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
Spring Cohort Schedule – Evenings 4:00-8:00 pm
- Application Deadline – Applications Closed
- Notification of Program Acceptance – Friday, March 8, 2024
- Retreat: Tuesday, March 19, 2024; 8:30am-4:30 pm
- Session 1: Personal Leadership Authority – Tuesday, April 9; 4:00-8:00 pm
- Session 2: Strengths-Based Leadership – Tuesday, May 14; 2:00-6:00 pm
Mentoring Match: 6:00-8:00pm - Session 3: The Impact of Unconscious Bias on Leadership – Tuesday, June 11, 2024; 4:00-8:00pm
- Session 4: Leadership Mindset – Tuesday, July 9, 2024; 4:00-8:00 pm
- Session 5: Beyond Boundaries – Tuesday, August 13, 2024; 4:00-8:00 pm
- Session 6: Clear Communication & Leadership Creativity Projects – Tuesday, September 10, 2024; 4:00-8:00 pm
- WLP Program Celebration – Tuesday, October 8, 2024; 5:00-7:00 pm
Fall Cohort Schedule – Afternoons 1:00-5:00 pm
- Retreat – October
- 6 Sessions – (November – April)
- Graduation – May
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.
Spring Cohort Schedule
- Application Deadline – Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Retreat: Family Genograms, Friday, May 10, 2024, 8:30am–4:30 pm
- Session 1: Cultural Values, June 14, 2024, 8:30am–12:30 pm
- Session 2: Exploring Strengths, July 12, 2024, 8:30am–12:30 pm
- Session 3: Anxiety in the System, August 9, 2024, 8:30am–12:30 pm
- Session 4: Healthy Leadership, September 13, 2024, 8:30am–12:30 pm
- Session 5: Healthy Teams, October 11, 2024, 8:30am–12:30 pm
- Session 6: Graduation – November 8, 8:30am–2:00 pm
Class Size: 25
Application Fee: $50
Cost: $1500
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
Upcoming Group Coaching Session: An Invitation to Dream Again
Facilitated by Carol Spader of Wisdom that Works, LLC
Dates: Wednesdays, May 8 – June 12, 2024
Time: 6 – 9 PM
Location: Downtown EmBe | 1st Floor Conference Room
Cost: $750
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
An Invitation to Dream Again is an energetic 6-week course that will ignite your personal and professional leadership development. Carol Spader, Certified Dream Coach will help facilitate an enriching experience where you can reconnect with what matters to you. This is an opportunity to build connections, develop relationships, and pay attention to the dreams deep within you. Your dreams are your dreams for a reason.
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.
