Rising to the Top Coaching Group:
Women in Non-Traditional Careers

Purpose:

The purpose of Rising to the Top Coaching Program is to provide women new behaviors and skills to advance and excel in male-dominated careers or industries

Objectives:

This program combines knowledge, feedback, practice, and workplace techniques to develop the skills, behaviors and confidence to advance in your career

Key learning objectives are as follows:

• Assess your career development/advancement efforts
• Identify your preferred leadership style & develop your leadership skills
• Assess your work relationships & take steps to improve them
• Learn strategies to increase your visibility and promote yourself
• Grow your network which = your “net worth”
• Discover how to communicate more effectively with all levels
• Develop or fine-tune your salary negotiating skills
• Identify a mentor and discover how to develop & maintain that relationship
• Increase your self-confidence to handle challenging situations
• Develop an action plan to jump-start your rise to the top!

Result

This program equips and empowers women to take their career to the next level

Benefits of this Program:

• Personal Attention: Group coaching size is minimum 4- and maximum 8 people
• No Travel: Meet via a Bridge Line
• Greater Accountability = Better Results
• Increased Knowledge & Learning
• Grow Your Network & Build Community
• Opportunity to Share & Contribute
• Affordable/Good Value
• Confidential: Safe Place to Share

Take Aways:

• Identify Your Preferred Leadership Style
• Discover Your Selling and Influencing Styles
• Uncover Your Emotional Competencies
• Increased Individual Performance & Job Satisfaction
• Keys to More Effective Work Relationships
• Skills to Effectively Negotiate a Raise or Salary
• Better Communication with Others at All Levels
• An Action Plan to Jump Start Your Career Advancement Efforts

Who Should Attend:

This program is designed for women aspiring to advance into leadership roles including manager, director, VP, C-Level positions in industries such as IT, engineering, and construction, and financial services

Advance Work for Part 1 only:

• Leader Coachability Index
• Leader Background Information Form
• Career Advancement Assessment

Content:

Part 1: Stepping Up to the Plate

• Career advancement assessment
• Leadership style assessment
• Increasing your visibility and promote yourself
• Growing your network
• Creating an action plan

Course Materials provided for FREE:

• Women Lead from the Heart by Myrna Marofsky (article)
• Page Work Behavior Inventory (PWBI) (assessment)

Part 2: Hitting a Home Run

• Communicating more effectively
• Salary negotiating skills
• Mentoring
• Developing self-confidence
• Creating an action plan

Course Materials Provided for FREE:

• Relational Quotient at Work Assessment^SM developed by Nancy Branton
• Negotiating for Your Future by Joan Runnheim Olson (article)
• Mentoring: A Partnership for Success by Joan Runnheim Olson (article)

New or Used Books to Purchase (Optional):

• Fearless Living by Rhonda Britten

Time Commitment:

• Each session runs 60 minutes
• Prior to each session, you may spend 1-2 hours completing your reading and/or action steps

Part I: Stepping Up to the Plate

• The following Tuesdays from 1-2 pm eastern
• February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2011 AND March 1 and 8, 2011

Part II: Hitting a Home Run

• The following Tuesdays from 1-2 pm eastern
• March 22 and 29, 2011 AND April 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2011

Program Delivery Format:

• Meet via a bridgeline with 4-8 people and your instructor.

Technical Requirements:

• A good telephone headset or corded phone
• Cordless handset or wireless headset, if of excellent quality
• Avoid speaker phone or cell phone because they often bring distracting static or echoes to the ca