BRAVE WOMEN RISING
Emboldening women to embrace their feminine leadership strengths and own their power as change agents.
Brave Women Rising is an evidence-based leadership program that gets to the heart of what holds women back from fulfilling their full potential as change agents and leaders.
A powerful combination of experiential learning, small group accountability and highly accessible concepts, Brave Women Rising equips women with the strategies, skills and forward-leaning mindset essential to break through systemic, social and psychological barriers. By empowering women to use their intrinsic power, it unleashes potential, harnesses diversity, and amplifies the value women bring to decision making tables.
PROGRAM & CONTENT
COUNTERING BIASES, DISMANTLING BARRIERS.
Brave Women Rising gets to the heart of what it takes to advance more women to decision making tables.
Every component and learning outcome of this program is designed to advance female careers in ways that reflect both the multi-dimensional reality of women’s lives and immense value women bring to decision making tables.
Women will finish this program with:
- A compelling vision for their future, aligned to core values & unencumbered by self-doubt
- Authentically grounded in stronger sense of their innate value and strengths
- Practical skills to navigate complex & ambiguous organizational dynamics
- A powerful network of female leaders to champion each other
- Strategies to thrive under pressure, with optimal resilience, courage and wellbeing
- An agile game plan for taking their careers to the next level
FIVE PILLAR FRAMEWORK
The five foundational pillars of this program provide a proven framework to support women in rising above the barriers – internal and external – that have stymied the rise of women to positions of greater influence.
PURPOSE
Lead from Why
- Connect to a bold vision with a compelling Why to cultivate purpose-driven leadership.
- Align to core values to galvanize courage & counter agentic ‘think manager, thank male’ bias.
- Embrace vulnerability with authentic self-certainty.
- Enrol accountably network to support ambitions.
AGENCY
Own your Power
- Internalize strengths to counter imposter syndrome & close the ‘gender confidence gap.’
- Address role congruity bias. Lead with courage and compassion. Embody grace and grit.
- Couple ‘taking care’ with ‘taking charge.’
- Reconstruct self-limiting paradigms of power – replace either/or constructs; move from ‘power over’ to ‘power with.’
DARING
Train the Brave
- Strategies for managing self-doubt and negative internal scripts.
- Take strategic career risks that accelerate learning & crucial leadership competencies.
- Embrace discomfort to adopt a ‘risk-ready’ mindset driven by curiosity, creativity & contribution.
- Address perfectionism and reframe ‘miss-steps’ to fail forward, faster.
EXPRESSION
Speak with Authority
- Identify blind spots to speak powerfully, build presence and harness the best in others.
- Set boundaries, make powerful requests and get comfortable with self-advocacy.
- Speak to unspoken concerns to counter ‘double binds’, ‘backlash effect’ & benevolent sexism.
CAPACITY
Prioritize what Empowers
- Engage strategic allies, sponsors & mentors, build social capital (‘find your own golf game’) & champion other women.
- Dispel work/life balance myths.
- Establish ‘should free’ strategies for managing gendered expectations, conflicting priorities and ‘caregiver’ responsibilities.
- Develop practices that build resilience & expand bandwidth to thrive under pressure.
“Margie’s Brave Women Rising program exceeded my expectations on every level. I am not clear in my vision and read to take concrete steps to achieve it.”
“Margie’s women leaders program changed my life and that of my colleagues. A worthwhile investment for all leaders, both emerging and established.”
“One word: AMAZING! The feedback from our women leaders following Margie’s program was PHENOMENAL!”
DELIVERY
ACCESSIBILITY. ENGAGEMENT. ACTION.
The five core pillars of the Brave Women Rising program can be delivered on-site, virtually or in combination. Margie has also run this program as a fully immersive off-site weekend program for female leaders in the US and Asia.
Designed to optimize engagement, build accountability and foster experiential hands-on learning, Margie and her team will work with you to customize the most impactful, accessible program for your team and organization.
“Margie’s deep insight and powerful delivery set her apart. Her practical advice on how to challenge ourselves and others to be more courageous helped bolster my personal vision for a candid, collaborative and forward-leaning workplace.”
Kathy Calvin, President & CEO, United Nations Foundation
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