6C Competency Model for Women Leaders
Our proprietary 6C Competency Model has been developed using insights from detailed conversations with over 70 companies and their leaders in addition to dialogs with over 2000 women leaders. These competencies are unique to women leaders and go beyond what is covered by generic leadership and management development programs and include overcoming limiting mindsets and navigating biases.
COMMUNICATING IMPACTFULLY
- Communicate achievements & successes
- Communicate to inspire internal & external audiences
- Determine & articulate value created through storytelling
- Listen to Influence and build trust
- Manage conflicts and internal politics
PROGRAMS
- Communicating Achievements – Bragging with Grace for Impact
- The Art of Casual Conversations for Leaders
- Mastering Public Speaking
- Business Storytelling to Inspire and Build Trust
- Fostering Relationships of Trust & Repect
- Enabling Performance Excellence through Coaching
- Managing Conflict – Creating a Shared Success
NETWORKING & NAVIGATING
- Create operational & strategic networks
- Leverage internal and external networks
- Socialize ideas / initiatives / decisions to garner support
- Effective collaboration – involve & influence stakeholders
- Navigate past biases & stereotypes
PROGRAMS
- Strategic Networking for Career Growth
- Increasing your Influence thru Collaborative Networking
- Generating and Socializing Ideas to Garner Support and Drive Change
- Navigating Stereotypes and Biases in the Workplace
- Collaborating Effectively in Virtual / Hybrid Teams : Strategies and Tools
PERSONAL BRANDING
- Be known for and showcase unique skills, expertise, knowledge
- Create and amplify credibility & visibility
- Use social media to highlight brand reputation
- Articulate career aspirations and align with personal brand
- Build executive presence
PROGRAMS
- Building a Memorable Personal Brand
- Building and Ramping-Up Your Brand Visibility
- Stand-up and Standout – Executive Presence for Women Leaders
- Establishing Your Brand by Articulating and Aligning Career Aspirations
RAISING A HAND & TAKING RISKS
- Actively seek opportunities & experiences for career advancement
- Take calculated risks & make bold decisions
- Conceptualise & implement creative ideas, innovations and solutions
- Question status quo to drive change
- Volunteer to lead organization building and growth initiatives
PROGRAMS
- Taking Calculated Risks
- Challenging Status Quo
- Creating a Culture of Innovation and Growth
- Making the Most of your Mentoring / Coaching / Sponsorship Relationship
- Attracting and Leveraging Sponsors to Fast Track Your Career
STRATEGIC MINDSET
- Showcase thought leadership
- Set vision & strategic direction
- Build a growth mindset
- Demonstrate intellectual presence through strategic communication
- Synthesise information to map trends and gain insights
- Anticipate changes in industry, competition, environment and create differentiation
PROGRAMS
- Overcoming mindsets and beliefs that limit career growth
- Build career resilience and resilient teams
- Integrate personal and professional lives successfully
- Manage and negotiate expectations
- Seek & leverage the support of critical stakeholders
- Recognise and manage stress & guilt
CREATING BALANCE
- Overcoming mindsets and beliefs that limit career growth
- Build career resilience and resilient teams
- Integrate personal and professional lives successfully
- Manage and negotiate expectations
- Seek & leverage the support of critical stakeholders
- Recognise and manage stress & guilt
PROGRAMS
- Aligning and Managing Expectations
- Building Career Resilience
- Creating Balance – Achieving Personal and Professional Balance
- Engaging Women Before, During, and After Breaks – Come back with Confidence
- Engaging Women Before, During, and After Breaks – Navigating Biases around Motherhood and Working
- Overcoming Self Limiting Beliefs