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LIS WOMAN
International Businesswomen Community “Connect to Impact”
What is LIS WOMAN?
It is an online community of international business women who are, or aspire to be, at Board/C-suite/executive level, and want to have a more significant impact on the business culture, so that all talents can be engaged and thrive.
What is our Purpose?
We believe that every businesswoman deserves to pay special attention to her own professional needs, to find her own path of fulfillment, and to grow in wisdom and influence, by exchanging views and thoughts with other women in a safe, non-judgmental environment.
We also believe that women can play a key role in changing organizations of the future, and set an example, inter-acting in a collaborative & egalitarian way that will help foster cultures where everyone can contribute to their best.
This is why the purpose of LIS WOMAN is to offer businesswomen an unprecedented opportunity to further build their confidence, fulfillment and impact, by embarking on a transformational journey of personal and professional growth along with other inspiring senior women.
How do we maximize our Impact?
We have identified 5 Positive Enablers, which are the main subjects we explore and discuss.
Role
Model
Assertive Influence
Leadership,
Mentoring, Social Responsibility
Focus on Strengths
Ambition & Drive
Authentic, Unapologetic,
Impactful
Include & Co-create
Collaboration
Co-creation, Cross-cultural Communication, Resilience
Personal power
Mobilize others
Applied Personal Energy, Courageous Negotiations
Strategic
being
Cultivate wisdom
From Doing
to Being & Thinking Strategically
Benefits of joining LIS WOMAN
Uncovering new business and career opportunities
Increasing the breadth of your professional perspectives
Accessing a larger span of senior leadership competences
Opportunity to practice and gain feedback in a safe environment
Enhanced visibility and exposure to larger untapped circles
How
does
it work?
- Once you are registered, you become a LIS WOMAN member, can attend any plenary session and events, and access all key resources (e.g., videos of recorded Inspirational Speakers session, contact list).
- Membership is free.
- Community sessions take place every Friday from 9:00 to 10:00 am CET; attendance is encouraged, but not mandatory.
- The discussions typically take the form of a “mastermind”: anyone can bring a relevant theme to the table, ask for support, or offer an insight for further discussion. We are often inspired by the 5 Enablers, but stand open to broader themes.
- In some cases, based on agreement of participants, we may record a session to build our resource library (recordings are only shared within the LIS WOMAN community)
- Every Member is welcome to bring a relevant theme for the discussion, arrange an Inspirational Speaker session, or organise an event.
- Members can get discounts on individual coaching and mentoring programs organised by Grooa
Laura’s Story
As a leader who always advocated for gender diversity, I know that creating inclusion is never easy. But the results can be very rewarding.
Like in one case, between 2004 and 2008, when Norwegian Chemical Company Yara separated from the mother company Norsk Hydro; at the time we had very few women in key management positions in Yara, so 5 of us went to the CEO and shared our concerns that we were not using the full potential of our diverse talents, a critical vulnerability as we were walking away from the larger mother company. We offered our help. We knew that we had many diversities in our international organisation, but women and non-Scandinavians were not visible. We studied and prepared a program of awareness and inclusion. For five years we carried on this program in addition to our regular jobs – under the informal blessing of our CEO – using our spare time and our department’s budget, often in conflict with our own direct reporting lines.
We helped people understand how diversity IS a challenge, how bringing to the decision table people with different ideas and perspectives CAN CREATE FRICTIONS, misunderstandings and delay, at the beginning; BUT also that learning to invest in a more open dialogue is where long term value is created form the disagreements and the diversity of ideas. We ended up with significant progress in making invisible talents visible and finally the program was officially picked up by HR. We had pioneered an approach that made great business sense and was then formally continued.
The Yara case has been one of the foundation for much of the leadership development work that we now do in Grooa, helping organizations build the environment and the skills necessary to have courageous open dialogues where diversity of ideas becomes an asset and a strong value generator.
WHAT
PEOPLE SAY
ABOUT US
SYLVIA BURGOFF
Operations Leader – Innocent Drinks
The Grooa simple and practical approach and the C.L.E.A.R.tm Method helped me a lot in gaining the confidence and competence to easily handle difficult conversations, much better than other conflict management courses.
Carla Guaraldo
HR Manager Universal Pictures (Italy)
“Thanks to the Grooa training, our Commercial Team has learnt improved negotiation skills that makes them more engaged, confident and effective; Laura has also helped me personally to become a more influential strategic business partner, and to contribute at best with personal and professional satisfaction.”
Get in touch
info@grooa.comWe are always happy to hear from you, feel free to send us your comments, suggestions, or feedback. If you would like to receive some more information we are also happy to share some of our additional examples or arrange for an informal free and non-binding online chat.