Authentic Leadership Training for Women

Lead the change by empowering the women in your organisation to step into their full potential as women leaders.

For more authentic, feminine leadership in your organisation

This is more than just classic “women empowerment”: rather than teaching women how to “survive” in alpha-dominated work cultures by becoming ‘tougher‘ and ‘stronger‘ to succeed, Helene’s authentic women leadership trainings are designed to remind women of the powerful leadership qualities that they already have - their empathy, their sensitivity and their authenticity in the workplace.

These skills are more than just “soft skills”: they are solid leadership skills needed at the top of every organisation to create healthy work environments and allow balanced decisions that increase efficiency and profitability.

Inspirational Leadership Workshops for Women


To become powerful leaders, speakers and drivers of change in their organisation, women do not need to “change”: Helene’s inspiring Women Leadership Workshops focus on strengthening every woman to feel confident with the natural, feminine qualities they already have: their emotional intelligence and their power to think in alliances rather than in competition.

 

Pick a Leadership Workshop

Have a look at the workshops offered below and get in touch to request a tailor-made workshop for you:

“The Only Woman in the Room” Training: How women lead confidently in a (male-dominated) workplace

Many women in the workplace feel the invisible barriers to power when they enter a meeting room as one of the few women around the table - subtle comments, intimidating looks and body language that can discourage them to speak. Helene herself had the experience of holding herself back in the workplace as a result of this daily reality. This Leadership training provides women with a safe space, providing a powerful perspective change and giving women concrete tools to become confident and authentic female leaders despite these challenging circumstances.

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Stop Saying “Sorry” Training: Confident communication strategies for women in the workplace

“Sorry, I just wanted to…”. Many women tend to say “sorry” to come across as polite - but the word "sorry" can make us look small although we are strong women. This Leadership Workshop uses the word “sorry” as a symbol to give women the permission back to claim more space in meetings and in their written communication. It is a powerful communication training that provides concrete language examples, but also a safe space to exchange experience and encouragement so that we no longer hold our powerful contributions back.

Public Speaking Secrets for Women: Owning the room for presentations and speeches

How to speak confidently on panels, in meetings and in presentations, sometimes as the only woman in a conference? How to overcome the nervousness, how to prepare for important presentations, difficult questions and ‘black-out’ moments? In this Women Leadership Training, Keynote Speaker and former speechwriter Helene Banner supports women to grow their public speaking confidence and to “own the room'“ with their authentic speaking style.

 

3-month Authentic Leadership Programme for Women

Lead the change in your organisation by supporting powerful women over 3 months: I designed a fully-fledged in-house „Authentic Women Leaders“ programme to intimately accompany 6-12 women in your organisation to confidently drive impact in a challenging, sometimes male-dominated senior work environment, to grow their belief in themselves and to build their very own definition of success for their career: in their authentic leadership style.

This 3-month programme is more than a seminar: it is an experience that profoundly changes the participants’ perspectives on how powerful they already are.

  • “It is most amazing course a woman can have, to feel more confident and have self compassion.”

    – Participant in Helene’s 3-month Authentic Women Leadership Programme hosted for GIZ in Egypt (German Development Agency)

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"I stopped saying 'sorry'."

"I recognize myself."

"I feel more confident."

"Have my own leadership style"

"I stopped saying 'sorry'." "I recognize myself." "I feel more confident." "Have my own leadership style"

"I support other women in my organization and understand them"

"I know now: what I have to offer is valuable."

"I support other women in my organization and understand them" "I know now: what I have to offer is valuable."

"I began to express my feelings confidently towards my boss and I received very positive results."

"Be more ‘Me’ unashamedly - my female superpower"

"I began to express my feelings confidently towards my boss and I received very positive results." "Be more ‘Me’ unashamedly - my female superpower"

Let us work together to support the women in your organisation to unfold their full potential.

Many women managers are “bilingual”….

…they speak the “language of power” of men, but they also have their own leadership style.

In my Authentic Leadership Workshops and 3-month programmes, women learn how to “read” these languages of power, to feel more confident in their feminine strengths and to find their very own, authentic leadership voice as women leaders.

 

Organisations that recently booked Women Leadership Trainings with Helene

Your facilitator: Helene Banner

 

Helene founded her business „Let’s Just Be Imperfect, Ladies“ in 2020 to inspire more women to bring their feminine leadership style to their workplace - because empathy, emotional intelligence and vulnerability are so much needed in board room work cultures. 

In her Women Leadership and Mentoring Programmes, she supports women and men working in alpha-dominated work environments to find their confidence in their authentic leadership style and in their own definition of success.

Prior to her entrepreneurial life, Helene worked as a senior communication advisor at the European Commission in Brussels and Berlin for 10 years. She was an EU spokesperson and later a speechwriter for European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. In summer 2019, she advised Ursula von der Leyen in the weeks when she became the first female President of the European Commission in history. 

As a speaker and workshop host for organisations ranging from the Oxford Union Society, the German government, law firms and private sector champions, she brings male and female leaders together for a more open, transparent and diverse work culture in their organisations. 

Helene is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges.

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Get in touch to truly empower the women in your team.

What do you need for your colleagues? Be it for an in-person workshop, an online training or 3-month in-house programme - I am looking forward to working with you.