A Highly Interactive Training Course On

Practical Strategies for Successful Women Leaders

Building Influence, Confidence, and Strategic Leadership for Women

Practical Strategies for Successful Women Leaders
Course Schedule

CLASSROOM

26-30 Apr 2027
Paris
$5,950
Certificate
  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

Training Overview

Training Overview

Despite strong evidence demonstrating that organisations perform better with gender-balanced leadership, women remain underrepresented in senior leadership roles. This imbalance is often influenced by long-standing cultural assumptions and traditional leadership models that position men as default leaders while limiting women to supportive functions. Addressing these perceptions and achieving a balanced leadership approach that integrates both masculine and feminine leadership strengths is essential for long-term organisational success and responsible decision-making.

This Coventry Academy training course is designed to support women in expanding their influence and leading meaningful change within their organisations. The course focuses on developing leadership confidence, strategic communication, resilience, and self-awareness while challenging stereotypes that hinder career progression. Through a practical and reflective learning experience, participants strengthen their leadership identity and enhance their ability to operate effectively in complex organisational environments.

By combining leadership development, networking strategies, and change leadership skills, this Women Leadership Training Course equips participants to navigate modern leadership challenges with clarity and confidence. The course supports women in advancing their leadership potential while contributing to inclusive, innovative, and sustainable organisational cultures.

Key focus areas of this course include:

  • Understanding leadership in today’s evolving organisational landscape
  • Expanding influence through effective leadership communication
  • Identifying personal leadership values, strengths, and aspirations
  • Developing resilience, well-being, and leadership presence
  • Leveraging networking, mentoring, and coaching opportunities
  • Driving strategic change and advancing women’s leadership

What are the goals?

This Practical Strategies for Successful Women Leaders Training Course aims to strengthen leadership capability, confidence, and strategic impact. Participants will gain insight into their leadership identity while developing practical tools to influence, engage, and lead change effectively.

By attending this Coventry Academy training course, participants will be able to:

  • Create inclusive work environments that support collaboration and performance
  • Understand the role of women leaders within the modern leadership landscape
  • Clarify personal leadership aspirations, values, and motivations
  • Use organisational networking to enhance visibility, reputation, and capability
  • Strengthen personal presence and leadership impact
  • Build resilience, well-being, and sustainable leadership practices

Who is this Training Course for?

This Coventry Academy training course is designed for women who are preparing for greater leadership responsibility or seeking to strengthen their leadership effectiveness. It is particularly relevant for professionals working in organisations that value talent development, diversity, and inclusive leadership.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Mid-level managers aspiring to senior leadership roles across any sector
  • Participants in fast-track development or graduate leadership schemes
  • Senior HR professionals responsible for talent and leadership development
  • HR professionals managing diversity, inclusion, and workforce strategy

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This Practical Strategies for Successful Women Leaders Training Course is delivered through an interactive and structured learning approach that aligns with the five-day course outline. Each day builds progressively, allowing participants to explore leadership concepts, reflect on personal experiences, and apply practical strategies relevant to their organisational context.

The training incorporates facilitated discussions, self-assessments, group activities, and scenario-based learning to support active engagement. Participants examine leadership communication, personal leadership style, strategic thinking, and change leadership while gaining insight into how women leaders are perceived in the workplace.

The course also emphasises networking, mentoring, and resilience as critical leadership enablers. Participants are encouraged to develop actionable strategies that enhance influence, manage uncertainty, and drive positive change. This practical and reflective delivery approach ensures meaningful learning outcomes and sustained leadership growth.

The Course Content

Day One: Overview of Current Leadership
  • Definition of a leader
  • How is a leader is different from a manager
  • What are the critical competencies, skills and abilities/attitudes needed for the future successes?
  • What are the characteristics and behaviours of effective leaders?
  • Why more women leaders are critical for an organisation’s success
  • Are women leaders really different from their male counterparts
Day Two: Effective Leadership Communication
  • Effective and productive communication tactics in a range of contexts
  • The importance of story-telling to enlist supporters and facilitate decision-making
  • Strategies and techniques for being heard in challenging situations.
  • Specific approaches for overcoming conflict situations
  • Managing negotiations
  • Advanced Presentation Skills
Day Three: Identifying & Developing Your Leadership Style
  • SWOT analysis of own abilities
  • A comprehensive assessment and feedback
  • Personal motivations, values, and strengths
  • How others perceive women leaders in the workplace
  • Effective strategies to improve  performance and other’s perceptions
  • How to gain a deeper understanding self and interaction with others
  • How self- awareness helps a leader
Day Four: Developing Strategy
  • Recognizing the importance of networking and how to set up a network
  • Coaching and Mentoring – how can they help?
  • What are the strengths and opportunities that can be leveraged?
  • What are the obstacles and threats that have to be mitigated?
  • Getting the people strategy right
  • Critical thinking and analytics
Day Five: New Strategies and Driving Change
  • Evaluating formal and informal networks to identify network strength and supporting individuals
  • Envisioning new strategies for driving change in the organisation
  • Visioning skills required to identify opportunities and alert others to new possibilities
  • Assessing taking risks
  • Adopting a new framework for thinking about risk, uncertainty, and failure
  • Advancing women’s leadership in the workplace and develop strategies to make that happen

Providers and Associations

Anderson
Anderson
Aztech Training
Aztech Training
COPEX
COPEX