Women's Leadership Programme
The Women’s Leadership Programme is your catalyst for change - a powerful and practical journey designed to help you elevate your voice, grow your influence, and accelerate your leadership path.
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Empowering Women, Building Leaders
Research across Wales and the UK consistently shows that women-only leadership programmes create vital spaces for growth, confidence, and connection. These environments offer psychological safety, allowing women to explore leadership on their own terms, highlighting how this fosters not only individual progression but collective empowerment.
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- 6 x full day facilitated sessions
- 2 x virtual half day peer learning sets (9:30-12:30)
- 2 x one-to-one coaching sessions with an Executive coach, based on a leadership self-assessment
- Develop a confident leadership identity grounded in personal values and purpose.
- Overcome imposter syndrome and self-limiting beliefs through practical tools and peer support.
- Apply inclusive leadership principles to build equitable, high-performing teams.
- Strengthen strategic thinking and systems leadership to navigate complexity and lead change.
- Enhance resilience and wellbeing, managing energy effectively while designing a lasting leadership legacy.
- Build a strong professional network of women leaders across sectors in Wales.
Benefits for you:
- Confidence & Authentic Leadership: Build a leadership style rooted in your values and gain the confidence to lead effectively in any situation.
- Career Advancement: Equip yourself with the skills and credibility to secure promotions and senior roles.
- Strategic & Inclusive Leadership Skills: Learn to navigate complexity, drive change, and foster inclusive, high-performing teams.
- Resilience & Support Network: Strengthen your resilience while creating lasting peer connections for ongoing support and growth.
Benefits for your organisation:
- Stronger, More Inclusive Leadership: Participants develop confident, values-driven leadership identities and learn inclusive practices that improve team performance and workplace culture.
- Strategic Impact & Change Leadership: Participants gain tools for systems thinking, strategic decision-making, and navigating complexity - equipping them to lead change effectively.
- Retention, Engagement & Reputation: Investing in women’s development boosts morale and retention, while demonstrating your organisation’s commitment to equity and leadership diversity.
- Cross-Sector Networks & Professional Growth: Participants build lasting connections across Wales, gain insights from senior leaders, and earn professional accreditation - bringing fresh perspectives and credibility back to your organisation.
Module 1: Leading with Confidence and Purpose
- Understanding leadership through identity and values
- Overcoming imposter syndrome and self-limiting beliefs
- Storytelling for influence
Module 2: Inclusive Leadership
- Power, privilege, and intersectionality
- Creating inclusive teams and cultures
- Inclusive leadership in practice
Module 3: Strategic Leadership and Systems Thinking
- Navigating complexity and change
- Strategic decision-making
- Introduction to systems leadership
- Peer learning circles
Module 4: Resilience, Wellbeing and Legacy
- Leading with compassion and authenticity
- Managing energy, not just time
- Designing your leadership legacy
- Reflective practice and celebration
Dates
20 January – 10:00 - 16:00, USW Conference Centre, Treforest
11 February – 9:30-15:30, virtual (MS Teams)
23 March – 9:30-15:30, virtual (MS Teams)
15 April – 9:30 - 15:30, virtual (MS Teams)
12 May - 10:00 - 16:00, USW Conference Centre, Treforest
8 June – 9:30 - 13:00, virtual (MS Teams)
1 July – 9:30 - 13:00, virtual (MS Teams)
29 July – 10:00 - 16:00, USW Conference Centre, Treforest
Cost
Introductory cost: £2,195
Partial funding for ILA eligible organisations available, contact us to find out more.
Optional: ILM Level 7 Award, additional £199
Meet the programme facilitator
Pam Heneberry is a facilitator and leadership development expert with extensive experience in coaching, mentoring and helping organisations navigate change.
As a facilitator on the Women’s Leadership Programme, Pam brings a practical and reflective approach to leadership development, helping participants explore their own leadership strengths while considering the wider environments in which they lead.
Pam recently hosted the series In Her Words: Women Leading Wales, exploring the experiences and perspectives of women in leadership across Wales. She is also co-author of Critical Leadership: How We Learn to Be Better Leaders, which brings together practical frameworks and reflective tools to support the development of more effective leaders.
For Pam, supporting women’s leadership development is about more than helping individuals progress. It also means looking at the systems and cultures around them.
“Women’s programmes work best when they’re part of a broader leadership strategy, not instead of one. Open leadership programmes remain essential, but targeted programmes can help address the specific barriers that contribute to women being underrepresented at senior levels.”
She believes the focus should be on creating the conditions in which talented women can thrive, alongside organisational action to build more inclusive cultures and leadership pathways.