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Women and Leadership: Life Cycles, Power, and Workwith Dorian Baroni, Barbara Cecil & Yolanda Hegngi“To set out boldly in our work is to make a pilgrimage of our labors, to understand that the consummation of work lies not only in what we have done, but who we have become while accomplishing the task.” Many women find that in the process of striving to succeed in work they have developed only part of who they are while leaving vital aspects of themselves behind. In the midst of substantial achievement women often report feeling empty, burnt out or invisible. Over the past 20 years we have found ways to help women access their reservoir of presence and to bring forward a fuller expression of themselves. We guide women in the journey towards mastering the relationship between inner dynamics and work/life challenges. In this module we will focus on each woman's individual journey and help you discover where you are in your current life cycle. Together we will
We work experientially using dialogic and four quarter models, together with story, imaginative and kinesthetic exercises, to access the whole self. We use short presentations, small and large group dialogues, video, journaling and a symbols process to delve into the relationship between inner dynamics and outer expression. This module is for women who are ready for a deeper experience of mastery in personal presence and authority. Women who attend this module are asked to bring symbols representing different aspects of their current lives, such as work, relationships, family, and so on. “Now I become myself. It has taken time, many years and places. I have been dissolved and shaken, Worn other people's faces.” “The women's work with the Ashland Institute is life enhancing. In their program I learned no small thing — I learned how I move through the world. I learned a long buried loss really mattered in my life and I discovered that it left me with a deep belief in magic and wonder. These facilitator guides are the most gentle, wise, and graceful women I have known. Their work matters personally and professionally and I couldn't recommend it more highly.” “Twice now I have experienced the transformative power of this workshop's symbols process for letting go of deep beliefs that no longer serve me and making space for new seeds to take root within myself. The shift in my life has been both subtle and profound and lasting. I would return again in a heartbeat to learn from these teachers.” – Niki Steckler, PhD, Associate Professor of Management in Science & Technology, Oregon Health & Science University 
Dorian Baroni is an executive coach and organizational consultant who works with both people and organizations to create a higher quality of transformational self-awareness, so as to enable conversations in which the truth can be told. At times the truth is light, and is about the quiet aspirations and sense of purpose that people hold. At other times the truth is dark, and telling it is about bringing hidden conflicts and self-defeating strategies into the light of day. Her corporate career has spanned industries — investment banking, energy, retail — and continents — North America, Europe and Latin American — so she has a personal appreciation of the power of culture. She believes that a journey towards wholeness is critical in today's world, and she is especially passionate about the power of women to leverage their individual journeys of growth to support the evolution of global systems and models of economic impact. 
Barbara Coffman-Cecil walks into widespread systems breakdown with the organizational learning skills needed to reach through to underlying possibility. Currently she is consulting with a council of health care CEOs entertaining radical change. She spearheaded movement into uncensored media in the Soviet Union and South Africa, was the Associate Dean of the School of Humanities at California State University (Long Beach), taught for The American Leadership Forum and countless senior leadership programs, and has developed a dynamic coaching program for people in transition. Ten years in a dedicated women's circle have opened new ways of holding the dynamics of our time, which give good reason for hope. She has pioneered the Coming Into Your Own women's program from its inception 13 years ago, under a Fetzer Institute grant. (ashlandinstitute.org) 
Yolanda Nokuri Hegngi is committed to the growth and development of leaders, especially female leaders in global organizations. For over eight years, she headed learning and development at the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. Yolanda's career has focused on facilitating the exchange of experiences and knowledge through dialogue, and by providing high quality global learning and leadership experiences in public, private, academic sectors and local communities in several continents. Module ListAction Inquiry: Transforming Leadership in the Midst of Action Adaptive Action, Artful Perception Building Capacity for Wise and Skillful Action with Circle, Brush, and Sword Catalyzing Organizational Change Embodying Power and Love: Two Essentials for Effective Leadership Leader as Shambhala Warrior Solving Tough Problems: Co-creating New Realities in Complex Systems Women and Leadership: Life Cycles, Power, and Work |
“The ALIA Institute combines in-depth cultivation of personal leadership with the organizational issues that are critical in today's global environments. Few other leadership programs create such a dynamic, living laboratory of personal and collective learning.” Sustain and integrate the learning, deepen the impact. Pathways for Authentic Leadership is a nine-month course that begins with the Summer Institute and continues in your home organization. |
