Women’s Leadership CirclesA Transformative Group Coaching Experience

A NINE MONTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FROM isConsulting

“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.”

—Melinda Gates

Challenge: The complexity surrounding women’s advancement into senior leadership positions is growing; the results are not improving.

Environment and Aim: WLC provides a supportive environment for women leaders to deepen understanding of self in the context of these challenges.

Outcomes, Structure & Topics: WLC spans a nine-month period to enable participants to reflect, learn, practice and re-learn over time, with support from the sessions, coach and other participants. The topics selected are essential for long-term and sustainable development.

Details: Selection of WLC participants is a collaborative process between the program and participating organizations. The structure of the program requires full engagement and support of its design and intention.

Facilitators and Coaches: The role of the facilitator and coach is to model and embody the qualities and behaviors we work to build in the participants. They themselves, have traveled this path personally and are wholly committed to supporting each women’s journey in a way that serves them best.

Overview of Women’s Leadership Circles (WLC)

This program is a response to the growing complexity and challenges surrounding women’s advancement into senior leadership positions.

Internal and external challenges continue to impact female executives as they try to contribute to, and advance in, organizations in most industries.

The internal and external barriers that women have to navigate are coming at a great cost.

Challenge Summary

Only 22% of US mid-market companies have women senior managers1

1 Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends January 14, 20152 Catalyst: The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance And Women's Representation On Boards 2007

Tackling this pervasive issue requires a deeper and more novel approach – the heart of the Women’s Leadership Circles.

Through a unique facilitated process and program design, Women’s Leadership Circles empower participants to surface unconscious biases, manifest new possibilities, and implement personalized strategies that produce meaningful and sustainable results.

To accelerate this work, we use the Enneagram to determine each participant’s core personality “type” and the strengths, patterns and areas of potential development.

Together we explore essential developmental topics of mindfulness, inner critic, creative expression, and wholehearted leadership – all critical components that influence behavior.

Environment

The program’s aim is to enable women to achieve more fulfilling leadership and work experiences.

When this happens, organizations reap the rewards that come from these women’s heightened contributions.

The ultimate gain is a work environment that is inclusive, emotionally intelligent, and fosters well-being.

Program Aim

PROGRAM OBJECIVESEngaging in the Women’s Leadership Circle program will enable participants to:

• Live and lead more authentically.

• Attain clarity about their personal leadership identity, purpose and goals.

• Build their own leadership presence.

• Bring original thinking and voice to organizational demands and opportunities.

• Increase confidence to influence the challenges of working in dynamic environments.

• Foster appreciation for inclusive values in the workplace such as collaboration, compassion, and communication.

Specific Outcomes

PROGRAM OBJECIVES

Face-to-Face Sessions: Three one-day group sessions in Basel, Switzerland.

Virtual Group Meetings: Monthly 90-minute small-group calls during months

when there is no face-to-face session.

Virtual 1:1 Coaching: Monthly hour-long coaching sessions with lead coaches

(total of 10 hours of 1:1 coaching).

Peer Support: Monthly peer-coach meetings with a sub-group of participants.

WLC Community: Full access to the active WLC community including alumnae

and other executives working around the world.

Program Structure

PROGRAM OBJECIVESPlanned Topics and Design Flow

Session OneEmbodiment of the Circle

Inner Critic

Session TwoWhole-hearted Engagement

Personal Presence

Session ThreeTrue Essence

Personal Leadership Vision

• Whole-hearted engagement

• Cooperative Inquiry

• Spaciousness

• Expressive Arts

• Relational Nature of Learning

• Deep Presence (Enneagram)

• Source Energy

Meaningful and Innovative Topics

• Small Group Virtual Meetings

In-between Session Interactions

• 1:1 Coaching

• Peer Coaching

PROGRAM OBJECIVESDetails: Enrollment Timeline for Participating Companies

Application Period

Company Recommendations

Participant Interviews

Participants are notified

April 11 – May 27 May 30 - June 3 June 6 - 10 June 13

Candidates Company Sponsor

Reviews applications and selects final list*

WLC Advisory Board

isConsulting

Reviews all lists and selects final group

Communicates decisions with sponsors and participants*

Submitapplications

Maximum of 16 participants.

No more than four from one company.

*Maximum of 16 participants with no more than four from one company.

While the WLC is designed to help all women enter or aspire to senior leadership roles, for the July cohort, we are looking for women who are:

• Experienced leaders - more than 10 years of leadership experience

• Open to learning in deeper, more introspective and creative ways

• Have capacity to fully engage in the WLC cohort and community to tackle the challenges surrounding women’s advancement

• Committed to attending all face-to-face and virtual sessions

• Fluent English speakers

Details: Ideal Participant Profile

Face-to-Face Meeting* Dates

Monday July 11, 2016Monday October 24, 2016Monday January 16, 2017

*All Face-to-Face meetings are in Basel, Switzerland

Virtual Meeting* Months

August 2016September 2016November 2016December 2016February 2017March 2016

*All virtual meetings will be via a medium like Google Hangout

Details: Meeting Dates and Price

Program Price: $8,900 per participant (approx. 8810 CHF)

Founder, Coach & FacilitatorAbout Ipek Serifsoy

• As part of her career change, Ipek spent a year in theological seminary, earned an MA in Psychology, a PhD in Organizational Leadership, and completed numerous certification programs including the Enneagram-Based Deep Coaching Certification.

• Ipek focuses her personal and professional development on studying leadership, expressive arts, communication, participative learning methodologies and ancient wisdom traditions, to develop approaches that awaken inherent potential and capacity for greatness.

• Ipek’s client list includes: Adobe, Agilent, Applied Materials, BEA Systems, Chevron, EMC, Estee Lauder, Genentech/Roche, Oracle, PayPal, Pfizer, Revlon, VMware, Wells Fargo and Workday.

• Ipek is a bridge between the practical and changing worlds of business. Her multidisciplinary background enables her to relate to traditional business perspectives while introducing clients to more innovative thinking, preparing them to embrace new possibilities on an ever-changing terrain.

• Ipek’s vision and commitment is to a 50/50 landscape where women contribute to leadership in equal numbers as men. She firmly believes that this more balanced and inclusive reality is a key source of collective wisdom for organizations and society-at-large.

• Over 15 years ago, Ipek moved from investment banking to the human side of business. After ten years on Wall Street, Ipek’s journey took her into the world of psychology, spirituality and creativity. She has designed a unique and highly effective approach to leadership coaching and organizational consulting. In the last year, she became President and Owner of the Deep Coaching Institute.

Coach & FacilitatorAbout Renée Dineen

• Renée is a highly accomplished and internationally known coach, consultant and facilitator with a proven track record working both inside and outside organizations.

• She has strong business acumen with domestic and international experience including 5 years living and working overseas with Roche Pharmaceuticals in Switzerland.

• She coaches and advises Vice Presidents and Director level executives to lead in more integrated and meaningful ways and expand their abilities to leverage both the collective and individual capacities within teams.

• With a deep expertise in team facilitation and team dynamics, she is known for her ability to create meaningful group experiences that align leaders, teams, functions and strategies to build new and more strategic organizational capabilities.

• Renée has a MS degree in Organizational Psychology, is a certified Integral Coach and is educated and skilled to work with a variety of development tools and methodologies.

• Leveraging research on leadership, neuroscience, mindfulness and human dynamics, she provides useable and repeatable frameworks and practices that inspire clients to engage more authentically, compassionately and consciously--even in the midst of conflict, complexity and change.

• In October 2015, Renée achieved an important life goal by launching her own coaching and consulting practice out of California. In her free time, she and her family are fueled by their passion for travel, which includes 44 countries and counting.

Below are links to key sources of information for the WLC Basel program:

• isConsulting website: www.isconsultingco.com

• WLC Basel Brochure: Click here

• WLC Basel Application: Click here

• Ipek Serifsoy: ipek@isconsultingco.com

• Renee Dineen: reneedineen@gmail.com

Contact Information Plus Links to Brochure and Application

While in the program you will be invited to view and contribute to private discussions in the following social media platforms:

• Facebook: Women’s Leadership Circles

• Instagram: Women’s Leadership Circles