In 2009, G&D will organise two rounds of the Women's Leadership and Management Course. The course is offered to all women with management and leadership responsibility working with the CGIAR and its partners, including National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and others. This course is facilitated by a highly skilled group of trainers from the Training Resources Group, Inc (TRG).
Women's Leadership Courses
Dates: 6 - 12 September 2009
Venue: Los Banos, Philippines - hosted by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Cost: Approximately $ 4,000 for tuition and all course materials. Travel, accomodation and meals paid separately.
Note: All related costs must be covered by the participants' institution.
For information and to make reservations, e-mail Pauline Bomett at p.bomett@cgiar.org
Description
This course is designed to reinforce the skills needed to build leadership and managerial effectiveness of women scientists and professionals who work in the Future Harvest Centers and other development organizations. Gender and its implications are woven throughout the course, but there is also focus on specific skills areas, including: sustaining team performance, managing conflict, and building alliances to achieve research and business results. Nearly 300 CGIAR women have attended this highly valued course thus far. It is open also to women CG collaborators, including national agricultural research institutes (NARIs), donors and partner organizations. This seven-day course is hosted by a CGIAR center in a different region each year, and facilitated by Training Resources Group, Inc (TRG).
Eligible Participants
All women managers and scientists working for the CGIAR, both national and international, are eligible pending approval and financial support of their centers. Women CGIAR board members and female managers and senior scientists from our partner institutions, including donors and NARIs, are also eligible.
Course Objectives
At the end of this learning event, partcipants will be able to:
- use information gained from skills and style inventories to strengthen their leadership and managerial effectiveness
- use essential communication skills i.e., feedback and facilitation, to enhance their leadership effectiveness
- build and sustain effective team performance
- constructively manage interpersonal conflict
- develop strategies to influence and build alliances
- use an increased awareness and understanding of gender implications in their personal and professional development
- increasingly draw upon their network of colleagues for personal and professional support, guidance and assistance
- and apply course skills, knowledge and tools to real work challenges.
The Advanced Women's Leadership Course will be offered in 2010.
G&D Resources
Executive Selection in the CGIAR: Implications for Gender and Diversity. G&D Working Paper No 30. (1,934 KB)
• Centre Self-Assessment for a Woman-Friendly Workplace. G&D Working Paper No 29. (1,953 KB)
• Monitoring and Evaluating Diversity Goals and Achievements: Guidelines and Tools for The CGIAR Boards of Trustees. G&D Working Paper No 41. (PDF 548 KB)
• Female and Male CGIAR Scientists in Comparative Perspective. G&D Working Paper No 37. (PDF 4,808 KB)
• Diversity-Positive Recruitment: Guidelines and Tools for the Future Harvest Centers. G&D Working Paper No 36. (821 KB)
• Selected Trend Data on Gender and Diversity in the Future Harvest Centres 1995-2001. G&D Working Paper No 32. (5,367 KB)
• Gender and Diversity in the CGIAR: A New Baseline. G&D Working Paper No 25. (4,369 KB)
• Engendering Organizational Change: A Case Study of Strengthening Gender Equity and Organizational Effectiveness in an International Agricultural Research Institute. G&D Working Paper No 21. (844 KB)
• Taking Stock of Gender Staffing in the CGIAR. G&D Working Paper No 20. (719 KB)
• Gender Staffing in the CGIAR: Lessons Learned and Future Direction. Report of an Inter-Center Consultation, April 1998. G&D Working Paper No 19. (1,092 KB)
• Toward Gender Equity: Model Policies. G&D Working Paper No 18. (752 KB)
• Strangers in a Strange Land: A Literature Review of Women in Science. G&D Working Paper No 17. (441 KB)
• Spouse Employment in Organizations Around the World: A Toolkit for Developing Policies and Practices. G&D Working Paper No 2. (1,673 KB)
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