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This woman’s leadership development programme seeks to address the under representation of women in management roles. Women in Leadership builds confidence, informal networks and develops an understanding of women as future leaders. 

This three day programme will provide participants with an opportunity to focus on your personal and professional goals and give ongoing support to achieve them. The workshop is fun and interactive, and considers themes such as self-awareness, personal impact and influence, and leadership styles As an online course it will contain a mixture of discussions and self-study as well as essential pre-course work. It is written so people at all stages of their careers can benefit from it.

This inspiring and engaging programme is for existing female managers who wish to progress in their careers or aspiring managers and leaders and covers self-leadership, personal impact and influence as a leader and inspirational women and leadership.
 
Please note: This is a women only programme.

This course is free to South Gloucestershire Council staff.  For all external delegates there is a charge of £300.

Confident conversations for women is a two hour webinar looking at how we can maximise our effectiveness when speaking to others. Whether this is offering an alternative viewpoint, challenging a colleague or presenting ideas at a meeting, we’ll look at practical steps we can take to do this with more impact and less stress.

Confident conversations for women is a two hour webinar looking at how we can maximise our effectiveness when speaking to others. Whether this is offering an alternative viewpoint, challenging a colleague or presenting ideas at a meeting, we’ll look at practical steps we can take to do this with more impact and less stress.

During the week of International Women’s Day 2021 we are offering a suite of courses for female colleagues on topics that women regularly tell us they want to focus on.

This on line course will provide women with an opportunity to identify and address their own barriers to confidence, create a winning mindset to allow them to stay positive and believe in yourself and use both physical and mental techniques to control nerves. You will learn to use positive language to increase your confidence and create a positive, confident, can-do impression. The workshop will provide the opportunity to work with other women to identify any aspects of your body language which detract from your self-presentation, and make positive adjustments and be able to remain calm and confident including when you’re taken unawares.

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Vicky will share the video link to Brené Brown’s The Power of Vulnerability TED Talk. Attendees can comment in the chat, listen, and participate in a post-video discussion about Brené’s insights.

Brené Brown studies human connection – our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.

The power of vulnerability: TED Talk will enable a supportive discussion and connection between attendees.

The Staff Women’s Group is leading this event in celebration of International Women’s Day. This particular initiative was chosen as Covid-19’s lockdown restrictions mean that human connection is harder and limited. On the front lines and at home, women are disproportionately impacted by Covid-19. Globally, 70 per cent of health workers and first responders are women. For women, the pandemic means unpaid care and domestic work burden has increased significantly.

The Staff Women’s Group is a supportive space. The intention of this session is to learn, share experiences, make friends, and realise you are not alone.

During the week of International Women’s Day 2021 we are offering a suite of courses for female colleagues on topics that women regularly tell us they want to focus on.

This one day course will promote how coaching skills can empower you to maximise performance and work to your full potential. Time invested in developing coaching skills can deliver transformative outcomes, such as increased motivation and performance, and removing barriers that block progression. You will explore how to use simple coaching tools to help others to perform more effectively as well as become more effective yourself, both professionally and personally. This will be an interactive day where you will work with other women to share experiences and learn from each other. You will leave feeling inspired to achieve your goals with more clarity on how to get there! This course is for you if you’re interested in: increasing confidence and self-esteem, seeking a promotion or increased job satisfaction, interested in finding solutions to help you manage your work/life balance, enhancing your leadership skills, and identifying actions to improve effectiveness.

The course includes a follow up session with a qualified coach to check on progress and to help you stay motivated.

Maintaining wellbeing in challenging times –

This webinar will cover some simple ideas you can try, the five ways of wellbeing which is promoted by the NHS and government as evidence based practices to enhance your wellbeing, happiness habits that have been proven to enhance wellbeing, the council’s wellbeing action plans that can be used to support you in your work.

These 50 minute coaching sessions with coaches will assist council staff in coming up with strategies and action plans to maintain and build their wellbeing and resilience. Unlike counselling which provides a safe space to explore worries and concerns, these confidential coaching sessions will help staff come up with individual plans to help them build their resilience, understand what they can do to enhance their wellbeing and overcome current and future obstacles. There are activities and exercises that wellbeing coaches can also give people to work through in their own time if they would find it useful.

Please note these sessions will be delivered by skype or telephone.  Your coach will contact you to confirm the best method for you.

During the week of International Women’s Day 2021 we are offering a suite of courses for female colleagues on topics that women regularly tell us they want to focus on.

This one day course will provide the participants with an opportunity to focus on their personal and professional goals and build confidence. The workshop is fun and interactive and considers themes such as self-awareness, comfort zones, confidence and will be the beginning of 100 days of change based on a goal you decide. This day will provide you with a network of women to share your 100 days with and gain advice, inspiration and to hold yourself accountable for making the changes that really matter to you. Feedback on the FREEDOM method is that it has led to changes in confidence, self-esteem, wellbeing and it has encouraged people to take on challenges they never thought possible. Come on this course if you are ready to make changes in your life and want to support the other participants for the next 100 days to achieve their goals too.

The course includes a follow up session with a qualified coach to check on progress and to help you stay motivated.

Understanding your response to change –

Adapted from our face to face workshop this webinar will help you gain better understanding of your emotional response to change and the response to those around you. It will help you to make sense of your feelings and what is normal through any change, particularly in a time of uncertainty and isolation. The webinar will provide you with techniques to think about the current changes to working and lifestyle in different ways that can help you feel more positive and in control.