Institute for Women's Leadership

The Institute for Women's Leadership provides leadership training programs and services primarily for women. Our programs and services are designed to provide the maximum results for participants. Results are dramatically enhanced when participants bring projects or goals that seem beyond their reach and to which participants are deeply committed.

Glass Ceiling

The Institute for Women’s Leadership provides leadership training, coaching and consulting to women and men seeking to effect breakthrough change within their organizations. Our work empowers people to produce unprecedented results quickly. Our purpose in focusing primarily on women’s leadership development is based on our belief that increasing the number and quality of women leaders exponentially improves an organization’s ability to innovate, collaborate and improve performance.

Most-if not all-leadership books and training programs on the market today tell you what you need to know and do to be an effective leader. But being an extraordinary leader and change agent is more about who you are and how well you harness the resources within your environment. In our training programs and through our services you will concentrate on the who you are aspect of leadership. You will examine the context 'the beliefs, myths and preconceptions' underlying your business decisions. In addition, you will discover how changing your context can make breakthrough change an exciting reality.

We offer training programs and services throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. In addition we have done work in Brazil.
 

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Q. You've patiently toiled through the last three years of wage and promotion freezes at your company. Now that the economy is beginning to thaw, isn't it about time to ask for a raise?
A. Quite possibly -- particularly if your company is performing solidly in a recovering industry. While you don't want to make a request that will make you look out of touch with reality, you shouldn't assume that merely asking for a raise will hurt you, said Rayona Sharpnack, an executive coach and founder of the Institute for Women's Leadership in Redwood City, Calif. Full Article

It's the life's work of Rayona Sharpnack of Redwood City, founder of the Institute for Women's Leadership. Sharpnack believes that increasing the number and quality of female leaders improves a company's ability to innovate and improve performance. Her clients come from big corporations, start-ups, non-profits and the public sector. She has trained thousands of women in the United States, Canada and Australia. Full Article