Leadership in a time
of crises
May 5 - 7: VIRTUAL Women in Global Development Leadership
on-line Series
At WILD we’re focused on keeping the momentum going around advancing women’s leadership, equity, diversity and inclusion in the global development sector.
While the date of our in-person annual forum has been pushed out to October 26 (due to the Corona virus), we invite you to join us for these virtual opportunities to connect, learn and grow, May 5 - 7.
Please note: During the Women in Global Development Leadership Forum on-line series this week, free sessions are open to anyone to sign up at no cost on a first come, first-serve basis. (Maximum 1000 people).
Exclusive sessions are only open to registrants of the 2020 Women in Global Development Forum, taking place October 26. Paid registrants of this Forum will automatically receive a link to all sessions. If you are not yet registered for the 2020 Women in Global Development Forum, and would like to attend all of the virtual sessions this week, you can purchase a ticket here.
Tuesday, may 5th
11:00am - 12:00pm ET
*Free session, open to anyone to sign up.
Leadership Week Kick Off: Adapting, Pivoting, & Innovating
Fiona Macaulay, CEO & Founder, The WILD Network
Kathy Hoe, WILD Fellow, The WILD Network
Session Description
“Be adaptable, be innovative and be grateful.” Our mantra has fueled the WILD Network during the COVID-19 crises. This has opened up new possibilities for how to serve our global community. Join us for a ‘first look’ our gender equity framework, and share your ideas for how we can shape our offerings for you and your organization.
tuesday, may 5th
1:00 - 1:45 pm ET | Workshop
**Open to registered 2020 Forum participants
Success under Stress: Powerful Strategies Women Leaders can use to Stay Calm and Confident, and Create Opportunities in Times of Crisis
Session Description
Sharon Melnick, PhD is a world authority on stress resilience and women's leadership. A former researcher at Harvard Medical School, her speeches have created buzz with at Fortune 500 companies and conferences around the world (including the UN). She is the author of Success under Stress: Powerful Tools to Stay Calm, Confident, and Productive when the Pressure's On, and the 'go to' executive coach for women who want to create a next level opportunity.
Tuesday, may 5th
3:00 - 4:00pm ET | Master Class
*Free session, open to anyone to sign up.
Creating a Culture of Inclusion
Divina Gamble, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry
John T. Saunders, III, Senior Consultant, Korn Ferry
Session Description
We’ll introduce the intersections of diversity, inclusion engagement, and performance to achieving your organization’s goals and objectives.
This interactive session gives leaders a foundation to build skills in leveraging inclusion as a tool to enhance strategic organizational priorities and yield an ability to gain alignment around leaders’ responsibility in creating a culture of inclusion.
Additionally, managers will learn to identify and support high potential employees as well as begin to identity what might be preventing more people in your organization from contributing at maximum levels of performance.
wednesday, may 6th
10:00 - 11:00am ET | Panel
*Free session, open to anyone to sign up.
Leadership in Times of Crises
Dr. Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director, Women in Global Health
Kathleen Flanagan, President & CEO, Abt Associates
Sarah Helmstadter, Vice President, Human Resources, DAI
Sylvia Megret, COO, ACDI/VOCA
Susanna Mudge, Chair, Board of Directors, Chemonics International
Simi Nwogugu, Executive Director, Junior Achievement Nigeria
Moderator: Fiona Macaulay, CEO & Founder, The WILD Network
Session Description
This is been a turbulent time period for people around the globe. Development sector leaders will discuss what leadership skills they are drawing on to supporting themselves, and their organizations. We’ll dive into surprises and lessons learned along the way. You can also look forward to hearing their suggestion for how you can hone your leadership skills during times of uncertainty.
Wednesday, May 6th
12:00 - 1:00pm ET | Participatory Workshop
1:00 - 1:20pm ET | Discussion Groups
**Open to registered 2020 Forum participants
How to Tame Your Advice Monster: The Five Question Leader
Michael Bungay Stanier, Author, The Coaching Habit
Session Description
Mastering five essential questions can help managers and leaders increase the focus, courage and resilience they need to have more impact in the work they do.
But staying curious is harder than you would think. What does it take, exactly, to #TameYourAdviceMonster?
In this practical, interactive and engaging webinar, participants will:
· Learn the five core questions they need so they (and those they lead) can focus on the work that matters
· Uncover the five reasons managers and leaders aren't coaching, and melt away that resistance
· Get three quick-to-master techniques to ask a question well (it’s harder to do than it sounds!)
· Find the Best Coaching Question in the World (and it has just three words.)
thursday, may 7th
11:00am - 12:00pm ET | Workshop
*Free session, open to anyone to sign up.
Scaling Gender Parity Through Crisis
Denise Pirrotti Hummel, J.D., CEO, RevWork Inc.
Session Description
Times of economic crisis often signal trouble for women and people of color in all sectors and all parts of the world. This particular crisis, which has at its core, isolation and virtual communication, rather than face to face communication and travel, has created an entirely new opportunity for women and people of color that did not exist pre-Covid-19. Virtual work can actually level the playing field for many that were formerly excluded, but only if we recognize and sustain the momentum. Denise Pirrotti Hummel, CEO of Lead Inclusively, Inc., has spent her career creating inclusion methodology actually has the business impact of gender and racial equity. She will now share that methodology and talk about how we will benefit through this crisis and beyond. When you attend this session, you will learn how to scale inclusion through the technology of behavior change and habit formation so that the progress we make now will be sustainable for decades to come.
thursday, may 7th
4:00 - 5:30pm ET | Participatory Workshop
**Open to registered 2020 Forum participants
Design the Leadership You Love
Ayse Birsel, Founder, Birsel + Seck
Session Description
Our life and work are a continuous loop. If you design your life, you will also design your work. Ayse Birsel has worked with thousands of people of all disciplines who have transformed their life and work, through her book, Design the Life You Love, a Step-By-Step Guide To Building A Meaningful Future and her corporate sessions. In this moving talk Ayse will talk about her own transformation, why the old roadmaps don’t work anymore and how to use optimism, an open mind and empathy to create your own roadmap to design, prototype and live your best life.
To sign up for the free webinars, please sign up here by Sunday, May 3.
Not yet registered for the 2020 Women in Global Development Leadership Forum, please register here. Registrants of the 2020 Women in Global Development Forum, taking place October 26 in Washington DC, will automatically receive a link to all sessions.
Thank you to EthicalCoach for their support of the webinars.
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inspiring speakers
You’ll engage with women and men who are industry leaders in the global development sector, emerging leaders who are sparking affinity groups and other changes, and people named “leadership gurus” by Harvard Business School and Forbes.
The nature of the content makes it easy to connect with other people at a very authentic level which makes this one of the best networking events you’ll attend in 2020.