
Across the globe, women still form a minority within senior executive ranks. Through the Executive Programme in Women’s Leadership programme, you will work with a group of peer women executives to enhance your leadership skills. Underpinned by research, the intensive 8-week online programme will be taught as a mixture of in-person live virtual sessions by experts from the Leeds University Business School augmented by facilitated peer coaching, offline discussion forums, and self-learning.
By the end of the programme, participants would gain insights on:
- Self-identity as a woman leader
- Management decision making
- How to make a business case
- The attributes of a great people manager
- How to motivate team members
- Managing and handling conflict
- Driving change initiatives
By the end of the programme, participants would gain insights on:
- Self-identity as a woman leader
- Management decision making
- How to make a business case
- The attributes of a great people manager
- How to motivate team members
- Managing and handling conflict
- Driving change initiatives
$1800
$1620
Inclusive VAT
Registration closes
30 September 2020
Is this the right programme for me?
This programme is for women executives looking to move to a leadership role or for those who are newly promoted to a leadership role. Seasoned executives and entrepreneurs looking to hone their existing leadership skills are also welcome to attend the programme.

Programme Facilitators
The programme has the following underlying themes:
- Theme 1: You, the Leader
- Theme 2: You, the Strategist
- Theme 3: You, the People Manager
- Theme 4: You the Change Agent
Weeks 1&2
Live virtual session:
Theme 1 – You, the Leader
Through this theme, participants reflect on their own identity as a woman leader.
Topics include:
- Who is a leader?
- Leadership emergence and effectiveness
- Personal leadership identity
- Personality and leadership
- Leadership theories
- Leadership styles
Facilitated Peer Coaching Sessions:
Live facilitated peer coaching session around a leadership challenge.
Offline group discussions on MS Teams:
Discussions around emotional intelligence, storytelling and pitching.
Weeks 3&4
Live virtual session:
Theme 2 – You, the Strategist
Through this theme, participants focus on enhancing their management decision making skills.
Topics include:
- Management decision making
- Tools and techniques for strategic analysis
- Making a business case
- Entrepreneurial thinking
Facilitated Peer Coaching Sessions:
Live facilitated peer coaching session around a decision-making scenario.
Offline group discussions on MS Teams:
Discussions around strategic thinking, scenario planning, design thinking and innovation
Weeks 5&6
Live virtual session:
Theme 3 – You, the People Manager
Through this theme, participants learn about team leadership and management.
Topics include:
- Building high performance teams
- Traits of a good people manager
- Motivating people
- Managing conflict
- Manager as a coach
Facilitated Peer Coaching Sessions:
Live facilitated peer coaching session around a people management challenge.
Offline group discussions on MS Teams:
Discussions around team management, collaboration, influencing and networking.
Weeks 7&8
Live virtual session:
Theme 4 – You, the Change Agent
Through this theme, participants learn how to drive change in organisations.
Topics include:
- Reactions to change
- Change leadership
- Stages of driving the change process in organisations
Facilitated Peer Coaching Sessions:
Live facilitated peer coaching session around dealing with change.
Offline group discussions on MS Teams:
Discussions around change management.
Programme Dates and Times
Every Mon & Wed from 4 PM to 6 PM KSA time starting 05 Oct 2020.
Session 1 Mon Oct 05 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 2 Wed Oct 07 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 3 Mon Oct 12 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 4 Wed Oct 14 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 5 Mon Oct 19 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 6 Wed Oct 21 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 7 Mon Oct 26 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 8 Wed Oct 28 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 9 Mon Nov 02 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 10 Wed Nov 04 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 11 Mon Nov 09 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 12 Wed Nov 11 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 13 Mon Nov 16 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 14 Wed Nov 18 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 15 Mon Nov 23 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Session 16 Wed Nov 25 | 4 PM to 6 PM |
Contact Leeds University
Tone Thomas Vaduthala
Director of Executive Education Programmes
Leeds University Business School