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- Level Foundation
- Duration 13 hours
- Course by Case Western Reserve University
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About
This course aims to inspire and empower women and men across the world to engage in purposeful career development and take on leadership for important causes---to lead change with more conviction and confidence---and improve our workplaces and communities for all. By offering more complex understandings of issues related to professional women and work, the course will help you increase self-knowledge about your own values and vision, as well as enhance your capabilities as a leader, manager, and team contributor. We will examine the opportunities, challenges, trade-offs, and organizational dynamics experienced by women in work organizations, as well as reflect on and practice effective individual behaviors. The course aims at answering questions such as: What are the valued attributes and behaviors of women in the workplace? How does the gendered nature of organizations impact women? What derails our career advancement and what propels us upward? What are your leadership goals and aspirations? How can you best integrate your multiple family and work life commitments? How do you define career success? What can organizations do to provide women with opportunities to excel? What opportunities could our global economy harness by advancing women to leadership? How can the full talents of the workforce be tapped into and developed? The course is about leadership and inspiring change, but at its core it is meant to inspire and empower women and men across the world to engage in purposeful career development and take on leadership for important causes, to lead change with more conviction and confidence, and improve our workplaces and communities for all. Your involvement in the course activities is essential to help you learn these concepts and develop the necessary skills to implement them. If you watch the videos and read the required articles you will be introduced to some intriguing ideas. If you do the personal reflective exercises and complete the final project you will convert those ideas into relevant experiences to enhance your life and work. Going beyond your personal relevance, your potential learning will expand to understanding and working with others more effectively through either the Discussion Forums in the course or through face-to-face discussions (some of you are taking the course in groups). Each week, we will post reminders, changes, and other relevant announcements.Modules
Navigating the Course
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Videos
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Videos
- Watch: Course Introduction
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Readings
- Read: Navigating the Course
A - Welcome to the Course and Women's Strengths in Leadership
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Videos
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Readings
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Discussion
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Assignment
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Assignment
- Reflection: Best Self Exercise
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Discussions
- Discuss: What are the benefits to society from having more women leaders?
- Discuss: What are your unique strengths for leadership?
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Videos
- Watch: Our Organizations Need Women Leaders!
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Readings
- Read: Required Reading List
B - Leadership Values and Vision
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Videos
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Readings
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Discussion
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Assignment
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- Reflection: Values and Leadership Vision Exercise
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Discussions
- Discuss: What is inspiring leadership?
- Discuss: What is your leadership identity in terms of your values and vision for the future?
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Videos
- Watch: Leadership Vision
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Readings
- Read: Required and Optional Readings List
A - Women's Leadership at the Top
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Readings
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Discussion
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Assignment
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- Reflection: Global Context of Women at the Top Exercise
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Discussions
- Discuss: Is there still a glass ceiling?
- Discuss: What are the numbers/proportions of women in senior leadership in your organization, industry and country?
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Videos
- Watch: The Global Context of Women at the Top
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Readings
- Read: Required Readings List
B - Why so Few? Why so Slow? Advancement Barriers and Challenges for Women
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Videos
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Readings
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Discussion
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Assignment
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Assignment
- Reflection: Connect with the Experience of Others Exercise
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Discussions
- Discuss: What are the organizational, interpersonal, and individual barriers to women’s advancement?
- Discuss: What are the barriers and challenges you’ve faced in your career and how have you overcome them?
- Discuss: What lessons can we draw from what others have experienced?
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Videos
- Watch: Why So Few, Why So Slow?
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Readings
- Read: Required and Optional Readings List
A - Self-Confidence
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Discussion
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Assignment
- Reflection: Self-Confidence Assessment Exercise
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Discussions
- Discuss: Is there a gender confidence gap?
- Discuss: What is leadership presence for women?
- Discuss: How can women develop self-confidence?
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Videos
- Watch: Acting with Self-Confidence
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Readings
- Read: Required Readings List
B - Navigating Organizational Politics and Gaining Influence in Organizations
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Discussion
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Assignment
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Assignment
- Reflection: Power Map Exercise
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Discussions
- Discuss: What are the unwritten rules of career advancement?
- Discuss: How can women learn to better navigate organizational politics?
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Videos
- Watch: Navigating Organizational Politics
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Readings
- Read: Required Readings List
Negotiating Effectively
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Discussion
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Assignment
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- Apply your Skills: Negotiation Practice Exercise
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Discussions
- Discuss: Do women negotiate less?
- Discuss: What is the gender pay gap?
- Discuss: How should women negotiate?
- Discuss: How can you improve your negotiation skills?
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Videos
- Watch: Developing Win-Win Negotiation Skills
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Readings
- Read: Required and Optional Readings List
Defining Your Success and Finding Work-Life Integration
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Readings
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Discussion
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PeerReview
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Assignment
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Assignment
- Reflection: Current and Ideal Life & Defining Your Own Success Exercise
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Peer Review
- Apply your Skills: Praxis Paper
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Discussions
- Discuss: What does success look like for you?
- Discuss: How can work-life integration be achieved?
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Videos
- Watch: There is No Single Trajectory for a Fulfilling Career
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Readings
- Read: Required and Optional Readings List
Diana Bilimoria, PhD