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EMPOWERING WOMEN LEADERS: REACT LESS, REGAIN CONTROL, RAISE OTHERS
with Dr. Sharon Melnick
June 18, 2024
Women's Leadership Series
Skills Acquired
  • Be intentional so you respond not react or take things personally
  • Recover quickly from emotional reactions so you preserve mental well-being and stay connected to the mission you are there to achieve
  • Neutralize the negative effects of others on you
  • Trust yourself so you don’t second-guess or give your power away worrying what others will think
  • Engage difficult people in win-win solutions to resolve joint problems so you are respected as a leader and eliminate friction you carry into your personal life
  • Learn to be comfortable with the idea of 'power' as you redefine it as the ability to raise others
Topics Covered
Intentional Response vs. Reactive Behavior: Learning how to consciously respond to situations rather than reacting impulsively.
Emotional Resilience and Recovery: Strategies to quickly recover from emotional reactions, maintaining mental well-being and focus on one's mission or goals.
Self-Trust and Confidence: Building self-trust to avoid second-guessing decisions and reducing the concern about others' opinions.
Dealing with Difficult People: Effective methods for engaging with challenging individuals and finding mutually beneficial solutions to conflicts or problems.

This program is designed to empower women leaders with essential skills to navigate the complexities of leadership with grace and effectiveness. A core objective of the program is to teach participants the art of intentional response to challenging situations, enabling thoughtful approaches rather than emotional reactions. This ensures your actions align with your leadership goals and bring others along toward win-win solutions. The program also places great emphasis on developing the ability to quickly recover from emotional reactions - rather than rehash or ruminate on them - fostering mental well-being and preserving focus on one's mission. Participants will cultivate resilience, increase their ease to lead with confidence, and to have higher quality and more recognized contribution with less effort.

Sharon Melnick, PhD is the premier expert on being in your power as a leader, and an authority on women's leadership, resilience, and power. She's been selected as a Marshall Goldsmith Top 100 Executive Coach, and voted a Top Leadership Voice by LeadersHum.

Her methods are informed by 10 years of research at Harvard Medical School, and field tested by 40,000 coaching/training participants at over 75 Fortune 500 and fast-growing companies. A dynamic speaker, her presentations have created buzz at conferences worldwide (and also at the White House, West Point, and the United Nations).

She is the best-selling author of a new book In Your Power: React Less, Regain Control, Raise Others, and her prior one titled Success under Stress: Powerful Tools to Stay Calm, Confident, and Productive when the Pressure's On.

She's a sought-after Executive Coach for women executives/entrepreneurs who are results drivers and change agents. And she's the Founder of the Next Level Leader initiative, a program which has a 92% success rate at advancing and retaining high potential female talent and delivers over 1000% Return on Investment to the organizations that invest in them.