Women Let's LEAD Confidently!

Woman  you run the World! Woman you stun the World!

You are Unique, You are You, You need no evidence, You need no proof!

You can instill life in dead, you can still have doubts in your head,

But you have a life full of joy ahead!

Take some Charge, make some Change, there is nothing on this earth,  which isn’t in your Range!

These words aren’t new, these words are just a few.

Hear your inner voice, make a Choice,

Take a leap, NO one shall weep.

Woman you run the world! Woman you stun the world!

• By Deep Ahuja Sharma, Inspired by work with women from various walks of life. 

I wanted to share, that I have personally gone through transformation in my life, and in the process of enabling others, I am ever evolving and enjoying the adventures. I thought of sharing, one of the client impact stories, that is close to my heart.

We thoroughly enjoy enabling women talent soar higher, by partnering with them as coaches & facilitators.

Infact, our new Chairperson at TPC Leadership Global is a woman too, Dr. Annelieke Jense as we truly believe in diversity.

Recently, we were asked by one of the MNCs clients to come & facilitate navigation of vision, goals & plans for their high performing women employees. Few had already assumed leadership roles, others were on the path of becoming one. They wanted them to be a notch higher with communication, influencing skills and innovation. 

And we designed a journey called “Wings of Women” spread across a few months enabling them with not just organizational goals but also private goals, so that we work with them holistically. We initiated the analysis through 360 degree surveys & stakeholder interviews; the above needs were validated. When we dived deeper through group & individual coaching. From the common themes we realized there is much more occurring, like below themes.

1.   Self Confidence & Self Esteem

2.   Assertiveness- Ability to say ‘NO’

3.   Networking & Connecting to Influence

4.   Dealing & leading different personalities

5.   Building Resilience to manage Stress

Which we realised, were the building blocks to take them closer to their and organizational vision, and our team co created the design that worked well.

We embraced, that it needed deeper level of intervention to assist these women reach their highest potential, our approach encompassed;

-      Transactional Analysis, 

-      Neuro linguistic Programing

-      Sports Psychology

-      Positive Psychology

-      Mindfulness

-      And for sustainability - Buddy Coaching 

Beyond this , the group coaching was conducted on Design Thinking & Delivering the message with Impact to dynamic audience.

Everytime during the sessions, they experienced a shift, which could be felt by themselves. Soon the wider system, started noticing the difference too through their actions.

Through Group & individual coaching, the clients started coming up with various ideas of extending their networks beyond their teams. Connecting & communicating in organizational forums that matter. They felt empowered to take actions towards their vision, goals & plans that they envisaged during this journey. Some who weren’t able to find meaning in what they were doing, rediscovered it and rekindled with their passion with current possessions at work & life. Feeling more resilient. 

We are told, that they are making all the difference by 

·      Initiating & leading change

·      Innovating & projecting their authentic self

·      Influencing wider system for positive impact. 

The momentum is still on, even when this intervention is over, they continue to enable each other through Buddy Coaching.

Post the journey some of the coachees had to say ;

-        “It has made me  a strong individual in all roles as a professional as a mother and as a daughter”-Buddying Manager

-       "Empowered" - Better control over emotions, more focused towards goals and think through the ways and means to achieve the goals in a timely manner.I realized how important it was to think about myself. Lack of self care and respect led to dissatisfaction which I realized and have started caring for myself in addition to care of others”- CA, Finance Controller

-       “Change of perspective with regards to approach of dealing with different people, learnt prioritizing, overcoming the fear which was just an imaginary object in the mind. This program has been a great learning experience overall.” -Sr Engineer

-       “Communicate effectively and learn to negotiate without compromising on one's need.”

-       “During WOW I picked up work pieces which were left in the middle due to internal interference. Gave logical end initiative.

Gather lots of courage to speak up about my idea”- Buddying Leader

-       “The self discovery assessments, coaching, visualization and meditation techniques were great”- HR Manager

We are glad that this client even received “The Best Place to Work for Women” award recently.

Looking at the success, their organization is desiring to create a “culture of coaching”. We are now looking forward to enable them create their “Leaders as Coaches”, democratizing it further by running coaching cafes & creating Buddy coaches within.

We take a step closer to our purpose with such feedback from our clients!

 This team comprised of organizational development practitioners, ICF-ACC to MCC coaches, EMCC practitioners and HR consultants. One of the program directors, Pooja Dawra, guided the group with Mindfulness & designing techniques, that allowed both mystical & pragmatic traction towards the goals .

About the Author-

Deep Ahuja Sharma, ICF PCC, is one of the partners at TPC leadership who believes in positively enabling leaders, teams & organisations to be their best versions. She is celebrating Women Achiever in Entrepreneurship Award -2018-19. She believes in power of diversity, “Inclusivity” harnessing wisdom of all. She enjoys co creating impactful & sustainable solutions with her clients,  global & local team of coaches, OD consultants, coach trainers and facilitators. Always looking for an opportunity to bring more than expected on table. Some of her clients include Automotive Giants, Aviation & hospitality, Global management consultancies, Global & Local NGOs, Technology Consultancies, Logistics, Media and Consumer Electronics.

Let us know, if you wish to bring transformation in individuals teams & your organisation or to conduct Individual/ group coaching or group process facilitation on any specific goal just write to us: india@tpcleadership.com