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

Despite the fact that women comprise half of the US workforce, they account for less than four percent of the nation’s business executives. The seminar is designed to increase awareness about how leadership is influenced by both gender and organizational culture. Participants will examine the role of organizational culture and its impact on leadership. Personal leadership style will be identified and participants will become aware of leadership issues and challenges confronting female leaders. Strategies that facilitate success will also be advanced.

Through contemporary case studies, experiential activities, and discussion, participants become more knowledgeable about the influence of organizational culture on leadership. They also become aware of the prevailing perceptions, stereotypes, and behaviors associated with female leadership. Organizational culture characteristics are discussed, leader related dilemmas are presented, and participants will provide insights and solutions to the dilemmas.

Participants return to the workplace with increased knowledge about the challenges as well as benefits associated with female leadership. Participants will also have an individual action plan for improving leader effectiveness.
 

You should attend this seminar...

...if you are a middle or executive level female manager who wants to hone her leadership skills.

Learn to:

• Examine contemporary leadership theory and how theory influences leader behavior
• Explore how organizational culture encourages or impedes female leaders
• Analyze operational challenges that female leaders confront
• Increase awareness about female leaders as a strategic resource
• Identify perceptions, stereotypes, and other challenges that female leaders confront
• Recognize strategies associated with increasing the success of female leaders
• Undertake individual leadership action plan development
   

Tentative Seminar Outline

Organizational Culture

• Influence of Organizational Culture on Leadership

• Women Leaders as a Strategic Resource

• Traditional and Contemporary Leadership Theory

Leadership Challenges

• Gender Based Perceptions and Stereotypes

• Barriers to the Advancement of Female Leaders

Leadership Success

• Gender Based Strategies for Success
• Increasing the Leadership Participation of Females
• Improving the Organizational Culture for Leadership Success
• Reflections and Action Plan Development

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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