Communication
Workshops for Women
As a leader in your organization, have you often witnessed women in their early-career or mid-career get the short end of the stick?
Do you find that early to mid-careerwomen colleagues do not articulate their need for support and quit their corporate jobs leading to increased attrition?
Our conversations with early – mid-career corporate women employees reveal that support for women, at the junior to mid-levels in many organizations isn’t what it should be.
A number of areas have emerged as hot issues – assertiveness, the courage to ask, interaction/networking with senior management, persuasive presentation skills
that can get them noticed, and the conviction to speak up when needed.
In addition, when they transition from their current job role to a new opportunity of their choice, they need additional support on identifying transferable skills, additional upskilling/training suggestions, profile building, and mentoring/coaching.
All programs are of 4 hours duration. For 2 programs – Women in transition and Trust your leadership, the 1-1 coaching can be made available as an additional option.
A cohort size of about 12 – 15 people is recommended for healthy interaction.
Available Workshops for Women
Craft Your Personal Reality
Women tend to put others’ needs ahead of their own. This workshop coaches women to create their personal reality overcoming their limiting beliefs, dealing with guilt and practising powerful self-expression.
Program Details
Reflect on what truly makes you feel joyful at work.
Identify your interests & areas that need work to feel good.
Practice self-love and acceptance.
Identify me-time in a day.
Identify short and long term interests.
Get into the Zone of proximal development.
Deal with guilt. Practice forgiveness.
Do not compare and despair.
Achieve the short term goals without self-sabotage.
Measures and Outcomes
Vision board for what you want to achieve.
Identify activities to engage on a regular basis.
Replace limiting beliefs and negative self-talk with empowering beliefs.
The Art of Asking
Be it opportunities, training, support or a pay hike, women hesitate to ask. This workshop will discuss how women should develop the confidence muscle to ask what they need.
Program Details
Women don’t ask!
Deal with limiting beliefs and negative self-talk.
Learn the art of funneling questions.
A ‘no’ once does not mean a ‘no’ forever. Persevere.
Set boundaries in the workplace and at home.
Prepare for an ask [get info, know opportunities, etc]
Deal with the imposter syndrome.
Perfect the art of asking [tone, body language, choice ofwords]
Measures and Outcomes
Identify opportunities/roles at the workplace that you aspire for.
Have the courage to ask for a discussion.
Ask a senior colleague to mentor you.
Raise Your EQ
Women, being empathetic by nature, often have challenges making hard decisions or handling conflicts. This workshop helps them build their emotional muscle by working on their strengths.
Program Details
Be self-aware.
Express yourself with confidence.
Self-appreciation: celebrate small wins.
Accept self and others.
Handle feedback at work and stressful situations like tough project deadlines.
Able to negotiate and arrive at a middle ground that will suit all stakeholders.
Choose your response for a situation.
Dealing with negative emotions at the workplace [e.g.withdrawal from participation leading to loss of confidence]
Measures and Outcomes
Is your confidence or emotion management better now?
Are you dealing with similar situations differently?
Are you aware of the situations that cause negative emotions?
Are you able to choose your response?
Grow Your Network
Your network decides how opportunities find you. Most boardroom and senior roles are often filled via informal networks. This workshop addresses how you should leverage your existing networks or join new ones.
Program Details
Know why you should build and maintain your professional network.
Be a giver – this builds trust and credibility.
Learn the art of taking.
Perfect your self-introduction.
Identify senior leaders as role models.
Identify and connect with peers [through shared personal and professional interests, goals et al]
Be a mentor.
Connect with them through formal or informal channels.
Keep the connections alive.
Measures and Outcomes
Update your professional profile.
Identify a mentor and request mentoring support.
Set networking goals for yourself
Identify, curate and volunteer for 1-2 activities in your network
Plan your networking calendar.
Create a Support Circle
Mentoring /coaching is often needed to fail-proof a women’s career. This workshop helps women identify the need and build a support circle of mentors and buddies for direction and guidance.
Program Details
Look out for and enrol in support circles.
Be a giver – this builds trust and credibility.
Share experiences of how you handled a particular situation to inform/inspire your colleagues.
Ask for support when you need it.
Measures and Outcomes
Identify support circles to participate.
Be a giver – what can you contribute to your support circle.
Share experiences.
Women in Transition
Women, who are returning from a break or moving into a new role, need support during their transition. This workshop helps them to set boundaries, expectations for self and others at home and work, finding inner balance and how to make peace with reality
Program Details
Prepare yourself to succeed in your role mentally.
Be self-aware.
Deal with limiting beliefs and negative self-talk.
Set boundaries in the workplace and at home.
Look out for and enrol in support circles.
Do not compare and despair.
Deal with guilt. Practice forgiveness.
Identify senior leaders as role models.
Share experiences of how you handled a particular situation to inform/inspire your colleagues.
Ask for support when you need it.
Measures and Outcomes
Identify areas that you need to work on to make your transition smooth.
Set realistic goals for yourself without feeling guilty.
Identify people whom you can call on for help.
Look for a mentor in your own organization.
Trust Your Leadership
Women, more often than men, struggle with the imposter syndrome and tend to undermine their abilities as leaders. This workshop helps women leaders discover their strengths, the value they bring, have faith in themselves to lead their teams.
Program Details
Deal with the imposter syndrome.
Understand and accept the value you bring to your role and team.
Structure your message for clarity and engagement.
Master the art of giving and receiving feedback.
Perfect the art of formal and informal communication -tone, body language et al.
Speak up for yourself and your team.
Get a mentor in the organization who knows the system.
Be empathetic but also stand your ground.
Be aware of the formal and informal networks at work.
Measures and Outcomes
Identify a mentor in the organization.
Identify networks to join.
Demonstrate communication clarity.
Inner Peace for Busy Women
Demands from both career and personal lives peak together for mid-career women. This workshop helps women to be mindful of their thoughts and feelings, find their inner balance, radiate peace and feel joyous to perform at their peak potential.
Program Details
Learn mindfulness practice to help you perform at your peak potential.
Our thoughts create our reality!
Craft your reality!
Know yourself!
Learn the art of Self-expression
Deal with limiting beliefs and negative thoughts.
Measures and Outcomes
Introduction to Mindfulness practice and Meditation for Inner Peace
This is done over 3 days – 2 hours each.
Testimonials
Mithun, Software Professional
Coachee
When this training started, I thought I wouldn't be able to achieve the goals. I was not confident to speak in front of a group. But I am able to do that now. I have started to chat with my colleagues in English and write emails without any help. I wrote 1-2 emails to the customer last week. This is the first time I am doing this. Also, I filled this questionnaire, all by myself - this is the biggest transformation from this program.
Prantik Chakraborty WVF
Coachee
This coaching has been very useful to me. It has taught me communication skills for various workplace scenarios - sharing my thoughts in meetings and discussions, writing emails for work purposes, and presenting my work related status. It has also given me a feel of working in a team and to properly coordinate with the team. Overall this course has helped me gain knowledge of professional communication in a corporate environment.
Shiva Jayagopal, Winvinaya Foundation
Sponsor
...what you have done is - more than the communication, you have given them [cohort members] lots of confidence to speak. I am definitely very happy with the progress we are seeing in all of them. This coaching in communication will have a bigger impact as it will help them grow in their career.
Lavanya P, Software Professional
Coachee
In the workshop I learned how to sequence my speech or presentation; the real time scenarios used during the training were very useful at work.
Take your first step
Get in touch for a no-cost consultation, and we will discuss your organization and discover the areas where we can help you. Even if you are not sure you need communication training, you should get in touch – we will help you find out if you do. Then we will get you on your way to a stronger, more collaborative organization.
The sooner you improve your business communication, the sooner you unlock the revenue and growth you have been missing!
