Women's Leadership Program
Our Women’s Leadership Program (WLP) empowers women professionals to navigate and propel their careers to the next level while also creating the conditions for other women to thrive. Men still outpace women in executive roles in every industry. This program equips women with a leadership toolkit blending academic content, practical application, and social capital with the chief aim of elevating gender equity in the workplace. Participants graduate with the skills, experiences, and connections needed to lead businesses into the top tiers of success.
Women’s Leadership Program, presented in partnership with Simmons University, empowers women leaders with the skills and a network they need to excel in their own careers and to create conditions for other women to thrive.
Program highlights:
- Learn from renowned faculty at Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership through classes on leadership style, leading teams effectively, managing perceptions, navigating gendered expectations, negotiating, and public speaking.
- Gain access to the city’s top women leaders through the Chamber’s Women’s Network.
- Collaborate with other emerging women leaders across industries through Peer Mentor Groups.
- Design an Individual Action Project for your own workplace.
Benefits to employers:
- Your employees learn organizational and strategic skills that bring teams closer to reaching top goals
- Your employees positively represent your business or organization as the city’s next generation of trusted leader
- Your employees feel more prepared for the next stage in leadership, and are equipped to be authentic and inclusive leaders
- Your employees display more efficacy and commitment to collaborating with, or leading teams
- During the program, your employee is responsible for completing an Individual Action Project, which yields results that can positively impact your business or organization
Characteristics of successful candidates:
Identified as a self-motivated, high-performing woman at any stage of her career
Employed at a Chamber member company
Committed to contributing to gender equity in the workplace
Dedicated to full participation in the sessions
The Chamber seeks a diverse pool of applicants regarding demographics and perspectives. We highly encourage professionals with unique backgrounds and experiences to apply.
While self-nominations are accepted, we encourage you to solicit a nomination from your manager or another leader in your company to ensure you have organizational support to participate in this program.
Questions? Contact Colin Wilson, Learning & Development Programs Manager at cwilson@bostonchamber.com.
Women's Leadership Program is offered in partnership with:
