Women in Leadership Breakfasts - WIL You Lead

Hey Jay here,

Recently I took on a new partner in The Coaching Room business. I did this because I realised some time ago that I couldn't build a world class business on my own. I would, will and do need help from others. I found a meeting of the minds when I met Joseph Scott years ago and after working together for the past 6 months, over the recent Xmas break, we decided to take The Coaching Room to next Level.

In our conversations (during that time) we discussed who we would 'love' to work with going forward as we built the business. What came out of our conversation was the birth of an idea, of a passion, that resides deep within both of us. We love working with Women Leaders!

70% of our preferred clients are women. Women make more personable, powerful, insightful and elegant leaders.

There is an imbalance of women to men in the role of Leader in the business world.

So from those thoughts and buoyed on by our existing clients, we developed the WIL breakfasts - in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart (and soon to be Brisbane).

If this excites you too - read on!

WIL YOU LEAD

Women in Leadership Breakfasts (Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart)

Women in Leadership (WIL) is a monthly breakfast meeting in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart created and sponsored by The Coaching Room.

Having coached Leaders in organisations for almost a decade, our experience of the opportunities (including support and networking opportunities) available to male and female Leaders has often seemed unfairly balanced toward the male Leaders.

It has been a concern at the forefront of The Coaching Room’s mind for quite sometime now, and so this year rather than just thinking about it, we have decided to do something about it.

We have created something that will provide Women in Leadership with a real and genuine space to develop deep and accelerated relationships with other like-minded women (also in Leadership positions), as well as the opportunity to grow, feel supported, learn, make friends and have fun, whilst making a difference for other Women in Leadership.

Add to this the support of our world-class Leadership coaches, and you have a very powerful opportunity for sustained Leadership growth.

Some of the intentions of the breakfast are:

· To provide a confidential and safe environment to be ourselves

· To recognise and have a voice for our Leadership opinion

· To gain vitality in our way of being as Leaders

· For everyone invited to connect, develop their Leadership capabilities, authenticity and friendship with other female CEOs and senior leaders in Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney (We will also be expanding to Brisbane over the coming months)

· For each of us to give of ourselves to those at the breakfast, in support of our Leadership growth, understanding and challenges

· For each of us to bring our challenges and successes - to share, so that others in the breakfast may celebrate with us and support us

· To have some timeout with like minded people in similar professional situations

· To make a stand for women in Leadership in what is a top heavy male dominated Leadership environment

· To connect us all in pursuit of Leadership excellence

This means:

· An opportunity to grow, to learn, share, smile and have fun in knowing and growing each other

· A sense of shared order and structure in our Leading

· That you will have the opportunity to actualize your leadership value as a human being

· That you get time in an informal setting with world-class leadership coaches aiming to give and add value to you

· You will learn from each other and we from you

· It will ultimately mean you will have a space in which to give and receive honour and dignity with leading colleagues

Timing and place:

· The breakfast will run once per month (on or close to) the same day each month

· Our first breakfast meeting in Sydney will be at 9:30 - 11am on Friday the 5th of March, 2010 at our offices at MLC - Level 57, MLC Centre, 19-29 Martin Place, Sydney.

· Our first breakfast meeting in Melbourne will be at 9:30 - 11am on Friday the 19th of February, 2010 at our offices in Collins St – Level 27, 101 Collins St Melbourne.

· Our second breakfast meeting in Hobart will be at 9:30 - 11am on the 17th February, at T42, Elizabeth Street Pier, Hobart Tasmania.

· This is a breakfast exclusively for Women in Leadership positions, those invited or that join us in the future will be mainly in the role of CEO of their company, in the process of becoming a CEO, or are in an explicit Leadership role within their organisation.

Energy:

Does the opportunity to be apart of this growing and exclusive group generate energy, motivation and intention within you?

If it does, and you are prepared to commit to being apart of this monthly breakfast meeting, we would love to have you join us. Our vision is to have 24 of us in the breakfast by mid 2010 (or sooner) and for those in the 'Women in Leadership' breakfast to significantly grow and show, develop and demonstrate what world-class Leading can achieve!

The Cost:

Your time and your commitment to 'give and to take' from this group.

The Coaching Room will be picking up the bill for your breakfast!

Next Steps:

The first WIL session will be intentionally small. We are doing this so that we can successfully set a positive framework to help us move forward more effectively.

To be part of this exclusive group, please reply by email to Jay Hedley (jay@thecoachingroom.com.au) or Joseph Scott (joseph.scott@thecoachingroom.com.au

Thanks, Jay