New Courses

We design and deliver effective, inspiring and practical training for women leaders, and aspiring leaders.

All our courses are rooted in the realities of women’s career paths and address their specific development needs and concerns in a positive, professional and supportive way. Our delegates grow in skill and confidence.

We can adapt any of our programmes to meet your particular needs and objectives, budget and time scales.

Career Management for Women

This programme is for women seeking promotion. It includes:

Understanding how organisations work and how to be effective within them
Managing all the relationships on which your performance depends
Appreciating the national context and adding value to your organization
Career planning in the real world: how to do it
Practical career management strategies including prioritizing, goal setting and action planning

Confident Middle Leadership

A programme for middle leaders and those aspiring to the role. It includes:

The role of the middle leader, team leadership and team building
Dealing with people effectively: the assertiveness framework
Effective communication skills and managing essential relationships
Conflict resolution and handling challenging situations
Time and project management

Stepping up to Senior Leadership

This programme is for women middle leaders considering or aspiring to senior leadership. It includes:

The demands of senior leadership and how to meet those demands creatively
Understanding and working with power dynamics and politics
Enhancing personal skills and interpersonal effectiveness to confidently manage the challenges of your current and future roles
Overview of the recruitment process and how to successfully navigate it
Ongoing career planning

Challenging Headteacher Stereotypes

This programme aims to release leadership potential and access a wider pool of headteachers.

We target long-serving and effective women senior leaders whose career paths have not traditionally prepared them for headship.

Consultancy services to Local Authorities to expand the potential recruitment pool
Training events for governors and officers to recruit beyond the stereotypes
Training and support for potential women headteachers to assist them through the recruitment process
Collaboration on conference development to raise and explore diversity issues in relation to succession planning
Keynote speeches and workshop delivery

School Leadership as Service

We are seeking to work collaboratively with dioceses and other religious organisations to develop and deliver a leadership programme which:

Actively explores the belief in school leadership as Service
Encourages more women to think about school leadership as a viable career choice
Provides practical strategies to support them into the role