PLEN Beyond DC
As a member of PLEN’s Rising Women Leaders Program, you will be able to participate in professional development conference calls to further build the skills you first learned when you came to Washington, D.C. These calls will be offered regularly, and are only available to current members. Past PLEN conference call speakers have included Laura Schwartz, White House Director of Events for the Clinton Administration, Dana Perino, White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush, and Debbie Walsh, Director of the Center for Women in Politics at Rutgers University.
Become a Member!
Call in information will be provided to current members.
You do not need to be an alumna of PLEN to become a member. People of all genders are welcome to participate.
Save these Dates!
A Conversation with Marie Wilson
President of The White House Project and co-creator of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work ® Day
May 8, 2012
7:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. EST
“Don’t Take it Personally: Learning to Manage Competition in Your Career and Life”
Led by Kathryn C. Mayer
April 24, 2012
7:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. EST
This program explores individual views on competition and risk taking and proposes a new view of leadership for women: Collaborative Competition™. This program includes an individual assessment of views around competition, perfectionism, and collaboration at work. Building a track record of being a self-challenger and risk taker is critical to becoming an effective leader. However, taking risks can be a challenge – especially for women. According to the current research on gender and leadership, women tend to take more of a perfectionist and relationship oriented approach to leadership. Smart risk taking comes from understanding the four zones of performance: blah, comfort, stretch, and yikes; and learning how to thrive in the stretch zone. The stretch zone is characterized by trying new behaviors that energize and allow growth without causing a “breakdown” response or significantly diminishing your effectiveness. The goal of this session is to increase self-awareness of each woman’s approach to competition and risk taking and learn specific steps to increase comfort in taking smart career risks.
