2nd Leadership for Women in Government

Dynamic drivers for outstanding leadership
Date: March 1 & 2, 2016
Location: Gatineau
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Highlights

- Hear about strategies that promote a collaborative, cohesive and cooperative workplace

- Explore development of the top ten core competencies of top leaders

- Discover the keys to unlocking and constructively utilizing emotional intelligence

- Learn communications tips for projecting clarity, inspiring confidence, and influencing others

- Learn about the strategic skills and tools for change leadership

- Hear about best practices in crisis leadership under pressure

- Utilize techniques for balancing governance, leadership and accountability when engaging in policy development

Faculty

FACULTY
COURSE LEADERS
Jennifer E. Stewart, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Jennifer E. Stewart is Director General of the Industrial Security Sector, Departmental Oversight Branch at Public Services and Procurement Canada.
Liz McKeown, Shared Services Canada
Liz McKeown is Acting Chief Information Officer at Shared Services Canada.
CO-LECTURERS
Lisa Allgaier, Correctional Service Canada
Lisa Allgaier is Director General of the Aboriginal Initiatives Directorate at Correctional Service Canada.
Vicky Eatrides, Natural Resources Canada
Vicky Eatrides is the Director General, Policies within the Major Projects Management Office at Natural Resources Canada.
Toby Greenbaum, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Toby Greenbaum is Director General of the Client Consultancy and Real Property Solutions Directorate within the Real Property Branch at Public Services and Procurement Canada.
Valerie Keyes, Department of National Defence, Government of Canada
Valerie Keyes is Director Personnel Security and Identity Management, Director General Defence Security, Department of National Defence.
Karen Manarin, Ontario Securities Commission
Karen Manarin is Deputy Director - Enforcement at the Ontario Securities Commission.
Nancy Martel, Infrastructure Canada
Nancy Martel is Director General, Human Resources and Administration at Infrastructure Canada.
Sarah Moreault, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Sarah Moreault, Deputy Director, Corporate Strategy and Performance at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Josephine A.L. Palumbo, Department of Justice - Competition Bureau Legal Services
Josephine A.L. Palumbo is Deputy Executive Director and Senior Counsel at the Department of Justice - Competition Bureau Legal Services.
Patsy Thompson, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Patsy Thompson is Director General, Environmental and Radiation Protection and Assessment Directorate at Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
Arijana Haramincic, Family and Children’s Services of Renfrew Country
Arijana Haramincic is Executive Director of Family and Children’s Services of Renfrew Country.
Maia Welbourne, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Maia Welbourne is Director General, Immigration Branch at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

Program

COURSE PROGRAM
Collaborative Leadership: Inter-Organizational Collaboration
Providing effective leadership within government requires refining your skills for collaborating across organizations and with partners & stakeholders to achieve positive results. This session will explore practical approaches to collaboration and strategies for managing multi-level collaboration.

Strategies that promote a collaborative, cohesive & cooperative workplace

Groundbreaking negotiation and consensus-seeking techniques

Strategies for promoting team collaboration

Working within networks to develop policies and deliver programs

Principles of network management

Cultivating Leadership Competencies & Capabilities
Today's leaders in government need to be able to deal with a multitude of conflicting priorities, while working cooperatively and innovatively. This session will explore the core competencies needed to lead successfully within government and share practical strategies for cultivating and refining them.

Redefining the future: the need for visionary leadership & innovation

Top core competencies that all leaders must have

Leadership qualities to be developed for high potential women

Determining your leadership strengths and areas for development

Practical strategies for honing your leadership qualities

Dynamic Executive Communication Skills
This presentation will share tried-and-true principles for overcoming communication obstacles and ensuring that your communication skills are just as powerful and positive as your talents and abilities.

Recognizing and enhancing your own communication style

Skills needed to successfully connect and influence others

Tips for projecting clarity and inspiring confidence

Delivering your message with empathy and your personal touch

Dealing effectively with missteps and errors

Strategic Planning Skills To Lead Change
This session will explore key strategic planning skills and the main challenges of leading change in government.

Managing the complexities of strategic planning

Leading change to keep up in today's environment

Strategic planning skills to lead change

Characteristics and qualities of strategic leadership

Tools for developing strategic approaches in managing change

Team Building & Team Leadership
One of the key skills of a leader in the public sector is the ability to build and manage a team. As women leaders in government, many stereotypes and old-fashioned judgments can get in the way of effective team building. This discussion details how women can effectively engage in team building within government.

Achieving the respect required to lead

Building shared values & handling the people issues

Adhering to professional standards and defined roles of leadership

Is it necessary to adopt male behaviour patterns to succeed?

How women use their different leadership style to add value?

Policy Analysis: Problem Solving & Decision Making Skills
Effective high-level decision-making depends on informed policy analysis. Establishing a successful policy analysis methodology for converting analysis into practical information used for problem solving and decision making is crucial to success. This session will explore policy analysis best practices.

Deriving the true value of policy

How to draw practical conclusions from policy analysis

Understanding the difference between short and long-term goals

Strategic techniques to pave the way for action

Building Your Personal Leadership Brand
Women in leadership roles must walk a fine line between displaying self-confidence and coming across as overly aggressive. This session will discuss how to overcome challenges women encounter in trying to build a brand and how to master it to achieve leadership success.

Branding that showcases attributes and core strengths

Essential elements of a great personal brand

How to effectively build your reputation brand

Leveraging your personal brand to leadership positions

Authenticity: what style and substance really mean

Leadership to Direct Policy Development
This presentation will discuss the importance of leadership and organizational support to enhance policy initiatives and how to develop your leadership competencies in leading policy development.

Identifying systemic linkages, goal conflicts and sources of resistance

Balancing: governance, leadership & accountability

Exploring the power of dialogue: a force for influence and persuasion

Blending bureaucratic leadership with a new form of leadership

Designing policy to include partnerships and coalitions

Leveraging Leadership Style to Overcome Gender Stereotypes
While many gender-based researchers suggest that women bring a different style of leadership based on differences in their networking style or how they communicate, one of the key questions that is often overlooked is "why?" This session will examine differences in leadership style, if any, and whether it (may) affect their career path.

Do women have a different leadership style than men?

What could be some causes for differences, if any?

How gender differences may affect women's career paths

Managing Conflict and Negotiations for Women in Government
Effective negotiating and the ability to resolve conflicts are essential skills that women will need to use throughout their careers and are key to being an effective leader. This session will discuss best practices for enhancing your negotiation & conflict resolution skills to achieve greater success.

Assessing the strength of your negotiating skills

Strategies to become a more successful negotiator

Gender differences in dealing with workplace conflict

Developing assertiveness to manage and resolve conflict

Effective communication skills for managing conflict

Workplace Wellness: Key Issues for Women Leaders
For women in leadership positions, workplace wellness can mean everything from building resilience, managing stress effectively or creating a balance between work and home life. This discussion outlines recent approaches to workplace wellness at Infrastructure Canada, one that works for senior women executives and employees as a whole.

Identifying the tools required for improved health

Integrating all wellness components into your approach

Developing flexibility in women leaders while remaining true to one’s self

Creating a work-life strategy and action plan

Qualities to Lead, Qualities that Hinder Success
This session will focus on the leadership qualities to be nurtured and developed for high potential women candidates, while addressing some qualities that can hinder success.

Uncovering the qualities needed to become tomorrow’s leaders

Developing emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills

Developing your natural skills and working at using them effectively

Fostering the leadership qualities that women possess

Qualities perceived to be career-limiting

Emotional Competence For Women Leaders
The most effective leaders are those who are aware of their own emotions and who have the ability to understand the emotions of others. This discussion will share insights to aid in the development of a higher level of emotional intelligence and help you reflect on how to manage your own emotions and remain in control even in the most challenging workplace situations.

Emotional Intelligence and its evolving value in leader and organization development

How awareness, management and direction of your own emotions affects your job performance and career success

Ways in which emotional intelligence can be leveraged to help you achieve results in the workplace

Multimedia Presentations

MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
Building resilience
Stephanie Hollingshead
Sierra Systems Group Inc.
The three Cs of influential leadership
Laura Jones
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Using our natural talents and strengths as leaders
Charlene Higgins
Yellowhead Mining Inc. (TSX: YMI)
Leading & living the brand
Linda Bilben
Reputations
Negotiation skills
Patricia Towler
Regent College
Transcending preconceptions – Essential leadership attributes for women leaders
Susan Tomaine
Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
Enhancing emotional intelligence
Carolyn Stern
Carolyn Stern and Associates Inc. (CSI)
Being exceptional
Leanne Johnson
Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc.
Enhancing your leadership capacity through strategic systems thinking
Yael Blum
INtwoIT Leadership Development & Coaching
Effective leadership communications
Pam Aikman
Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)
Creating conditions for the next generation
Connie Fair
BC Assessment
Surmounting the glass-ceiling in a traditionally male industry
Barbara Dunfield
Newport Exploration Ltd.
Workplace conflict
Jo-Anne Morefield
Peoples Trust Company
Leading in a man’s world
Connie Linder
GreenPages Directory Inc.
Work-life balance
Melanie Samuels
Singleton Urquhart LLP
Leadership in troubled times
Gillian Buergin
The Rhema Group
Qualities to lead, qualities that hinder
Jane Lindstrom
Northern Health Authority
Key strategies to enhance your emotional intelligence
Caroline Charter
Microsoft
Negotiating ... Our least favourite and more critical skill
Susan Kelly
CBC English Servcies
Beyond lip service: Advancing the diversity conversation
Noelle Richardson
Ministry of the Attorney General
Achieving success through collaboration
Nicole McNeill
MPAC
Leadership style: How do women lead differently than men?
Cindy Benning
Bioniche Animal Health/VETOQUINOL
Entrepreneural leadership
Melanie Rupp
Reputations
Community leadership
Deborah Edwards
Coastal Community Credit Union
Power of mentoring
Kelly Stark-Anderson
Silver Standard Resources Inc.

Participants

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Correctional Service Canada

Department of Justice - Competition Bureau Legal Services

Department of National Defence

Family and Children’s Services of Renfrew Country

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Infrastructure Canada

Natural Resources Canada

Ontario Securities Commission

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Shared Services Canada

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)


Who should attend

Federal, provincial & municipal Executives, Directors, Senior Managers & professionals improving skills in leadership, strategy, planning, conflict resolution, negotiations, networking & communications

Price

Price list:-
  • Course: $1975
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Additional Information

REGISTRATION:
To reserve your place, call Federated Press toll-free at 1-800-363-0722. In Toronto, call (416) 665-6868 or fax to (416) 665-7733. Then mail your payment along with the registration form. Places are limited. Your reservation will be confirmed before the event.
LOCATION:
Four Points by Sheraton Hôtel & Centre de conférences Gatineau-Ottawa, 35 rue Laurier, Gatineau, QC, J8X 4E9, 800-567-9607
CONDITIONS:
Registration covers attendance for one person, the supplementary course material as described in this document, lunch, morning coffee and refreshments during breaks are provided for registered duration. The proceedings of the event will be captured on audio or video. Multimedia proceedings with all slides and handouts can be purchased separately on a CD-ROM which will also include the event material.
TIME:
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. The morning sessions start promptly at 9:00.
CANCELLATION:
Please note that non-attendance at the event does not entitle the registrant to a refund. In the event that a registrant becomes unable to attend following the deadline for cancellation, a substitute attendee may be delegated. Please notify Federated Press of any changes as soon as possible. Federated Press assumes no liability for changes in program content or speakers. A full refund of the attendance fee will be provided upon cancellation in writing received 13 days prior to event date. No refunds will be issued after this date. Please note that a 15% service charge will be held in case of a cancellation.
DISCOUNT:
Federated Press has special team discounts. Groups of 3 or more from the same organization receive 15%. For larger groups please call Sandra Frattolillo at 1-800-363-0722, ext. 223 to get more information.
PAYMENT:
Payment must be received seven days prior to the event date.