Activate Leaders Programme


Mid-level Leaders	4 months	Face-to-face workshops	Team project	Online resources

Created by women, for women, Global Women’s Activate Leaders Programme is designed to lift participants from middle management to the next phase of their career – driving a mindset shift, inspiring their career trajectory, and helping them move from emerging to game-changing Leader.

The four day programme is run over four months in five separate locations – Wellington, Christchurch, New Plymouth, Hamilton or Auckland – limited to 30 places in each location. Women get the opportunity to learn from leading business, political and social leaders while enhancing their leadership skills and building their career networks.

Registrations are open for the 2019 Activate Leaders Programme.

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Scholarships and Funding

We are now accepting scholarship applications for the Global Women Activate Leaders Programme 2019 and we are delighted to announce that we currently have 28 scholarships available to emerging women leaders to help drive diverse participation in the programme. These scholarships recognise the need to develop a pipeline of diverse women leaders that have the skills and knowledge to drive New Zealand forward.

There are three types of scholarships you can apply for below:

Global Women Activate Scholarship (Partial)
The Tindall Foundation – Not for Profit/Community Activate Scholarship (Full)
Indicator Activate Scholarship (Partial) – for emerging sales leaders

The Activate Leaders Programme is also registered with the Management Capability Development Voucher Fund, which provides funding for this programme.

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The Benefits

► Be inspired, challenged and provided with strategies that will last a lifetime
► Create a clear purpose and define the difference you want to make
► Learn from leading business, political and social leaders
► Discover how to negotiate for what you want and desire
► Be more organised and calm while juggling it all

Activate supported me to develop my leadership skills beyond what I knew I was capable of – Melissa Semmens

The Workshops

Activate is a four-month series of motivating leadership sessions, led by world-class business, political and social leaders, featuring practical exercises and supported by bespoke resources.

Leading with purpose

○ Gain clarity on what’s important to you as a leader
○ Learn to live purposefully
○ Manage your mindset
○ Understand what’s needed to make a difference in the workplace—and the world

Influencing with impact and presence

○ Develop the tools to influence and negotiate
○ Enhance your executive presence
○ Grow the skills and confidence to ask for what you want and deserve

Customised learning labs

Topics for the learning labs are self-directed by participants. Previous sessions have included:
– Customer-centred design
– Improving your personal productivity
– Developing your team coaching skills

Navigating change with resilience

○ Learn to mobilise people
○ Gain the skills to manage resistance to workplace change
○ Develop your ability to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity

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Programme Dates

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Investment Cost

Standard registration $5,500 + GST

Global Women partners’ registration $5,000 + GST

We are delighted to provide Global Women Principal and Major partners with a set number of complimentary places on the programme, as a partner benefit.

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