Practical Programs to boast your career
Workshop ‘The unwritten rules of making the career game’
What this workshop covers
This workshop is about the unwritten rules and how to play the game of ‘building a successful career’ strategically and without losing your own identity.
Why it matters
At first, many women have no idea that a sort of game is being played at their work. They expect the same transparent rules to apply as those applied during their school and study periods: you do your best and you are evaluated accordingly, in the form of higher grades.
In the office, however, the rules are much more diffuse. And since most of the organizations and companies were founded by men, these rules are adopted to masculine working style.
What you’ll learn
The participants will learn the differences between feminine and masculine working styles and how to adopt different styles to reach their career goals. The participants will have discussions about the unwritten rules they have to deal with at their company.
Who should join
Women who want to know these unwritten rules and how to play the game strategically without losing their personal identity.
Facilitators
This workshop will be facilitated by one of our experienced trainers.
Dr. ing. Mira Vasic is a senior partner at ‘In Touch Female Leadership & Career Academy’ and Senior Lecturer at MBA programs of Politecnico di Milano Business School. She holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (2015) and she has been a post-doc at Eucentre in Pavia and visiting scholar at the Polytechnic University of Catalunya (School of Civil Engineering).
In the past ten years, she has been working as researcher and consultant for both commercial and governmental sector in Serbia, Italy and the Netherlands. Mira has passion for leadership development and empowering highly educated women.
She is trainer on topics of gender equality, female leadership and she is a career advisor for female expats living all around the World.
When
The first date to attend this workshop is on 28th of January 09:30 AM till 12.00 AM (Amsterdam time).
Where
Online
Investment
The total investment for this workshop “The unwritten rules of making the career game” is € 295,= excl. VAT.
Testimonial
Hi Mira, Thank you once again for your kind invitation to attend your workshop on The Unwritten Rules. I thoroughly enjoyed the session and learned a lot from you. You managed the discussion brilliantly.
Dr. Cara Antoine, President Women in Tech NL
Online workshop How to influence
What this workshop covers
This workshop is about the different levels of power that we all can use to reach our goals in a less stressful and more successful way like:
- Power derived from being helpless
- Power derived from alliances
- Power derived from visibility and profiling
- Power derived from reflection and self-knowledge
- Power derived from personal vision and servant leadership
During this workshop you will get insight in these five levels of personal power. These levels are the path that people take in developing their own personalities, which is in fact the same path they take when developing their leadership qualities. Anyone can step into this system at any level, but they can also get stuck at any level. Today’s successful leader needs to be able to assimilate all the levels and apply one or another at any given moment. We learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the different levels and how to use them strategically.
About a week before the workshop starts you will receive a questionnaire. With this you will find out which level is your most favorite one.
All these different levels will be discussed with interesting video material.
Why it matters
Today’s successful leader needs to be able to assimilate all the levels and apply one or another at any given moment. Do you for instance admire Yacinda Ardern, Angela Merckel or any other female leader? All these women are true leader and are using all these different levels
What you’ll learn
You will learn about the different levels of power and how to shift from one to the other. You will also understand why you sometimes end up in an agressive conversation or in one where you just give in. In both ways you might be dissatisfied. By using these different levels and knowing when to use the right level makes work less stressful and much more easy.
Who should join
Women who want to develop more leadership skills and are curious about the different levels of influence.
Facilitators
This workshop will be facilitated by one of our experienced trainers.
Dr. ing. Mira Vasic is a senior partner at ‘In Touch Female Leadership & Career Academy’ and Senior Lecturer at MBA programs of Politecnico di Milano Business School. She holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (2015) and she has been a post-doc at Eucentre in Pavia and visiting scholar at the Polytechnic University of Catalunya (School of Civil Engineering).
In the past ten years, she has been working as researcher and consultant for both commercial and governmental sector in Serbia, Italy and the Netherlands. Mira has passion for leadership development and empowering highly educated women.
She is trainer on topics of gender equality, female leadership and she is a career advisor for female expats living all around the World.
When
The first date to attend this workshop is on 15th of December 1 PM till 3.30 PM (Amsterdam time).
Where
Online
Investment
The total investment for this “Career Development Program for Women” is € 295,= excl. VAT.
Testimonial
Mira is really great! I went to many career trainings and I read about the topic of female leadership, but often the same stories are going around. This practical training, explaining these different levels of influence is really an eyeopener!
Nevena Marinkovic, NIS
Online workshop Negotiating skills
If you don’t ask you will get nothing!
What this workshop covers
To operate more effectively within our field of influence, we have to negotiate! It’s one of the most critical factors for success. In this workshop, you will get a better understanding about the negotiation process. We will discuss:
- the different stages in negotiating
- when the negotiation actually starts
- how to prepare
- how to use the checklist
- how to deal with ‘no’ as an answer
- how to recognize a ‘yes’
- how do adapt your style to get what you want
- how to see negoti
The workshop will be very practical, interactive and filled with humor!
Why it matters
Did you know:
- that only 7% of young women negotiate their first salary against 57% of young men
- that women are better negotiators than men unless they negotiate for themselves
- that their is still a 12% salary gap between women’s and men’s salaries
- that you have to negotiate about everything, not only about salary but also budgets, projects you want to run, working hours etc.
- that you get a lot of respect for being a tough negotiator
What you’ll learn
After this workshop you will understand the power of preparing a negotiation. You will know how to respond to a first ‘no’ and realize that you can prepare for that first ‘no’, the second ‘no’, the third ‘no’ etc. You will realize that negotiations are nothing else then playing a game with several rounds. And you will experience how you can add a little female touch to the negotiation.
Who should join
Women who want to get what they want. Maximum amount of participants is six.
Facilitator
This workshop will be facilitated by one of our experienced trainers.
Dr. ing. Mira Vasic is a senior partner at ‘In Touch Female Leadership & Career Academy’ and Senior Lecturer at MBA programs of Politecnico di Milano Business School. She holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (2015) and she has been a post-doc at Eucentre in Pavia and visiting scholar at the Polytechnic University of Catalunya (School of Civil Engineering).
In the past ten years, she has been working as researcher and consultant for both commercial and governmental sector in Serbia, Italy and the Netherlands. Mira has passion for leadership development and empowering highly educated women.
She is trainer on topics of gender equality, female leadership and she is a career advisor for female expats living all around the World.
When
The first date to attend this workshop is on 15th of January 10 AM till 12.30 PM (Amsterdam time).
Where
Online
Investment
The total investment for this workshop is € 295,= excl. VAT.
Testimonial
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I felt it deep. After 3 years I found that there is no growth opportunity within the company. That made me resign my job. There is also a myth that some companies follow – people are given positions and growth according to their academic degrees while the actual talent and hard work are neglected. Same happened to me, I am a non engineer yet I solely handle the tasks performed by 2 engineers, but I was always undervalued. Now I understand that I should asked for a better position and salary and that everything is negotiable. Your training made me really think more deep. Thanks.
Anonomous
Online workshop Dutch working culture in academic and business environment
What this workshop covers
To get budgets, projects and positions, you need to interact with your Dutch colleagues and such interactions can be different from what you are used to in your home country. ‘Dutch style of doing business’ is much more than just Dutch people being direct – it is about the unspoken and unwritten rules and beliefs which are difficult to discover for people coming from different cultural backgrounds and working environments. We will discuss:
- facts on women employment in The Netherlands.
- what is expected from women in Dutch working culture
- real life working situations in The Netherlands
- why the Dutch respond in a certain way
- how you can deal with working situations and expectations effectively without losing your own identity
- what are cultural biases that you can encounter
- how Dutch people see foreigners
The workshop will be very practical, interactive and filled with humor!
Why it matters
Did you know:
- less than 30% of senior level positions are held by women in the Netherlands
- average hourly wages of women are 14 percent lower than those of men’s in the Netherlands
- one in four foreign female employees with a high wage level come from England or Germany
- foreign people automatically get a lower power ranking in Dutch academia and business
- this workshop is jointly designed by all of our 4 partners: Mira, who is working and living as an expat in the Netherlands for past 5 years; Monic, who was an expat in Australia for many years; Julia who has researched on foreign women in politics and Elisa, who is our expert on Dutch unwritten rules
What you’ll learn
You will learn how to build a successful career at a Dutch university or a company. You will get insight in several strategies and how to deal with then in a relaxed way without losing your own identity and background. You will walk away with a better understanding of the local working culture, and what are the preferred working styles of Dutch women and men. We will provide you with tools for recognizing cultural bias and inspiration on how to react to it. You will get practical tips on how to be perceived as a competent professional by local colleagues. During the workshop, you will meet other like-minded expat women, exchange and discuss career challenges and opportunities.
Who should join
Women that want to be successful in the Dutch working culture, be equally treated as local colleagues and have a good working relationship with their Dutch colleagues. The Group will be small with maximum of 12 participants to ensure a personal and safe environment.
Facilitator
This workshop will be facilitated by one of our experienced trainers.
Dr. ing. Mira Vasic is a senior partner at ‘In Touch Female Leadership & Career Academy’ and Senior Lecturer at MBA programs of Politecnico di Milano Business School. She holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (2015) and she has been a post-doc at Eucentre in Pavia and visiting scholar at the Polytechnic University of Catalunya (School of Civil Engineering).
In the past ten years, she has been working as researcher and consultant for both commercial and governmental sector in Serbia, Italy and the Netherlands. Mira has passion for leadership development and empowering highly educated women.
She is trainer on topics of gender equality, female leadership and she is a career advisor for female expats living all around the World.
When
The first date to attend this workshop is on 13th of December 4 PM till 6 PM (Amsterdam time).
Where
Online
Investment
The total investment for this workshop is € 129,= excl. VAT.
Testimonial
What a productive Sunday afternoon attending a virtual workshop on female leadership held by Mira Vasic from ! I loved it! Mira started the session with a teaser on a couple facts on women employment in The Netherlands.
Did you know that only 27% of dutch women work full-time? It was only in 1956 when dutch married women could start working. Really interesting!
My biggest key takeaway from the session was about different type of personas women and men show at workplaces. It’s crucial for us to recognize these styles in ourselves and our colleagues and determine which one is the best in a certain situation, even though everyone holds one most dominant style.
Agne Nainyte, Schuberg Philis
Online Workshop ‘Genderbias’ for HR and L&D professionals
If you have a brain you have bias
What this workshop covers
This 2-hour interactive workshop is intended for anyone who wants to learn more about what exactly bias is, how it starts and how to become aware of it. You will understand what your own bias and might recognize others. It’s very simple. Everyone has unconscious biases and makes assumptions.
Why it matters
Because we all are biased we unconsciously judge people by their appearance, how they act, how they talk, color, gender etc. By doing that we unconsciously exclude people and their talent. Many companies want to have an inclusive culture. Being aware of bias is the basis to start an inclusive culture. Being aware that people are biased to you can help you to act in a much more effective way.
What you’ll learn
During the workshop, five forms of bias will be discussed:
• Likeability bias
• Performance bias
• Attribution bias
• Maternal bias
• Affinity bias
We will explain the bias that we all have and focus mainly on work-related situations. We will discuss several practical real live situations where bias occurs. During this interactive and practical workshop we will show different short video’s and research results. Ofcoures we use a lot of humor and you will shut down your computer with several eye-openers and a smile.
Who should join
Women and men who want to understand what bias is, their own bias and how to use it in their own favor. But also companies really want to be inclusive.
Facilitators
This workshop will be facilitated by one of our experienced trainers.
Dr. ing. Mira Vasic is a senior partner at ‘In Touch Female Leadership & Career Academy’ and Senior Lecturer at MBA programs of Politecnico di Milano Business School. She holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (2015) and she has been a post-doc at Eucentre in Pavia and visiting scholar at the Polytechnic University of Catalunya (School of Civil Engineering).
In the past ten years, she has been working as researcher and consultant for both commercial and governmental sector in Serbia, Italy and the Netherlands. Mira has passion for leadership development and empowering highly educated women.
She is trainer on topics of gender equality, female leadership and she is a career advisor for female expats living all around the World.
When
The first date to attend this workshop will be on 4th of December 10 AM till 12.30 PM (Amsterdam time).
Where
Online
Investment
The total investment for this workshop will be € 295,= excl. VAT.
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VIP-coaching program
This program is designed for ambitious women who want to develop their strategic skills, get more impact and have more fun at their jobs.
You will have your personal coach and you will share your personal experiences and cases with her.
This tailor made program helps you to fully understand the strategic game that is played in your company. It will help you to understand the rules, play by the rules in your own authentic way, get more influence and eventually change a few of these rules.
The sessions will always be in a safe environment and your coach will challenge to stretch yourself to become the best version of yourself. And above all you will have a lot of fun as well. It really is a game to play!
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Young Women’s Career Program
Scientific research has shown that ambitious women, even if they are young, and without children, get stuck in their career. This happens because many women don’t understand how to play the game of ‘building a successful career’. If they don’t manage to grow in their own organization – they find another job elsewhere, but then they realize that the same type of game is played in any company or academic institution.
Our ”Career Development Program for Women” is a combination of workshops, group coaching sessions and personal career coaching. The participants will be encouraged to interview one or more (female) role models and to find a mentor during the program. The program is given with a lot of humor and positive attitude towards both women and men.