Overview
Women have become a dominant force in the workplace. Despite different challenges, many are rising to top management positions in the private and public sectors of the economy. Some have successfully broken the glass ceiling and others are aspiring to do so. As leaders, women have the responsibility to drive their teams to achieve and exceed targets. This requires creativity, innovation, professionalism and an ability to get the best from team members. Women often have to work harder and smarter to get to the top. This programme will assist women sharpen their leadership skills in order to succeed in today’s challenging world. It will help them fine-tune their strategies for effective leadership. In the three-day period, participants would learn to explore and leverage on contemporary leadership tools that have helped organisations achieve high performance. It will cover different management concepts, effective leadership essentials, and creative problem-solving skills and afford them opportunities to share their experiences and learn from each other.
Learning Objectives and Benefits
Who should attend
The programme is targeted towards:
- Women in senior management positions
- Women in top management positions in medium-sized businesses
- Professionals, consultants and owner-managers
Structure and Curriculum
- Understanding human behaviour in organisations
- Business and economic analysis and Risk management
- Analysis of business problems and Decision-making
- Women in leadership – Unique issues
- Self-mastery and Emotional intelligence
- Breaking the glass ceiling – Key issues
- Managing organisational power and politics
- Virtuous leadership
- Effective leadership skills and competencies
- Negotiation skills
- Gender issues in organisational leadership
- Integrating work and family
- Inspirations for women in business and politics
- Building good networking skills
- Panel discussion session
- Developing concrete action plan
Admission process
1. Click on the Apply Now tab
2. Select the number of participants to enroll on the programme
3. Fill in your details to complete your application
4. Request for an invoice or make an instant payment via our secured payment gateway
5. Upon confirmation of payment, a programme manager will get in touch with you at least three days before the programme commences.
Faculty
Rose Ogbechie is a Senior Fellow of the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria where she teaches Business Ethics on the MBA and Executive Programs of the institution.
She holds an MBA from IESE Business School, Barcelona and a second Master’s degree in Applied Philosophy and Ethics (MAPE) from Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to joining LBS, Rose had worked as the Managing Director of JMJ Consulting Ltd, a training consulting firm and as a Director in Contact Marketing Services. She was also the Director of Training at the Institute of Financial Planning/First Finance and Trust Ltd in Victoria Island, Lagos for about four years, and a banker at UBA Plc for 15 years.
Dr Oparison is a senior fellow at Lagos Business School with over 25 years of management and leadership experience in blue-chip multinational companies.
He was a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked on a wide range of assignments including Organizational development and change management interventions, executive resourcing, performance and talent management in private-sector organisations ranging from FMCG companies, financial service organisations, banks, pharmaceutical companies, as well as public-sector client organisations.
For over seven years, Oparison was HR Vice President for Shell’s Downstream Business in Africa, a member of the Executive Management Team for Shell Oil Products Africa, and the Shell Downstream Global HR Leadership team based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
