Leadership and Management Skills for Women: Become the Leader You've Always Wanted to Be! - 4-PART SERIES (LIVE WEBINAR) DATES VARIES

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Women are finally well represented in supervisory and management positions in most organizations across the country. Yet, despite the tremendous advances over the years, many continue to find themselves facing tough challenges as leaders and managers. From getting mixed messages and mixed reactions, all too often, they get mixed results when leading others.

That’s why this leadership training opportunity for women has been designed to build on a woman’s inherent talent and strengths. The skills you learn in this four-part webinar series will help you become more effective, more confident and more successful as a leader.

You’ll learn with other professional women in healthcare and leave motivated and armed with must-have leadership tools that make an immediate impact while becoming a highly effective, inspiring leader that others will follow.

Learning Objectives

  1. Establish your leadership image by coming across as authoritative, self-possessed, and in control
  2. Gain respect through your words, actions, and judicious "use of power"
  3. Improve your decision-making and problem-solving skill
  4. Shatter the old cliché of the "aggressive" woman (compared to the "assertive" man)
  5. Motivate and mentor: you and your team will reap the benefits
  6. Tap into the realities of power, politics, and leadership to cultivate and use your influence
  7. Lead in times of crisis by keeping your cool — and seeing that others keep theirs
  8. How to recognize and eliminate behaviors that hinder your success
  9. How to address conflict promptly and directly — like a leader
  10. How to push back diplomatically when requests and deadlines are unreasonable

PART I -- Demonstrating Value as a Leader: See yourself — and be seen by others — as a leader (February 7, 2020)



  1. The characteristics of effective leaders in the 21st century workplace (Hint: they're not what they once were)
  2. What women bring to the leadership role: a look at our unique contributions
  3. Bossy…moody…emotional…overcoming the labels women sometimes get saddled with
  4. Define your leadership identity and its effect on others
  5. How to strip back the layers, create your own personal brand and let it blossom
  6. Honestly assess where you need improvement — even small changes pay big dividends!
  7. Countering gender bias: tips…and a few warnings

PART II – Discover and Strengthen Your Leadership Style: Develop all the right stuff (February 14, 2020)



  1. How to identify your own unique leadership style and use it to your advantage
  2. Emotional Intelligence: its role in leadership, and why many women have a natural edge here
  3. A look at personality traits and how they affect leadership style
  4. Stop trying to “fit in” — the benefits of being who you naturally are
  5. Understanding your leadership style and how to play into your strengths and downplay your weaknesses
  6. How to separate being liked from being respected
  7. How to take credit for your accomplishments without bragging
  8. Increasing your visibility: How to overcome the double bind women often find themselves in
  9. How to stop talking too fast, apologizing, over-explaining — and making other credibility-robbing mistakes

PART III -- Develop High-Impact Communication Skills: Always communicate purposefully and meaningfully (February 21, 2020)

  1. The nervous presenter — how to stay calm when presenting ideas to top management and let your natural expertise, professionalism, and style show through
  2. Hints to help you shatter the old cliché of the aggressive woman and assert yourself without seeming pushy
  3. How really listening can make you a much better leader
  4. How to be heard in meetings: Pounding the table won’t work, but these tips will
  5. How to accept responsibility for a mistake and put a positive spin on it
  6. Communication breakdown: If you can’t get your message across, how can anyone act on it?
  7. How to astutely “read” an individual or group and adapt your communication style accordingly
  8. Emotional intelligence in action! 5 tips you’ll use every day
  9. How to get over pre-presentation nervousness and speak comfortably before groups of any size
  10. How to courteously but firmly take back the floor in meetings when interrupted
  11. How to say “no” when appropriate — without sounding like the “Queen of Mean”

PART IV: Turn Around Challenges and Become an Opportunity-Driven Leader: Lead Your Team Successfully (February 28, 2020)



  1. How to disagree without being negatively labeled behind your back
  2. Conflict: Fight or flight? Here’s a better option
  3. When disagreements arise…step into a leader’s role by adopting these 3 behaviors
  4. How to appear immune to cruel words, potshots and personal attacks (even when you’re not)
  5. When it’s okay to show emotions, when to rein them in and how to tell the difference
  6. Dealing with hotheads, know-it-alls and other difficult characters: Is your leadership showing?
  7. Relationship-building skills that will rally your troops, boost morale, and get people to trust and respect one another
  8. Simple techniques that bring out the best in your team members
  9. Praise, rewards, and recognition — how to show you value your team members and encourage them to perform at their peak

TARGET AUDIENCE:

  1. Female leaders, supervisors and managers



CEU- 6.0



  1. Administrator
  2. Assisted Living Manager
  3. Social Work

Fees are per person

LifeSpan Member: $165.00

Nonmember: $265.00

Tangie Newborn, CLC (Moderator)

President, Immense Business Solutions

Tangie Newborn is President of Immense Business Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in training, strategic approaches and organizational development solutions that help businesses remain competitive in today’s environment. With over 35-years of executive management experience, she's known for her strategic focus and savvy management skills, which has been used to turn-around several organizations -- taking them to the next level and increasing their bottom-line. Tangie is also a Master Life Coach and an Executive/Career Coach, author, and national-known speaker. She is also the founder of ThinkMosaic, a life coaching firm in Maryland.

An attendance/validation code is required in order to print your certificate. The attendance code is distributed at the end of each webinar. Attendees are required to enter the code before they can print the certificate. 

This program is sponsored by The Beacon Institute. This course is approved for 6.0 continuing education.

Administrator

This program is approved by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators .

Social Worker

This program is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Worker Examiners for Category 1 Continuing education for social workers in Maryland.

Assisted Living Manager

This program is approved by the Office of Health Care Quality for continuing education for assisted living managers.

Cancellation Policy

Refunds, minus a $25 processing fee per registrant, will be honored if requested in writing FIVE (5) business days prior to the date of the seminar. 

Cancellation due to State survey, the state Surveyors must actually be in the building in order to receive a refund. To receive a refund due to a Survey, Beacon Institute requires a form to be completed, please contact Annmarie Gordon @ agordon@lifespan-network.org. Attendees may send substitutions in their places without prior notification. Additional fees may apply.

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Session 1 -- February 7, 2020 10:30 AM -12:00PM
Demonstrating Value as a Leader: See yourself — and be Seen by Others — as a Leader -- Leadership and Management Skills for Women (PART I)
02/07/2020 at 10:30 AM (EST)  |  120 minutes
02/07/2020 at 10:30 AM (EST)  |  120 minutes • The characteristics of effective leaders in the 21st century workplace (Hint: they're not what they once were) • What women bring to the leadership role: a look at our unique contributions • Bossy…moody…emotional…overcoming the labels women sometimes get saddled with • Define your leadership identity and its effect on others • How to strip back the layers, create your own personal brand and let it blossom • Honestly assess where you need improvement — even small changes pay big dividends! • Countering gender bias: tips…and a few warnings
Session II -- February 14, 2020 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Discover and Strengthen Your Leadership Style: Develop All the Right Stuff -- Leadership and Management Skills for Women PART II
02/14/2020 at 10:30 AM (EST)  |  120 minutes
02/14/2020 at 10:30 AM (EST)  |  120 minutes • How to identify your own unique leadership style and use it to your advantage • Emotional Intelligence: its role in leadership, and why many women have a natural edge here • A look at personality traits and how they affect leadership style • Stop trying to “fit in” — the benefits of being who you naturally are • Understanding your leadership style and how to play into your strengths and downplay your weaknesses • How to separate being liked from being respected • How to take credit for your accomplishments without bragging • Increasing your visibility: How to overcome the double bind women often find themselves in • How to stop talking too fast, apologizing, over-explaining — and making other credibility-robbing mistakes
Session III - February 21, 2020 10:30 AM -12:00 PM
Develop High-Impact Communication Skills: Always Communicate Purposefully and Meaningfully --Leadership and Management Skills for Women PART III
02/21/2020 at 10:30 AM (EST)  |  120 minutes
02/21/2020 at 10:30 AM (EST)  |  120 minutes • The nervous presenter — how to stay calm when presenting ideas to top management and let your natural expertise, professionalism, and style show through • Hints to help you shatter the old cliché of the aggressive woman and assert yourself without seeming pushy • How really listening can make you a much better leader • How to be heard in meetings: Pounding the table won’t work, but these tips will • How to accept responsibility for a mistake and put a positive spin on it • Communication breakdown: If you can’t get your message across, how can anyone act on it? • How to astutely “read” an individual or group and adapt your communication style accordingly • Emotional intelligence in action! 5 tips you’ll use every day • How to get over pre-presentation nervousness and speak comfortably before groups of any size • How to courteously but firmly take back the floor in meetings when interrupted • How to say “no” when appropriate — without sounding like the “Queen of Mean”
Session IV --February 28, 2020 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Turn Around Challenges and Become an Opportunity-Driven Leader: Lead Your Team Successfully -- Leadership and Management Skills for Women PART IV
02/28/2020 at 10:30 AM (EST)  |  120 minutes
02/28/2020 at 10:30 AM (EST)  |  120 minutes • How to disagree without being negatively labeled behind your back • Conflict: Fight or flight? Here’s a better option • When disagreements arise…step into a leader’s role by adopting these 3 behaviors • How to appear immune to cruel words, potshots and personal attacks (even when you’re not) • When it’s okay to show emotions, when to rein them in and how to tell the difference • Dealing with hotheads, know-it-alls and other difficult characters: Is your leadership showing? • Relationship-building skills that will rally your troops, boost morale, and get people to trust and respect one another • Simple techniques that bring out the best in your team members • Praise, rewards, and recognition — how to show you value your team members and encourage them to perform at their peak
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