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Oxford Saïd: Oxford Women's Leadership Development Programme

Overcome gender barriers and grow as a leader within your career and organisation.

Overcome gender barriers and grow as a leader within your career and organisation.

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6 weeks
9–12 hours per week
Starts Apr 3, 2024
Enroll by Apr 9, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
6 weeks
9–12 hours per week
Starts Apr 3, 2024
Enroll by Apr 9, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Time and again, the business world has witnessed the many advantages of employing more women in leadership positions. Tackling gender bias and workplace challenges is becoming a necessity for organisations, society, and the economy at large. The Oxford Women’s Leadership Development Programme from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford offers you the opportunity to take a critical look at your own leadership style and strengths over the course of six weeks, online.

By approaching leadership as a reflective practice, this programme is structured around three main themes: self-acceptance, self-management, and self-development. Through challenging the workplace gender biases that female leaders face, you’ll explore the skills needed to lead, influence, negotiate, and navigate difficult scenarios.

This online leadership development programme aims to better equip current leaders to navigate the many challenges and gender biases that hinder female professionals in the workplace. The coursework is also designed to help aspiring female managers and executives develop the critical leadership skills to influence, persuade, empower, and mentor. Those preparing to transition into senior management or C-suite roles will be able to deepen their leadership knowledge by reflecting on crucible moments and approaches to challenging situations. This programme will serve those aiming to overcome gender barriers in business, and grow both within their careers and organisation.

Course curriculum

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Enhance your leadership strengths and learn how to drive female inclusion in business contexts as you work through the weekly modules of this online programme.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: Accepting yourself as a leader

Module 2: Understanding your context

Module 3: Negotiating as a leadership practice

Module 4: Becoming an influential leader

Module 5: Developing as a leader: What can help you?

Module 6: Imagining your future possibilities as a leader

About the certificate

Learn more about women’s leadership development and earn an official certificate of attendance from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the programme handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the programme.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

$13 trillion

he amount by which global GDP could increase in 2030 if urgent action is taken to advance gender equality.

McKinsey& Company (Jul, 2020).

18%

The percentage of firms surveyed globally with a female top manager.

World Economic Forum (Jan, 2020).

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