused on leadership principles, emotional
and social competence, cross-cultural adaptability and team
effectiveness. She has a particular interest in working with and
supporting women. She served on the design and delivery team to
create a multi-faceted executive leadership program for high
potential women in the Detroit metro area and served as President
of Rebellious Dreamers, a non-profit organization dedicated to
providing mentoring and financial support to women to help them
reclaim their dreams. Anne holds a Master in Organization
Development from Bowling Green State University. She is accredited
to administrator the Emotional Competence Inventory and the Myers'
Briggs Type Indicator. She has worked as both an
internal and external consultant for a wide range of profit and
non-profit organizations including Ford Motor Company, Volkswagen,
The Robert Bosch Corporation, Ivy Tech Community College, The
International Center and The United Way.