Essential Skills for Women in the Workplace

Introduction:

With increased attention to gender equality, women are now able to take on more responsibilities and significantly contribute to organizational success.

Women’s full potential can be realized if they develop the necessary confidence and skills. Our Essential Skills for Women in the Workplace course is specifically designed to empower women to thrive in male-dominated environments by equipping them with knowledge, skill sets, and self-belief.

This transformative program will lead to personal growth, enabling women to acquire ten key competencies essential for leadership and management roles that ensure career success.

Objectives:

Upon completion of the Essential Skills for Women in the Workplace course, learners should be able to:

• Better understand themselves.
• Improve personal effectiveness.
• Expand their ability to influence others.
• Be more resolute and self-assured.

Training Methodology:

• Interactive Workshops
• Group Discussions
• Role-Playing Scenarios
• Case Studies
• Self-Reflection Exercises
• Peer Coaching Sessions
• Confidence-Building Activities

Course Outline:

Unit 1: The Changing Role of Women at Work

• Introduce one another.
• Discuss the evolving world of work for women.
• Female role models and successful businesswomen.
• Clearing away stereotypes and breaking through glass ceilings.
• Personalized leadership lessons for women.
• Values, attitudes, and beliefs about women as leaders.
• Taking charge of your leadership identity.
• Effecting change from any position within an organization.
• Clarifying purpose, vision, and mission.
• Enhancing both external and internal customer service quality.

Unit 2: Taking Control of Your Life

• How to work smartly without overextending yourself.
• Prioritizing tasks using a priority matrix.
• Delegating responsibilities effectively to achieve quicker outcomes.
• Long-term planning for optimal office layouts.
• Maintaining focus amidst constant interruptions.
• Organizing and decluttering personal and professional life.
• Balancing work-life equilibrium for women.

Unit 3: Self-Esteem for Peak Performance

• Understanding the origins of self-esteem and how it can be lost.
• The connection between self-esteem, self-respect, self-confidence, and self-motivation.
• Identifying what lies outside your comfort zone: self-image, self-talk, goals.
• Overcoming anger, blame, and complaints that diminish self-esteem.
• Building high self-esteem over time.
• Awareness, beliefs, and commitment as keys to personal transformation.
• The law of positive results: principle of cause and effect.
• Making and keeping promises to yourself.
• Finding deeper significance and direction in your work.
• Ten stages to peak performance, linking self-esteem with work effectiveness.
• Crafting and projecting a professional image as a contemporary woman.

Unit 4: Vital Communication Skills

• Networking: Effective communication across cultures.
• Representing your organization in public forums.
• Political Acumen: The unspoken power skills for professional women.
• Assertive communication.
• Understanding and utilizing body language.
• Politely but firmly saying no.
• Speaking boldly.
• Understanding gender differences in communication.
• Overcoming biases and becoming comfortable with using power.
• Understanding diverse temperaments and how to handle them.

Unit 5: Self-Empowerment and Self-Management

• Identifying stressors specific to women.
• Developing resilience and tools to handle tough situations.
• Recharging mentally and physically.
• Recognizing stress indicators, causes, and triggers.
• Decoding stress messages.
• Breaking the cycle of stressful thoughts.
• Developing essential Emotional Intelligence (EI) skills.
• Applying EI at work.
• Cultivating positivity over fear, negativity, and reactivity.
• Becoming proactive, responsible, and self-aware.