INFORMATION
For more information or questions, please contact Melissa Hiatt at 605-305-9924 or mhiatt@embe.org.
Our goal through EmBe’s Women’s Leadership Program is to help women deeply understand themselves and the positive impact they can have on others and the world.
“A leader is anyone who recognizes the potential in people and process and has the courage to develop that potential.” – Brené Brown
Leadership has nothing to do with how many people report to you or how big of a budget you manage. Leadership is about recognizing potential in yourself first, then others and then in the organizations and communities you live and work in. Under this definition of leadership, each and every woman fits. This program is for you.
The Women’s Leadership Program began in 2012 and expanded to a three-tiered approach in 2023.
- Leading Me: Owning My Leadership Journey
- Leading With: Understanding My Impact on Others
- Leading Wise: Resourcing my Wisdom for the Greater Good
You don’t have to do leadership and life alone. Wherever you are on your leadership journey, you are invited to participate with other women who want to grow, learn, and expand their leadership impact.
This immersive program welcomes all women seeking development opportunities in their personal and professional lives. Come and be a part of the EmBe Women’s Leadership Program. You belong. You matter.
Leading Me: Owning My Leadership Journey
Leading Me has been developed by using the expertise and skills of community leaders to challenge participants to grow in their understanding of strengths-based leadership, effective communication, claiming one’s own leadership authority, challenging the inner critic, and the impact of bias on leadership. Through the program, each participant will receive a personal mentor and will develop a Leadership Creativity Project that empowers them to integrate their learning through the program to help them meet their personal and professional goals.
PARTICIPANTS WILL
- Explore their leadership story as they look back on their life
- Gain tools to write their leadership story for the future.
- Expand their understanding of leadership
- Develop a network of professional women
Fall 2024 Cohort Schedule* – Thursdays 1:00-5:00 pm
- Application Deadline – Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Notification of Program Acceptance – Wednesday, August 28, 2024
- Retreat: Thursday, September 19, 2024; 8:30 am-4:30 pm
- Session 1: Strengths-Based Leadership – Thursday, October 3, 2024; 1:00-5:00 pm
- Session 2: Personal Leadership Authority – Thursday, November 14, 2024; 1:00-5:00 pm
- Mentor Match: 5:00-7:00 pm
- Session 3: The Impact of Unconscious Bias on Leadership – Thursday, December 7, 2024; 1:00-5:00 pm
- Session 4: Leadership Mindset – Thursday, January 9, 2025; 1:00-5:00 pm
- Session 5: Beyond Boundaries – Thursday, February 13, 2025; 1:00-5:00 pm
- Session 6: Leadership Creativity Projects – Thursday, March 13, 2025; 12:00-5:00 pm
- WLP Program Celebration – Thursday, May 1, 2025; 5:00-7:00 pm
*Dates are subject to change due to the needs of the presenter.
Spring 2025 Cohort Schedule
- Retreat – February
- 6 Sessions – (March – August)
- Graduation – September
Class Size: 25
Application Fee: $50
Cost: $1250
Leading With: Understanding My Impact on Others
Leading With is a 6-month program beginning with an all-day retreat where participants will explore anxiety and power within their family systems. The remaining 5 sessions are designed to help participants explore how they interact with others, understand behaviors that trigger them and pull them out of their leadership integrity, gaining tools for greater effectiveness in leading others, and finding joy as they authentically lead.
PARTICIPANTS WILL
- Examine power and anxiety in their family systems through the use of a genogram
- Evaluate patterns of behavior in their leadership and determine if they are helpful or need to be changed.
- Wrestle with what they can and cannot control in leadership and life.
Fall 2024 Cohort Schedule – Fridays 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Application Deadline – Monday, October 28, 2024
- Retreat: Family Genograms – Friday, November 15, 2024, 8:30 am–4:30 pm
- Session 1: Cultural Values – Friday, December 13, 2024, 8:30 am–12:30 pm
- Session 2: Exploring Strengths – Friday, January 10, 2025, 8:30 am–12:30 pm
- Session 3: Anxiety in the System – Friday, February 14, 2025, 8:30 am–12:30 pm
- Session 4: Healthy Leadership – Friday, March 14, 2025, 8:30 am–12:30 pm
- Session 5: Healthy Teams – Friday, April 11, 2025, 8:30 am–12:30 pm
- Session 6: Graduation – Friday, May 9, 2025, 8:30 am–2:00 pm
Spring 2025 Cohort Schedule
- Retreat – March
- 5 Sessions (April – August)
- Graduation – September
Class Size: 20
Application Fee: $50
Cost: $1500
TAPPING INTO BALANCE: An Online Virtual Training Teaching EFT Techniques for Stress Relief and Emotional Resilience
COST: $650
Virtual Facilitation
Tuesdays, 2-4 pm, October 22, 29, November 5, 12
Facilitator: Rebecca Wiener McGregor
This is a virtual class hosted on Zoom teaching EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), a simple yet effective tool for managing emotions and improving overall well-being. Regular tapping can help lower stress levels and reduce anxiety, leading to a calmer and more balanced state of mind. Join Rebecca Wiener McGregor, a seasoned transformational hypnotist, trauma healer, and abundance coach who helps her clients embrace their true selves and create impactful, fun, fulfilling, and rich lives.
Beyond Surviving: Leveraging the Mind-Body Connection to Live Life THRIVING
COST: $650
Facilitator: Lynn Gillette, Lynn Gillette Life Coaching
Tuesdays, November 5, 12, 19, 26, 6-8pm
Take a transformative journey from merely surviving to truly thriving in life. You’ll be equipped with the skills and support network needed for sustained personal growth and well-being, giving you hope and optimism for the future. Join Lynn Gillette, a master-certified Life Coach who utilizes compassion, strategies, and tools to provide the pathway for clients to step into their power and create the life they desire and deserve.
Leading Wise: Resourcing My Wisdom for the Greater Good
- Guiding Question: Where do my passions meet the world’s needs?
- Goals: To create connecting points where women support one another throughout their leadership.
There will be connecting points throughout the year for women to gather and support one another. These include:
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- Being a Mentor
- Level Up Lunches
- Wisdom Circles
- Volunteering at Dress for Success
- Tribute to Women Leadership Retreat, and more
- Group Coaching with Certified Life Coaches
BECOME A MENTOR
If you have a passion for the development of others and want to invest in a woman in our community intentionally, we invite you to apply to become a mentor in the Women’s Leadership Program. This is a 5-month commitment with an expectation of 4 – 6 meetings during that time.
