• Dates / Location: Dates Pending, Available In-House

As a result of women’s increased advancement into managerial and leadership roles, they occupy historically unfamiliar terrain. One particular area of unfamiliarity that these women encounter is the women managing women dynamic. This phenomena raises questions regarding the traditional male dominant style of managing and leading and whether this style is applicable to the woman to woman dynamic. The seminar provides an orientation regarding this phenomena, it examines the unique challenges present when women manage women, and it provides strategies for successfully navigating this dynamic. The resultant organizational and individual benefits associated with understanding and maximizing the women managing women dynamic are also advanced.

You should attend this seminar...

...if you are a middle or executive level female manager who supervises other women. Women aspiring to reach managerial ranks are also encouraged to attend.

Learn to:

• explore contemporary attitudes associated with women who manage other women
  
• identify and explore the organizational and personal challenges that impact the women managing women dynamic
  
• discover strategies to maximize the women managing women
  relationship
   
• exploit  the personal and organizational benefits associated with maximizing the women to women dynamic

Tentative Seminar Outline

Overview

• Insights, experiences & interpretations

• Current state of affairs based on research & prevailing attitudes

Challenges of this Dynamic

• Organizational sources

• Personal sources

Strategies for Success

• Common goals to establish performance outcomes

• Trust to enhance comfort level

• Credibility building and maintenance

• Mentoring

• Active communication

Value & Benefits of Maximizing the Dynamic

• Opportunity for mentoring

• Opportunity to influence policy through unification and strength in numbers

• Opportunity to influence acceptance of women in managerial roles

• Increased satisfaction & commitment

• Recruitment tool

Seminar Leader

Kellye Jones, Ph.D. 

Associate, BDRGlobal, Inc.

Associate Professor, Management - The University of Texas at Arlington

Dr. Jones has most recently been a faculty member of The University of Texas at Arlington.  She has integrated her academic and practitioner experience for more than 15 years.  Given her involvement in both research and practice, she has a heightened awareness of the challenges and opportunities that contemporary organizations confront.

Kellye has developed corporate training and has provided consultative services for executives and senior managers at various business, professional, and governmental organizations including SBC, AT&T, The National Association of Women Business Owners, The National Association of Female Executives, The Department of Labor, and The Department of Commerce.  Her primary areas of expertise include strategic planning and management, leadership, and, gender and diversity in organizations.

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