Significant ROI for Women’s Leadership Program in Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

Smith College Executive Education for Women and Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), ranked 16^th on the Financial Times 2015 list of executive education providers, partnered in 2014 to offer a pilot program for top female executives, the first executive leadership programs of its kind in South America. The FDC-Smith Women’s Global Leaders Program, which took place September 9 – 12, 2014 in Nova Lima, Brazil, proved to be a great success.

Iris Newalu, Executive Director of Smith College Executive Education, recently visited FDC campuses in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Belo Horizonte to share Smith’s research on the status of global women’s leadership development and to discuss how organizations can support the advancement of women in the workplace. “There is still a large gender gap in executive suites across the Latin American region,” said Newalu. “The FDC-Smith Women’s Global Leaders Program covers business competencies like negotiation, innovation and strategic thinking to prepare women for the unique challenges they face doing business in Latin America and beyond.”

A Smith College Executive Education study identified longtime cultural constructs as the greatest barrier to career advancement for women in Brazil. Women face lack of sponsors, confidence, and exposure to business training. When provided with leadership education, women are more likely to succeed. Women who attend women-only leadership programs not only improve their skills; they gain access to a global network of true peers.

The FDC-Smith Women’s Global Leaders Program takes place August 30 – September 4, 2015 at the Aloysio Faria, Nova Lima campus of Fundação Dom Cabral. It will address the following topics:

* Applying concrete tools and approaches for decision-making and strategic agility
* Building and communicating a compelling leadership vision
* Honing presentation techniques to deliver messages with maximum impact
* Learning principles of neuroscience to enhance strategic thinking for exceptional outcomes
* Improving leadership fitness for high-performance by managing health and wellness
* Learning the science behind developing a strategic professional network
* Creating an action plan to take the learnings forward

For more information on this program, or to register, visit them on the Web.

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