The Curriculum:

(Session topics may shift as appropriate)

WORKSHOPS

Session 1: Community Building, Connection, and Vulnerability

Getting to Know Your Cohort

Creating Group Values

Creating a Group Agreement

Exploring Vulnerability and the work of Brene Brown

Session 2: Deconstructing Your Inner Patriarchy

Women, self esteem, sense of possibility and self efficacy

Developing a Feminist consciousness

Deconstructing the Influence of your parents and religion

Questioning Norms

Identifying your patterns of resilience

Session 3: Deconstructing Your Inner Patriarchy Part II

Deconstructing the influence of your Romantic Partners, Media,

Government + Society on you and on all women

Ensuring you don't reproduce harmful patriarchical norms

Thinking Inclusively

Questioning Norms

Identifying your patterns of resilience

Session 4: Your Superpowers

Strengths Inventory - Getting Clear on What Sets You Apart

DISC + Enneagram

Turning Off Your Inner Critic

Tools to Bolster Your Self-Worth and that of your Staff

Highlighting your Accomplishments

Your Leadership Values and Leadership Statement

Identifying and Positioning Your Super Powers

Session 5: Feminist Leadership

The Lean In Conundrum- when should you lean in, and and when should you lean out?

How do successful women differ from men in their leadership styles? What works? What qualities do women uniquely have to offer? What about women of color?

Moving From a Power Over Model to a Power With, Power To, Power Within Mode

Riane Eisler's Partnership Model - Moving from domination to partnership

Case Study: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Morgan Dixon

Session 6: Feminist Leadership Part II

How can you make others feel included in virtual environments?

What is expected of you as a leader in all of this?

What does the new power world look like?

What are the trends we need to be aware of as leaders?

How has the global pandemic influenced what we need from leaders?

Case Study: Jacinda Arden

Session 7: Handling Anxiety- Guest speaker: Dr. Helene Karlin, PhD, psychologist

Mindfulness

Meditation

Handling Uncertainty

Restorative Relaxation

Stress Management

Easing Anxiety around Public Speaking

Featuring a 30 minute Hypnosis Session

Session 8: Breaking the glass ceiling

Exploring the double standards regarding women in leadership

What do we need to keep in mind in order to succeed, without giving into a patriarchal system?

How can women overcome double standards? How can the system overcome double standards?

Looking at practices and qualities of female CEOS

Navigating male- dominated spaces

How to make sure that your voice is heard

How to fight for yourself when others are trying to take you down

How to advocate for yourself in a remote workplace

Case Study: Hillary Clinton

Session 9: Speaking Truth To Power - Guest Speaker, Mary Axelsen, VP Human Resources, EnviroLogix

How do you make your voice heard and make change in the most productive way possible?
How do you get people to listen to you?

How do you challenge men in power in a credible, impactful way while advancing your career?

How do you authentically navigate male dominated workplaces to achieve your goals?

Session 10: Empowering Other Women - Guest Speaker, Jacqueline Morgan, Senior Director, Software + Platforms, Accenture

Best practices for supporting and advancing other women

Tips on being a mentee, mentor, and sponsor

What do women need to be empowered? Gen Z, vs. Millenial, vs. everyone else!

How to Lift Up other Women in a Remote Work Environment

Session 11: Gender Equality at the Institutional Level

What works to foster gender equality in a company or organization?

What works to prevent and combat sexual harassment and assault?

What works to recruit and retain more women, and women of color?

How can you make change on gender equity at your company or org without that being your role?

Session 12: Organizing for Change

Examining social movements for gender equality around the world

- Ireland

- Poland

- Chile

- United States

BONUS session

Session 13: Building your own table

Examining New Ecosystems for Women, By Women

Individual Action Planning

Joint Action Planning

Thought Leadership

New America Foundation

CommonGenius Blog

Conscious Company Magazine

Women 2.0