Compass - A leadership program for women

FIND YOUR WAY.

Sense of direction is not the only difference between men and women. Women do leadership differently. This program is designed to identify, enhance and link the quality of women’s leadership to the prevailing male model. It will help women to pragmatically advance their leadership contribution with genuine insight into the opportunities and challenges presented by the current leadership paradigm.     

Powerful, engaging and practical - compelling new leadership program for women, from one of Australia’s best known leadership commentators, Fabian Dattner. Filled with candid discussion and focussed learning. Life changing choices are the everyday. World changing choices an outcome. Click here to download a Compass program brochure, including registration form today!   

ANSWERING THE NEED

Dattner Grant ran a series of high profile, and very successful women in leadership programs in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. By 2004/5, the Company’s broader leadership work meant that there was less time for Women In Leadership programs. Dattner Grant has spent the last decade working in Australia and overseas and the depth and quality of their leadership expertise has increased exponentially.

The current 2011-12 program is being offered because an increasing number of women have repeatedly asked us for another dedicated women’s leadership program. Both Jim and Fabian (co-founders of Dattner Grant) believe much of their innovative leadership material should be accessible to women; however it’s often only available through major organisational leadership programs, in which women are significantly under represented.

 

CALL TO ACTION FOR WOMEN

There is little debate that the opportunities for women to move into senior leadership will improve significantly in the next decade. Both women in, or considering leadership roles in entrepreneurial, corporate, government, education or not for profit organisations will recognise this cutting edge program addresses a range of development needs women commonly identify. This leadership program is far more than just another workshop. It is designed to be pragmatic, immediately applicable, highly supportive, challenging and engaging. It is also affectionately and respectfully cognisant of the differences between men and women in leadership and how to best utilise these to common benefit.

WHY WOMEN ONLY?

Women navigate differently. There is still a significant disparity between men and women in senior decision making roles. This is not healthy for men or women (we are at our best when we work together). We want to encourage more organisations and women to step into and up to leadership roles. We believe that women bring different and complimentary perspectives and skill sets to leadership teams at all levels and this contribution is vital to ensure the health and sustainability of organisations into the future.

IN PRINCIPLE CONTENT 

Content ranges from learning the rudimentaries of how men’s and women’s brains work, to developing systems thinking to ensuring men and women work together with respect and compassion.

1. Sense of self – learning the rudimentaries of how men’s and women’s brains work, learning about real emotional intelligence, what turns us on in the work we do, individual leadership style and political intelligence
2. Purpose and values – helping women get over the juggling/balancing metaphor to create personal and collective clarity by understanding individual direction; to help women identify the ‘right’ organisation to work for and once in a role, to align and engage teams and broader communities of stakeholders to shared purpose
3. Influence strategies and strategic thinking – learning that strategic thinking is not a unique skill – developing systems thinking, understanding how to rely on a range of influence skills beyond subject expertise (over relied on by women), recognising how to identify and work networks
4. Building exceptional teams – engaging, aligning and motivating teams to high performance, learning the building blocks of effective teams, owning female ways of leading with pride and without conflict
5. Leader as teacher, coach and mentor – recognising the gift of the female mind (we talk and hear more), using this in communication, understanding how learning styles shape leadership and strategy, basic communication model
6. Powerful presentations – women as teachers, coaches, mentors and stewards, delivering unique and engaging presentations to teams, boards, public forums, learning that what makes for great presentations is not just expert knowledge
7. Enlightened leadership – with respect and compassion, working with men, blending the styles and not losing your way, recognising that we make better decisions together than apart, exploring what the world needs and how women can help ensure we get it  

A RANGE OF KEY DIAGNOSTICS WILL BE USED IN THIS PROGRAM INCLUDING

• MSCEIT (Mayer Salovey Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test)
• Political Intelligence
• LSI (Life Styles Inventory)
• 4MAT Learning Type Measure (LTM)

Each of these diagnostics provides significant personal insights and enables the facilitators to provide insightful and personalised support.

FACILITATORS

• Fabian Dattner, one of Australia’s most recognised leadership expert speakers and educators
• Jodi Campbell, a significant leader, coach and a former Senior Director of Jenny Craig International for 10 years 
• Jim Grant, a widely acknowledged executive coach, strategist and human resources expert 
• Sebastian Salicru (psychologist and leadership expert)  

Together our facilitators promise to make transparent and accessible, the perceived challenges that men face in working with women and what women can do to affect change. 
 

PROGRAM DATES & LOCATION 

Compass 1 (completed)

• Module 1: 25 & 26 November 2010
• Module 2: 10 & 11 February 2011
• Module 3: 17 & 18 March 2011
• Graduation: 13 May 2011 

Compass 2 (completed)

• Module 1: 24 & 25 March 2011
• Module 2: 30 & 31 May 2011
• Module 3: 7 & 8 July 2011
• Graduation: 19 August 2011 

Compass 3 (current program)

• Module 1: 4 & 5 August 2011
• Module 2: 7 & 8 November 2011
• Module 3: 2 & 3 February 2012
• Graduation: 23 March 2012 

Compass 4 (applications now open - click here for an application form)

• Module 1: 28 & 29 February 2012
• Module 2: 26 & 27 March 2012
• Module 3: 31 May & 1 June 2012
• Graduation: 6 July 2012 

The Compass program will take place in Fabian Dattner's spacious old Australian home, surrounded by beautiful gardens in outer metropolitan Melbourne.

NUMBERS AND INVESTMENT

• There will only be 20 participants for each Compass program
• Investment for the seven day program, inclusive of all diagnostics is $5,000 per person including GST

INDIVIDUAL COACHING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITY (OPTIONAL EXTRA)

As a Compass participant, you are also able to access individual one-on-one highly targetted coaching/mentoring by Dattner Grant coaches, normally only available to CEOs and senior leaders. This is not included in the program investment because different individuals have quite different needs and approaches to one on one coaching. Coaching times will be posted at the beginning of every two day module.


For more information please contact Juliana Hummerston or Melissa Smith on (03) 9431 2602.

Click here to download a Compass program brochure, including registration form, today!

Disclaimer: Dattner Grant reserves the right to change facilitators and dates of workshops if unforeseen circumstances arise. Dattner Grant abides by the privacy legislation. It does not divulge any information on any participant to any party without the prior written consent of the participant.