Female Ascent
is a Training + Mentoring + Networking program that enables more women, more diverse women into leadership.
Female Ascent trains talented women to find their authentic leadership, to claim their space and progressively formalise their career and development plan.
Female Ascent equips successful women leaders with mentoring skills and attitudes, to ease their next career steps, managing larger and more expert teams.
Female Ascent monitors mentoring relationships and group exchanges throughout the 9-month program, and favors their pursuit after.
With Female Ascent
It´s FAST & EASY
to build a pipeline of talented women leaders.
Add-on
to L&D program
Female Ascent is not intended to replace your ongoing leadership L&D program. It comes as a reinforcement to engage and prepare the promising women committing to a leadership career.
This is why mentoring and networking between women are at the heart of this program.
Ready to deploy
The training modules and assignements, as well as the mentoring and networking processes are entirely developed, ready to run.
We recommend to start a pilot program with less than 18 pairs , thus 18 mentors and 18 mentees. In an uncertain environment, running experiments has proven to be a faster, efficient and cheaper way to initiate complex transformations.
Easy to adapt
We can collaborate to adapt some modules to meet specific requests.
To make it a great fit, we encourage internal experts to become role model or trainers, so the reality of your culture lives into the programme.
Female Ascent Performance uniquely combines Training , Mentoring and Networking, and rests on
6 PRINCIPLES
We favor intentionality. That´s why participants to the program have to volunteer and send a written candidacy.
In a research I did as a HR director, 70% of women claimed they wanted more leadership opportunities. Though, it was not happening. Female Ascent program is built to grow women self-confidence and self-care, to formulate a career intention and to define a course of action to get there.
The selection team will review all the applications, discuss them with their direct management, and invite to an interview the candidates that are a great fit.
Mentoring is at the core of Female Ascent. it allows us to develop 2 specific journeys simultaneously:
TALENTS into LEADERS
&
SEASONED LEADERS into MENTORS
This uncharted communication channel benefits all participants: leaders stay close to work reality and learn to influence positively while talents are inspired, supported and pushed to deliver their best.
Mentoring is also a low cost approach compared to other leadership development inititatives.
Learning is a process. It combines theory, practice, reflexion and adaptation. Whatever the order. That´s why clarifying one´s leadership intention and developing adapted attitudes and behaviors takes time.
By keeping participants focused on developing their leadership abilities and intentions, we get results.
You can understand leadership principles in books but you need to apply them in the field and see what works for you, see how to stay authentic and in balance, so you find your natural style and enjoy the work. Female Ascent is a safe though challenging place where women have regular assignments to learn from with the help of their mentor and supportive network.
Our pre-program research uncovered 9 skills women want to learn the most, some related to gender specific challenges affecting them in their leadership journey.
Here are the major learning outcomes declared by our participants:
- Career planning and getting support
- Self-confidence, more authentic and assertive leadership
- Setting healthy boundaries to perform at my best
- Public speaking and effective communication
- Influencing and negociating
- Time and priority management, including delegation
Our participants get TRANSFORMED
Female Ascent has tailored and run a leadership program for NRC in East Africa between september 2022 and June 2023. All participants have gained relevant skills and have grown in their leadership commitment.
Measured impact
Testimonials
Our Female Ascent
9-MONTH PROGRAM
in a nutshell
Meet our
PARTNERS & INSTRUCTORS
Gyda Ulleberg
Head of Programme & lead Instructor / mentor.
Founder of By Intent, offering consultancy and programs to prepare organisations for the future of work.
Gyda reconnects leaders to their Intentions, professional and personal. She fosters mentoring relationships, growth mindset and committment.
Marita Honerud
Co-host of programme
Founder of Transitions, offering consultancy and team coaching to guide organizations through change.
Marita co-hosts in person sessions and specifically engages female Ascent mentees to get the best out of the program.
Nadia Ghouas
Authentic leadership
Professional coach and meditation instructor.
Nadia prepares leaders, especially women, to perform in alignment. Being real and choosing authenticity is one of the bravest things we will ever do. It takes courage to show vulnerability and to set healthy boundaries.
Nathalie Reuter
How to become a confident presenter
Founder of Walk the Talk, a content and communication agency dedicated to ESG topics.
For over 20 years, Nathalie worked as a television journalist, and has extensive experience as a news anchor, as a moderator of round table discussions and leading conferences and events, besides training spokespeople and advising on broadcast and social media communications.
As a global HR director for 15+ years, I know that your plate is already full, that reality will hit, that developing a specific program to tackle such a complex and resistant challenge as gender gap does request tons of efforts.
So, I invite you to book a 30 mn. video call to discuss your specific situation and see if and how we could help you.
With the Female Ascent
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
You can start right now building a pipeline of talented women leaders
You want to accelerate the career of talented women leaders? Let´s discuss if our add-on leadership training program is a good fit for your challenges and objectives
Not ready for the Female Ascent Leadership Training yet?
We now offer consultancy too.
You need to build a business case and engage key players on a project to get more women into leadership ?
We can guide you to co-design, research and get buy-in for an evidence-based roadmap.
Read about our evidence-based approach combining consultancy, facilitation and research.
By intent adapts organisations and their leaders for the future of work.
Towards diversity, partnering and mentoring attitudes.
Email: gyda@byintent.no
By Intent
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