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Leadership Development Program Female Future
Norway, Uganda, Kenya
Category:
Lobbying and Advocacy
Provision of Services
Governance
Membership strategy
To increase the number of women in boards and top leadership positions in the private sector
To strengthen gender equality & encourage diversity in the work place
To make the private sector an attractive work place for women
To equip women with the skills to be effective as board members and top leaders
Mobilize talents in the member companies tapping into all available talent in the company
Ensuring that member companies have access to best board candidates
The project targets talented women managers who wish to go for top leadership jobs and boards- but it is companies that are recruited to join the program
Leadership Development Program Female Future
Three modules: Leadership development, covers themes such as self awareness, self development, efficient networking, work balance, politics and power games
Rhetoric module: covers themes in the power of arguing, Logos, ethos, pathos, building self confidence, how to present oneself and voice control
Board Competence module: with exam and 7,5 credit points in Norway and 10 credit points in Uganda and Kenya covers the company act, Board theories and types of boards
Female Future is made up of
Tailor-made competence development• Personal leadership training• Board competence• Networking and rhetoric• Meeting places• Profiling the candidates in media
The work-life balance • Survey• Focus on good solutions • How to make women stay
on in senior executive positions
Female Future Content
Rhetoric and Business
Networking
Board Competenc
e
Personal Leadership
training
The program shows good results: 2 out of 3 Female Future participants have either been offered board positions and /or been promoted. within six months after attending the course
6 out of 10 participants had progression of their management careers
6 of 10 has taken on one or more leadership positions
7 out of 10 say participation has given them more self-knowledge and better leadership skills
Female Future- Results
The companies are recruited in the program Binding Agreement - with measurable goals
for both the talents and their company Pearl diving - The company is responsible
for identifying talent and motivating these to take on management positions and board posts
Create a powerful network of ambassadors:- Role models
Interesting elements of Female Future
Department of European and International affairs in NHO is collaborating with the sister organizations FUE-Uganda, FKE-Kenya and ATE-Tanzania as one of its capacity building efforts in the development cooperation
Financed by the Development Agency NORAD Partnering with the same module suppliers used in
Norway Via Training of trainers from credible institutions in the
different countries Modules are customized according to the needs of each
organization. Female Future remains the legal property of NHO,
Female Future exported to East Africa
