Facilitator
Jennifer Martineau, President and Founder of Leap & Inspire Global LLC
With over 25 years of experience in the leadership development field, Jennifer has served leaders, organizations, and communities globally including healthcare, government, military, educational, community leadership, pharmaceuticals, and energy. Learn more
Navigating Organizational Politics
We envision a world where diverse, accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes. To realize that vision, we seek to expand the power and influence of talented mid-career women in health and engage with senior institutional and societal leaders to catalyze systemic change for gender equality in health leadership. We work in East Africa, India, Nigeria, North America, and Southern Africa and continue to explore outreach to other regions.
PowerUp Workshop Series
The PowerUp Workshops series are free and open to mid-career women working in global health in all the regions we work. The workshops are hosted virtually, focus on developing leadership skills, and fostering meaningful connections between women leaders in health within a regional context. The topics rotate with each workshop. We encourage women leaders in global health in each region to join us, and use these workshops as an opportunity to learn, engage with other women leaders, and build community.
Navigating Organizational Politics
October 9, 2024 – 10:00am–12:00pm PT / 1:00–3:00pm ET
In this two-hour workshop, you will:
- Understand organizational politics, examining why they exist and how they function.
- Increase your political savvy and practice four key skills to better navigate organizational politics.
- Assess your political environment and gain awareness of your mindset.
Developing political competence is an essential leadership skill. Being politically savvy or skilled informs our ability to leverage our influence to advance our own goals, as well as those of our teams and our organizations. The nature and intensity of organizational politics differs in each context. These politics are dynamic, explicit and implicit, and fundamental to the functioning of organizations. What are politics like in your context?
The negativity often associated with organizational politics creates hurdles to our ability and willingness to embrace them. The fact is that politics are natural. It would be naïve to deny that organizational politics can be potentially destructive, yet when leveraged strategically and effectively they advance our leadership efforts.
This session will help you reflect on and potentially reframe your relationship with organizational politics. The objectives of this session are to unpack what organizational politics actually are, to acknowledge that they can be burdensome, to recognize their value, and develop your ability to navigate them. Develop and refine politically savvy mindsets and skillsets which will enable you to navigate relationships more naturally and effectively. Join us to explore your political savviness and assess the political landscape in which you lead.
Registration Details
You are eligible for the workshop if you meet all of the following criteria:
- Identify as a woman
- Live and work in North America (Canada and U.S.)
- Are a mid-career global health professional*
This virtual workshop will be conducted in the English language and is free of cost.
WomenLift Health PowerUp Workshops are interactive. By signing up, participants agree to participate in the full session, which includes plenary discussions and breakout group activities.
Enrollment will be on a first-come-first-served basis, as spots are limited.
*Although women at all career stages are welcome to register, we believe participants who are at the mid-career stage will benefit most, as the content of the workshop has been designed with mid-career women health professionals in mind (10–25 years of experience working in the global health sector). If the number of registrants exceeds our capacity, women who are within the preferred experience range will be given priority.
Registrants should await an email confirming their spot in the workshop. Please check your spam folders if you did not receive an email.
Facilitator
Jennifer Martineau, President and Founder of Leap & Inspire Global LLC
With over 25 years of experience in the leadership development field, Jennifer has served leaders, organizations, and communities globally including healthcare, government, military, educational, community leadership, pharmaceuticals, and energy. Learn more
We envision a world where diverse, accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes. To realize that vision, we seek to expand the power and influence of talented mid-career women in health and engage with senior institutional and societal leaders to catalyze systemic change for gender equality in health leadership. We work in East Africa, India, Nigeria, North America, and Southern Africa and continue to explore outreach to other regions.
PowerUp Workshop Series
The PowerUp Workshops series are free and open to mid-career women working in global health in all the regions we work. The workshops are hosted virtually, focus on developing leadership skills, and fostering meaningful connections between women leaders in health within a regional context. The topics rotate with each workshop. We encourage women leaders in global health in each region to join us, and use these workshops as an opportunity to learn, engage with other women leaders, and build community.
Navigating Organizational Politics
October 9, 2024 – 10:00am–12:00pm PT / 1:00–3:00pm ET
In this two-hour workshop, you will:
- Understand organizational politics, examining why they exist and how they function.
- Increase your political savvy and practice four key skills to better navigate organizational politics.
- Assess your political environment and gain awareness of your mindset.
Developing political competence is an essential leadership skill. Being politically savvy or skilled informs our ability to leverage our influence to advance our own goals, as well as those of our teams and our organizations. The nature and intensity of organizational politics differs in each context. These politics are dynamic, explicit and implicit, and fundamental to the functioning of organizations. What are politics like in your context?
The negativity often associated with organizational politics creates hurdles to our ability and willingness to embrace them. The fact is that politics are natural. It would be naïve to deny that organizational politics can be potentially destructive, yet when leveraged strategically and effectively they advance our leadership efforts.
This session will help you reflect on and potentially reframe your relationship with organizational politics. The objectives of this session are to unpack what organizational politics actually are, to acknowledge that they can be burdensome, to recognize their value, and develop your ability to navigate them. Develop and refine politically savvy mindsets and skillsets which will enable you to navigate relationships more naturally and effectively. Join us to explore your political savviness and assess the political landscape in which you lead.
Registration Details
You are eligible for the workshop if you meet all of the following criteria:
- Identify as a woman
- Live and work in North America (Canada and U.S.)
- Are a mid-career global health professional*
This virtual workshop will be conducted in the English language and is free of cost.
WomenLift Health PowerUp Workshops are interactive. By signing up, participants agree to participate in the full session, which includes plenary discussions and breakout group activities.
Enrollment will be on a first-come-first-served basis, as spots are limited.
*Although women at all career stages are welcome to register, we believe participants who are at the mid-career stage will benefit most, as the content of the workshop has been designed with mid-career women health professionals in mind (10–25 years of experience working in the global health sector). If the number of registrants exceeds our capacity, women who are within the preferred experience range will be given priority.
Registrants should await an email confirming their spot in the workshop. Please check your spam folders if you did not receive an email.
