What You'll Learn
This online program invites emerging women leaders to attend interactive online sessions designed to foster leadership and professional growth.
Women emerging into management roles will build their unique leadership skills through interactive exercises and powerful group discussions. They will gain the skills they need to communicate, negotiate, and lead with confidence.
Rising women leaders seeking a more in-depth program and intensive, on campus experience may be interested in Women Leaders: Advancing Together.
Topics Covered
Bringing a Strategic Focus to Your Role:
• Increasing your level of contribution
• Aligning capabilities with strategy
• Developing vision
Communicating as a Woman:
• Gender and its impact on communication
• Body language
• Persuasive methods
Building Productive Relationships:
• Becoming a trusted advisor
• Identifying key players in and outside of your organization
• Building confidence and credibility with those in your network
Gender and Negotiation:
• Creating impactful outcomes as a female negotiator
• Winning strategies for negotiations
• Achieving organizational support
Note: All program content will be delivered live and will not be recorded.
Who Should Enroll
This program is ideal for high-performing women with 3-7 years experience and the interest to advance their career in leadership roles.
Considering this program?
February Schedule
Week 1
• Bringing a Strategic Focus to Your Role
Week 2
• Communicating as a Woman
Week 3
• Building Productive Relationships
Week 4
• Gender and Negotiation
Week 5
• Coaching Session
*This schedule is subject to change.
March Schedule
Week 1
• Bringing a Strategic Focus to Your Role
Week 2
• Communicating as a Woman
Week 3
• Building Productive Relationships
Week 4
• Gender and Negotiation
Week 5
• Coaching Session
*This schedule is subject to change.
April Schedule
Week 1
• Bringing a Strategic Focus to Your Role
Week 2
• Communicating as a Woman
Week 3
• Building Productive Relationships
Week 4
• Gender and Negotiation
Week 5
• Coaching Session
*This schedule is subject to change.
July Schedule
Week 1
• Bringing a Strategic Focus to Your Role
Week 2
• Communicating as a Woman
Week 3
• Building Productive Relationships
Week 4
• Gender and Negotiation
Week 5
• Coaching Session
*This schedule is subject to change.
October Schedule
Week 1
• Bringing a Strategic Focus to Your Role
Week 2
• Communicating as a Woman
Week 3
• Building Productive Relationships
Week 4
• Gender and Negotiation
Week 5
• Coaching Session
*This schedule is subject to change.
Instructors
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![Emily F. Epstein]()
Emily F. Epstein
Emily served as associate faculty at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and adjunct faculty at the Georgetown University Law Center. She specializes in teaching negotiation, facilitation, mediation, and communication skills. She is the founder of Oakbay Consulting and a lecturer of law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law. -
![Headshot of PDP Instructor Jill Slye]()
Jill Abruzese Slye
Jill Slye has over 30 years of experience in business and teaches in multiple capacities across various schools at Harvard University. Her classes cover topics such as the fundamentals of public speaking and leadership communication. She is the founder of A Sounding Board, LLC, a global public speaking coaching company. -
![Pamela Rucker]()
Pamela Rucker
Pamela is a featured speaker at CIO events in the United States, Canada, and Europe. She brings over 25 years of experience helping executives to understand their business drivers. Pamela earned a master's degree from Harvard University. -
![Areen Shahbari]()
Areen Shahbari
Areen has over 15 years of corporate, business training, and consulting experience. She is the CEO of Shahbari Training & Consultancy, an instructor at Harvard University Extension School, and an entrepreneurship and leadership trainer at Babson Executive Education and Stanford University Center for Professional Development. -
![Laura Wilcox]()
Laura Wilcox
Laura has been in academia for over two decades at the intersection of business, innovation, and education at MIT, MIT Sloan, and Harvard. She is the Director of Management and Finance Programs at Harvard University's Division of Continuing Education. -
![Madeline McNeely]()
Madeline McNeely
Madeline teaches Non-Profit leadership and Community Engagement at Harvard Extension School and is Coach, Facilitator and Coach Recruiter at Harvard Business School. Supporting clients to think in innovative ways and develop new habits to solve their most vexing challenges is her sweet spot. -
![Cynthia Ingols.]()
Cynthia Ingols
Cynthia Ingols earned a doctorate in Organizational Behavior from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She currently serves on the Board of the Case Research Journal, and is a Fellow at Simmons University’s Institute for Inclusive Leadership.
Instructors
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![Pamela Rucker]()
Pamela Rucker
Pamela is a featured speaker at CIO events in the United States, Canada, and Europe. She brings over 25 years of experience helping executives to understand their business drivers. Pamela earned a master's degree from Harvard University. -
![Emily F. Epstein]()
Emily F. Epstein
Emily served as associate faculty at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and adjunct faculty at the Georgetown University Law Center. She specializes in teaching negotiation, facilitation, mediation, and communication skills. She is the founder of Oakbay Consulting and a lecturer of law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law. -
![Headshot of PDP Instructor Jill Slye]()
Jill Abruzese Slye
Jill Slye has over 30 years of experience in business and teaches in multiple capacities across various schools at Harvard University. Her classes cover topics such as the fundamentals of public speaking and leadership communication. She is the founder of A Sounding Board, LLC, a global public speaking coaching company. -
![Areen Shahbari]()
Areen Shahbari
Areen has over 15 years of corporate, business training, and consulting experience. She is the CEO of Shahbari Training & Consultancy, an instructor at Harvard University Extension School, and an entrepreneurship and leadership trainer at Babson Executive Education and Stanford University Center for Professional Development. -
![Laura Wilcox]()
Laura Wilcox
Laura has been in academia for over two decades at the intersection of business, innovation, and education at MIT, MIT Sloan, and Harvard. She is the Director of Management and Finance Programs at Harvard University's Division of Continuing Education. -
![Madeline McNeely]()
Madeline McNeely
Madeline teaches Non-Profit leadership and Community Engagement at Harvard Extension School and is Coach, Facilitator and Coach Recruiter at Harvard Business School. Supporting clients to think in innovative ways and develop new habits to solve their most vexing challenges is her sweet spot.
Instructors
-
![Pamela Rucker]()
Pamela Rucker
Pamela is a featured speaker at CIO events in the United States, Canada, and Europe. She brings over 25 years of experience helping executives to understand their business drivers. Pamela earned a master's degree from Harvard University. -
![Headshot of PDP Instructor Jill Slye]()
Jill Abruzese Slye
Jill Slye has over 30 years of experience in business and teaches in multiple capacities across various schools at Harvard University. Her classes cover topics such as the fundamentals of public speaking and leadership communication. She is the founder of A Sounding Board, LLC, a global public speaking coaching company. -
![Emily F. Epstein]()
Emily F. Epstein
Emily served as associate faculty at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and adjunct faculty at the Georgetown University Law Center. She specializes in teaching negotiation, facilitation, mediation, and communication skills. She is the founder of Oakbay Consulting and a lecturer of law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law. -
![Areen Shahbari]()
Areen Shahbari
Areen has over 15 years of corporate, business training, and consulting experience. She is the CEO of Shahbari Training & Consultancy, an instructor at Harvard University Extension School, and an entrepreneurship and leadership trainer at Babson Executive Education and Stanford University Center for Professional Development. -
![Madeline McNeely]()
Madeline McNeely
Madeline teaches Non-Profit leadership and Community Engagement at Harvard Extension School and is Coach, Facilitator and Coach Recruiter at Harvard Business School. Supporting clients to think in innovative ways and develop new habits to solve their most vexing challenges is her sweet spot.
Instructors
-
![Emily F. Epstein]()
Emily F. Epstein
Emily served as associate faculty at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and adjunct faculty at the Georgetown University Law Center. She specializes in teaching negotiation, facilitation, mediation, and communication skills. She is the founder of Oakbay Consulting and a lecturer of law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law. -
![Headshot of PDP Instructor Jill Slye]()
Jill Abruzese Slye
Jill Slye has over 30 years of experience in business and teaches in multiple capacities across various schools at Harvard University. Her classes cover topics such as the fundamentals of public speaking and leadership communication. She is the founder of A Sounding Board, LLC, a global public speaking coaching company. -
![Areen Shahbari]()
Areen Shahbari
Areen has over 15 years of corporate, business training, and consulting experience. She is the CEO of Shahbari Training & Consultancy, an instructor at Harvard University Extension School, and an entrepreneurship and leadership trainer at Babson Executive Education and Stanford University Center for Professional Development. -
![Madeline McNeely]()
Madeline McNeely
Madeline teaches Non-Profit leadership and Community Engagement at Harvard Extension School and is Coach, Facilitator and Coach Recruiter at Harvard Business School. Supporting clients to think in innovative ways and develop new habits to solve their most vexing challenges is her sweet spot. -
![Michelle Ehrenreich]()
Michelle Ehrenreich
Michelle is the founding partner of Acuity Partners, a boutique consultancy in Chestnut Hill, MA. She helps clients develop effective business, marketing, and communication strategies. Michelle received her MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from Stanford University. -
![Laura Wilcox]()
Laura Wilcox
Laura has been in academia for over two decades at the intersection of business, innovation, and education at MIT, MIT Sloan, and Harvard. She is the Director of Management and Finance Programs at Harvard University's Division of Continuing Education.
Instructors
-
![Pamela Rucker]()
Pamela Rucker
Pamela is a featured speaker at CIO events in the United States, Canada, and Europe. She brings over 25 years of experience helping executives to understand their business drivers. Pamela earned a master's degree from Harvard University. -
![Headshot of PDP Instructor Jill Slye]()
Jill Abruzese Slye
Jill Slye has over 30 years of experience in business and teaches in multiple capacities across various schools at Harvard University. Her classes cover topics such as the fundamentals of public speaking and leadership communication. She is the founder of A Sounding Board, LLC, a global public speaking coaching company. -
![Areen Shahbari]()
Areen Shahbari
Areen has over 15 years of corporate, business training, and consulting experience. She is the CEO of Shahbari Training & Consultancy, an instructor at Harvard University Extension School, and an entrepreneurship and leadership trainer at Babson Executive Education and Stanford University Center for Professional Development. -
![Mary Finlay]()
Mary Finlay
Mary is a faculty member at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and brings 25 years of industry experience into her strategy and IT management classes. She also directs multiple executive education programs, including Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers, and the Program for Chairs of Clinical Services. -
![Madeline McNeely]()
Madeline McNeely
Madeline teaches Non-Profit leadership and Community Engagement at Harvard Extension School and is Coach, Facilitator and Coach Recruiter at Harvard Business School. Supporting clients to think in innovative ways and develop new habits to solve their most vexing challenges is her sweet spot.
Expand Your Network
With participants from more than 100 different countries and a variety of industries, Harvard Professional Development Programs provide you the opportunity to gain fresh perspectives and unique insights as you learn alongside peers with similar roles who face like business challenges.
