• Four-month program with classes meeting once a month for a full day. The 30-day span between classes allows each leadership competency to be exercised - like a muscle - and incorporated into the participant's personal leadership style and individual development plan.
• Limited to 32 women, allowing for personalized instruction and focused coaching. Each session is a combination of individual, small and larger group interaction, learning and hands-on exercises.
• Ideal candidate has 8-12 years progressive management experience with people, projects and budgets. Candidates ideally are enterprise-wide leaders or business owners who face intense competitive pressures, market-related challenges or major internal changes.
• Candidates complete a 360-degree feedback assessment that provides a foundation for a personal leadership development plan.
• Three one-on-one sessions with a professional career coach to accelerate development.
• Focused sessions emphasize key factors in leadership effectiveness:
  • Self Awareness - your attributes, detractors and personal brand
  • Self Management - your emotions, impulses and the way you adapt to change
  • Social Awareness - your ability to sense, understand and react to others' emotions while comprehending critical social networks
  • Relationship Management - your ability to inspire, influence, and develop others and manage conflict
• Each of the four sessions is hosted by an accomplished female executive in a mentoring role providing experiential learning based on her career (A list of past hosts is available).
• Participants are provided on going coaching, feedback, encouragement, peer support and modeling, as well as opportunities for on-the-job practice.
• Networking opportunities extend beyond the conclusion of the program through an extensive and prestigious alumnae network and refresher programs.

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Southeast Michigan (Metro Detroit)
Download Flight 14 Southeast Michigan Application Deadline December 15, 2010
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West Michigan (Grand Rapids)
Download Flight 6 West Michigan Application Deadline July 23, 2010
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Questions & Comments Contact
Southeast: Wendy Pittman, 313.578.3846 or wpittman@inforummichigan.org
West Michigan: Judy Welch, 616.336.5506 or jwelch@inforummichigan.org