College of Business
Corporate & Executive Education

Advancing Women in Leadership

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:

  • Gain knowledge of the key competencies of Emotional Intelligence and the link to your leadership effectiveness.
  • Acquire skills to continuously build self awareness, overcome blind spots and sustain effective leadership behaviors.
  • Apply an intentional process to align your personal values with your everyday leadership behaviors.
  • Develop skills to sense other's feeling and perspectives, emotional currents and power relationships to effectively manage diverse groups.
  • Apply innovative frameworks and methodologies to drive individual and team performance.

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Is This For Me? ~ Show Details

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 ~ Show Details

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 ~ Show Details

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 ~ Show Details

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.

To learn more about this program, please contact Ron Thomas at (317) 940-8651 or  rgthomas@butler.edu.