and
"The Art of Influencing - Successful Negotiation Skills for Women" on Friday 6th July 2007
Both of these workshops are full day courses (running from 10am to 4pm) and will take place at the womenintechnology offices which are very near Liverpool Street Station in central London.
Places are limited to a maximum of 12 people for each course and a place will only be fully reserved once we have received payment. If you would like to attend, please contact me and we will send you further details about reserving a place - mberry@womenin.co.uk
Overcoming the Old Boy's Network on Friday 22nd June 2007 - cost £149 + VAT
Juggling the need to be respected for your accomplishments and taken seriously in your career can be difficult whilst also retaining a sense of your true self. It can be even more challenging when you are a professional woman working in the male-dominated field of IT. This course will enable its attendees to thrive and develop in such an environment.
Who is the target audience?
Professional women in IT who would like to be more confident and successful within their careers
What are the workshop objectives?
Improve leadership style by exploring what it means to be a woman working in IT
Become truly comfortable with self-promotion and increased professional visibility
Identify strategies for career enhancement according to values and current options
What are the benefits?
Increase morale and confidence
Improve ability to influence others and develop effective relationships
Increase visibility for achievements in ways that are individually authentic
This session will be run by Suzanne Doyle-Morris
Dr Suzanne Doyle-Morris is an accredited coach. She studied for her BA in Womens Studies and Psychology at St Mary's College of Maryland in the US and received her MPhil and subsequent PhD in Educational Research from Cambridge University. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the experiences of successful women in male-dominated fields and today she works with science, engineering and technology firms to help them retain, recruit and develop their high potential female employees. For more information on her and her services, please visit www.doylemorris.com
The Art of Influencing - Successful Negotiation Skills for Women on Friday 6th July 2007 - cost £120 + VAT
We all rely heavily on our ability to persuade and influence on a daily basis. Whether its trying to get people to agree with you, asking for a promotion or a pay rise, interviewing for a new job, or attempting to bring a change of attitude or behaviour - your success will depend on how persuasive you can be. The good news is that you can learn to more powerful at influencing and persuading others to see it your way.The course will show you a practical and perceptive principles of persuasion and how they can be applied to your personal and working life for optimum gain.
The course will include:
What is your psychological type?
Understanding your own style and how it differs from that of others
Recognising other personalities
Putting yourself in the "shoes" of others
Presenting to and influencing your polar opposite
Learning how to tailor your communication to the receiver - using their preferred "language"
How to read someone in a short conversation?
Understanding how others make decisions
Negotiating to Win-Win
This course is being run by Salma Shah
Salma’s career commenced within the IT industry where her roles were predominately customer facing including sales, pre- sales support and management. She has worked for organisations such as Oracle, PeopleSoft and Systems Union dealing with IT customers, both from a commercial and technical perspective. She now runs a training and consultancy practise and her training methodology is based on personal knowledge and 15+ years experience of the IT industry. Salma is also a business psychologist with NLP certification and an accredited coach. Other areas of specialism include the building of high performance teams, executive coaching and mentoring, career development/planning and leadership training. www.sntraining.com
