KOWIN Mentoring Circle Program

November 6, 2021

“Roses and Thorns”

Agenda

Welcoming Remarks

Roses and Thorns

SWOT Analysis

Q & A

7 Qualities of Women Leadership

Closing Remarks

Survey Results

Roses and Thorns

Roses: A highlight, a success, or something positive that happened

• What was a highlight this year?
• How have you been successful?
• What are you most proud of?

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Thorns: A challenge you experienced, or something where you need more support

• What was most stressful?
• What was the cause of difficulty?
• What are the obstacles?

SWOT

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Internal

External

Weaknesses

Opportunities

• Your expertise in an area which make a difference to your company/organization
• Professional qualifications/certifications you have which makes you stand out from the rest
• Projects/assignments you have completed successfully

Threats

• Do you have the necessary skills/qualifications to be successful in your current or future roles?
• Do you have bad habits? i.e. frequently late, poor communication skills, etc.

• Is there any significant changes/advancements in your industry which you need to take advantage of?
• Is there a new industry trend which you can use in the future?
• Is there a new position advertised in your company which matches your skill set? Did a position become vacant?

• Is one of your peers doing a better job than you in a similar role? Are both of you pursuing the same promotion?
• Are your personal traits hurting your career advancements?

Weaknesses

Threats

Opportunities

Strengths

Q&A

7 Qualities of Women Leadership

Habit 1: Focus on Your Vision

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• Good Girl: Be Patient. Take what comes your way. People will recognize your hard work

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• Woman Leader: Identify where you want to be in the future; Go after what you want; even if you believe you are not quite ready

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Habit 2: Effective Communication

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• Good Girl: Be lady-like, quiet and polite; speak when you are spoken to. let people come to you; don’t be assertive or bold

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• Woman Leader: Speak up and speak out concisely; influence and assert your leadership with a leadership voice without being aggressive

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Habit 3: Leadership Presence

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• Good Girl: Take a back seat at the table; be modest and exclusively a ‘we’ manager

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• Woman Leader: Look, walk and talk like a leader; take credit with ‘I’ when it is you who achieved it, without forsaking the ‘we’ moments as well; engage and inspire your team to achieve their goals and yours

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Habit 4: Forge Trusted Relationships

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• Good Girl: Stick with your comfortable circle of colleagues

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• Woman Leader: Consistently develop relationships with influencers and thought-leaders within and outside your organization; sharing, supporting, listening, learning, being curious about them and contributing to them as well

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Habit 5: Confidence

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• Good Girl: Feeling worthy requires being perfect 100% of the time

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• Woman Leader: Possess the belief that you will succeed and know that others believe that, too, without the pressure of making everything 100%+ perfect to prove it time and time again

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Habit 6: Emotional Intelligence

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• Good Girl: React quickly to troubling work challenges and dynamics with hurt feelings, anger or fear; difficulty managing one’s emotions

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• Woman Leader: Monitor one’s own and other’s emotions and integrate this with intelligence and empathy to manage, lead and collaborate effectively with one’s team, peers and leaders of the organization

7 Qualities of Women Leadership

Habit 7: Courage

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• Good Girl: Operate in one’s comfort zone, participating and contributing only in areas where the results are fairly predictable with a lack of interest in trying anything beyond the routine or appearing risky

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• Woman Leader: Eagerly welcome new ideas, new challenges, new learnings, new opportunities and change even when there is a risk of failure

Buds

Buds: New ideas or something you’re looking forward to knowing or understanding more

• What are you looking forward to?
• Describe opportunities for learning which excite you.
• What needs growth and nurturing?

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Closing Remarks

• KOWIN Holiday Event: Saturday, December 11th, 6:30 PM
• Next Mentoring Circle Meeting:
• Date: Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
• Time: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
• Registration will reopen. Invite your friends!

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