Who Should Attend?
- Women and men with 5 or more years of professional experience directing people and/or projects
- Any business leader who aspires to have greater influence and impact in his/her organization
- Anyone invested in the advancement of women executives into the senior ranks of an organization's leadership
- Leader or members of a women's employee resource group who want inspiration about future workshops, training, coaching, or activities for your company
More about this program
In four live-virtual and highly stimulating sessions, held on consecutive days, you will learn through case studies, research reviews, experiential exercises, and rich discussion how to navigate the challenges of managing or influencing people who are different from you, and improve your overall effectiveness. Attending with several people from your organization is highly recommended.
To participate in this course you will need to have a working webcam, built in or attached, and have downloaded the Zoom Cloud Meeting app onto your laptop.
If you have any questions about this requirement, call Duke Executive Education team at +1.919.660.8011 or Toll Free +1.800.372.3932, or email us at execed-info@duke.edu.
Course Topics
- Understanding Influence: Stereotypes, Bias, and The Leadership Gap
- Communicating Influence: Buy-in, Feedback, and Linguistics
- Navigating Influence: Leaning In, leaning Back, and Systemic Change
- Knowing Your Own Influence: Success, Careers, and Life Stories
Program Objectives
At the end of the program, you will:
- Gain a broad intellectual understanding of why the gender leadership gap persists in organizational settings
- Understand the barriers and obstacles that women (and men) sometimes face when pursuing and occupying leader roles
- Improve your ability to analyze gender stereotypes, biases, and discrimination – be it implicit, subtle, explicit, or blatant – that can persist in organizations
- Learn how to actively manage social perceptions and impressions to help improve work relationships
- Discover how to negotiate influence to help attain parity and equity in the workplace
- Recognize the extent to which intersecting social identities inform a better and more accurate depiction of leadership experiences and disparities
- Develop an understanding of strategies that have been successfully implemented to help close the gender leadership gap
- Learn the meaning of success to you and understand how it can change over time
Benefits to Organizations
By sponsoring employees’ attendance, you will:
- Learn how to make diversity your organization’s strategic advantage by maximizing the strengths of high performers
- Learn why some corporate cultures tend to facilitate or hinder equity and how to empower positive change agents
- Equip a few of your “culture influencers” with ideas for starting new or developing current employee resource groups
Sample Schedule
Session 1
2-4p ET
Pre-work: Complete Implicit Association Test
Optional Readings
Topic: Understanding Influence: Stereotypes, Bias, and The Leadership Gap
Learning Objectives:
- Gain a broad intellectual understanding of gender issues in organizational settings
- Understand the gender-related barriers and obstacles that can occur when pursuing and occupying leader roles
- Improve your ability to analyze gender stereotypes, bias, and discrimination that can persist in organizations
Time: 2 hours
Speaker: Ashleigh Shelby Rosette
Session 2
2-4p ET
Pre-work: Optional Reading
Topic: Communicating Influence: Buy-in, Feedback, and Linguistics
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize ineffective communication habits
- Understand how to better assert your ideas and gain buy-in
- Give actionable feedback and ensure you’re receiving it as well
Time: 2 hours
Speaker: Daisy Lovelace
Session 3
2-4p ET
Pre-work: Optional Reading
Topic: Navigating Influence: Leaning In, Leaning Back, and Systemic Change
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the pros and cons of leaning in
- Consider how best to advise women about how to traverse a path when leading
- Learn which gender-related structural and policy changes have been found to be most effective
Time: 2 hours
Speaker: Grainne Fitzsimons
Session 4
2-4p ET
Pre-work: Complete the Career Journey Exercise
Optional Readings
Topic: Understanding Influence: Stereotypes, Bias, and The Leadership Gap
Learning Objective:
- Reflect upon whether gender differences have impacted your previous work experiences or how they may impact your impending careers
Time: 2 hours
Speaker: Ashleigh Shelby Rosette
