Welcome to CCL’s
Women’s Empowerment and Leadership
Program Presentation
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CCL’s Mission
To advance the understanding, practice
and development of leadership for the
benefit of society worldwide.
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Global Reach
CCL reaches more than 120 countries from
locations on 4 continents. Nearly 21,000 leaders
from 3,000 organizations engage with CCL each
year, to think and act beyond the boundaries that
limit their effectiveness.
Colorado Springs, CO
Greensboro, NC
San Diego, CA
Brussels, Belgium
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Russia & CIS
Singapore
Leadership Beyond Boundaries (LBB)
Empowering Women through Leadership Development
LBB is a global initiative to democratize leadership
development and unlock human potential.
Through this effort, we are working to make high-quality leadership
development affordable and accessible to all people around the globe. CCL
has created low cost leadership development programs, tools, and models that
can be offered at the grassroots via NGOs, educational institutions,
government agencies, and community organizations.
CCL’s‘Women’s Empowerment and Leadership’ program has been created to
address a need worldwide to empower women and to develop them as leaders.
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Why empower women?
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Women produce more than 80 percent of the food for Sub-Saharan Africa, 5060 percent for Asia, 26 percent for the Caribbean, 34 percent for North Africa
and the Middle East, and more than 30 percent for Latin America
In Mexico - 32% of women-owned businesses were started less than 5 years
ago
In France - women head one in four firms
In Swaziland - Women account for about 70% of micro, small, and medium
enterprises
In the US, women are paid are 80 cents for every dollar men are paid. AfricanAmerican women are paid an average of 67 cents and Hispanic women an
average of 56 cents for every dollar a white man is paid
(from different UN, US Census, Catalyst, Jalbert et al etc.)
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Why empower women?
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Leadership and Empowerment together allow a women to make
effective decisions and are critical concepts at the heart of elevating
women’s status and allowing them to participate in their own
development.
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Women entrepreneurs in many developing countries continue to face
serious challenges stemming from societal and gender barriers, political
and socio-economic instability, and weak institutional infrastructure.
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By maximizing the entrepreneurial and leadership skills of women
entrepreneurs, and through their participation in women’s business
organizations, gender equality and economic growth and development
can be improved.
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CCL’s Women’s Empowerment and
Leadership Framework
Support
Assessment
Elements of experience that
enhance self-confidence
and provide reassurance
about strengths and current
skills
Information about
individual’s strengths,
developmental needs,
learning styles, and their
context
Self-Clarity
Mentorin
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Authenticity
Agency
Connection
Challenge
Identify new behaviors and
expected outcomes, take
risks, and stretch out of
comfort zone
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The 5 Themes
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Self-Clarity: Understanding social and cultural expectations that are not
aligned with real self
Authenticity: Deeply held beliefs, values and priorities, likes and dislikes
Agency: recognizing their right to determine their own choices and to make
choices that work for them
Connection: Developing relationships and support that help women maintain
their commitment to act as change agents
Mentoring: By developing a woman as a mentor, it will not only enable her to
effect positive changes in her life and develop leadership abilities, but also be
the connection, support and guide for other women
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Where?
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India
Thailand
North Carolina
Nigeria
Ethiopia
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CARE – I need Balance
• Who: CARE is a leading humanitarian
organization fighting global poverty. Women are
at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts
• What: Female Leadership Workshop in
Bangkok for 24 high-achieving female staff from
11 CARE Country Offices in South and SouthEast Asia
“This has helped me understand my „own‟ mental
models as well as mental model of men.”
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CARE – I need Balance
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Kiran - I need Hope
• Who: South Asian Domestic Violence Center
based in Raleigh, NC
• What: Workshop with domestic violence
survivors and staff
“The learning curve helped me put things in
perspective”
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Nigeria - I need to succeed
• Who: The Enterprise Development Center (EDC) of
the Pan-African University in Lagos, Nigeria. The
Center has MBA-type classes for entrepreneurs
• What: Introduction of CCL’s Leadership Essentials as
part of EDC Curriculum
“All entrepreneurs should go through leadership training as then
they will understand all the things they need to do or not do to
help their business grow but also be committed to their
business in trying times if they understand that there will be a
dip but it will pass if they seek adequate support and behavior
change"
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Nigeria - I need to succeed
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Nigeria - I need to succeed
• Who: Idea Builders – an NGO in Lagos, Nigeria
that is committed to help women transform their
lives in Nigeria by enabling women to see,
understand, claim and demand their rights to
improve their livelihoods
• What: A half-day workshop with more than 16
women entrepreneurs
“This helped me look beyond the surface and highlight
areas of one‟s life that we have a tendency to gloss
over.”
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Nigeria - I need to succeed
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Nigeria - I need to succeed
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Nigeria - I need to Understand
• Who: The Women’s Consortium of Nigeria
(WOCON) is an NGO committed to the
enforcement of Women and children’s Rights
and the attainment of equality, development
and peace
• What: A half-day workshop with member
organizations
“This helped me understand that I need to face up to
challenges and never give up hope.”
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Nigeria - I need to Understand
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Nigeria - I need to Understand
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Nigeria - I need to be seen
• Who: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative
entrepreneurs. 10,000 Women is a five-year
investment by Goldman Sachs to provide 10,000
underserved women around the world with a
business and management education
• What: Workshop with 14 successful business
women
“This session helped me to discover things about
myself that I did not know before and makes me
conscious of my leadership responsibilities.”
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Nigeria - I need to be seen
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Nigeria - I need to be seen
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Washington DC - I need to Learn
• Who: Partners for Democratic Change is an
international organization committed to building
sustainable capacity to advance civil society and a
culture of change and conflict management
worldwide
• What: A Train-the-Trainer workshop with 10
women from Partner’s offices in Jordan, Colombia
and Mexico
“I learned so much in this training through self-reflection
and learned invaluable skills to help me in my work.”
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Washington DC - I need to Learn
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Visual Explorer™ for Developing
Effective Leadership
• We have found that the use of visual images in the
middle of conversations on complex or difficult
issues, works globally, for all kinds of people—young
and old, across languages, hierarchy, and
boundaries, and in any culture, in helping to create
valuable insight and shared understanding
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Visual Explorer™ for Developing
Effective Leadership
• What is it? a tool (a set of images) for making sense of complex challenges
using creative dialogue. For facilitating groups, team, and individuals.
• 216 diverse, provocative, interesting images
• How does it work? resonate with the human condition, in 3 sizes.
produces dialogue rich with images and metaphors, while exploring
similarities and differences in perceptions and perspectives. engages
intuitions & emotions PLUS rational & analytical thought.
• How/Where is it used?
17 applications in the new VE Guide: training, retreats, & programs, peer
coaching, youth, creative problem solving, ethnographic research …
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VE Question
• What are some of the unique leadership
qualities of women?
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