Companies Deliver on Their Promises of Inclusion and Advancement of Women Executives with Shambaugh Leadership Group's Innovative Leadership Development Program.Business Editors TYSONS CORNER, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003 Women's Leadership Excellence Program Starts January January: see month. 13 Becky Shambaugh, President of the Shambaugh Leadership Group announced today the schedule for the Winter '04 Women's Leadership Excellence Program. Leading companies around the country, including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Pfizer, Marriott, Nextel and Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. , have all invested in the development of their top women executives through this innovative and practical forum for women leaders. The Program-now in its tenth year-was developed by Shambaugh Leadership Group's division, Women in Leadership & Learning (WILL), their specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. practice dedicated to the development, advancement and retention of women leaders. WILL is nationally known for groundbreaking research, innovative solutions, robust programs and specialized coaching for women. "The sustainable and transferable skills that women leaders refine in the Program is what employers are after. It helps them enhance their organizational capacity to recruit, advance and retain women leaders while ensuring that women leaders have the competence, confidence and tools to add maximum value to their organizations." stated Ms. Shambaugh. The five-day Program extends over a four-month period with interim one-on-one coaching and features a dynamic four-module curriculum, in-depth assessments, practical tools for taking action and peer-to-peer shared learning. The dates for the Winter '04 Women's Leadership Excellence Program are: January 13 & 14, February 13, March 10 and April 14. The full-day meetings will be held at the Tower Club in Vienna, VA. Northrop Grumman Vice President of Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , stated: "As a result of the interaction with WILL, the women learned to understand and deal with the new, emerging leadership challenges. On an individual and group level, the women have taken quantum leaps quantum leap n. An abrupt change or step, especially in method, information, or knowledge: "War was going to take a quantum leap; it would never be the same" Garry Wills. forward - translating (the) lessons into their work and action. In addition, since the session, two of the participants have been promoted. This is just one of many examples that highlight the high quality and impact of (the WILL program)." For additional information on the Program and the Shambaugh Leadership Group visit: www.slgleadership.com or contact Santiago Testa at 703-744-1065; stesta@slgleadership.com |
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