Women's Leadership Development

Great strides have been made over the last two decades in the recognition of women’s leadership skills and in the development and advancement of women as leaders. We believe, however, that there are gender differences that subtly impact a woman’s ability to climb ladders. Research indicates that there are still two areas that keep women from achieving: lack of mentors and access to informal networks. “Masculine” values (getting to results from a competitive, logical, bottom-line, top-down driven approach) still permeate many organizations; therefore, women need support in developing their leadership skills and managing their careers in a system that is not always aligned with their feminine values (getting to results from a collaborative, intuitive, holistic, relational and humanistic approach). We advocate the development of an integrated leadership style that combines the best of the masculine and feminine, and we work with our clients to create cultures that support the full development of women as well as men.

It’s critical for all our clients to balance their personal and professional lives, but women tend to be most affected by balance issues. Women must make decisions that are more personally impacting for them than for men, such as when to get pregnant, when to take on assignments requiring extensive travel, how to manage sexual dynamics that are not outright harassing but that create discomfort, and how to play office politics without losing one’s feminine values. Therefore, we offer services that support women in developing themselves and advancing their careers.

In addition to our executive and corporate coaching services, we provide specialized coaching programs for women that tend to focus on abilities such as finding one’s voice, identifying a career path, gaining and maintaining visibility, developing mentoring relationships, finding and maintaining balance, and building informal networks to advance career progress.

Our programs are custom designed to meet the needs of our clients. We advocate combining coaching with learning labs in order to provide women with a process of individualized support as well as shared learning. Coaching supported by workshops at which women can share their experiences and their learnings helps to sustain success by building a community of women leaders.

Women’s Networks

We partner with women on a grassroots level as well as with senior management to initiate women’s networks. These networks serve to support women’s issues in the organization and to create a channel of communication between women and senior management, all with the goal of serving the organization through the enhancement of women’s leadership and the advancement of their careers.

Women’s Mentoring Programs

We work with companies and women’s networks and initiatives within companies to design and establish mentoring programs targeted to support the development of talented, high potential women

Women’s Workshops, Keynotes and Presentations

We design and deliver workshops targeted to companies, institutions and associations interested in helping women develop their leadership and their careers. Ginny has given keynote speeches and led workshops for the following women’s groups and conferences:

American Association of University Women
American Business Women’s National Convention
Boston Women's Bar Association
Bryant College Women’s Summit
Business and Professional Women USA National Conference
Business Women’s Network Global Business Summit
Chubb Women’s Leadership Conference
Healthcare Business Women’s Association National Conference
Independent Women’s Forum
Kodak’s Women’s Forum for Employees
Linkage Women in Leadership Summit
NAFE 30 Years of Women @ Work Conference
Northeastern University Second Annual Women’s Leadership Conference
Salomon Smith Barney Women’s Leadership Conference
Society of Women Engineers National Conference
The Conference Board’s Women’s Leadership Conference
Quinnipiac University Women in Business Conference
Verizon Association for Women Employees
Women to Women: Empower Peace Conference
Xerox International Women’s Conference