The LeadHership Accelerator is a fast-paced, two-day intensive built for women professionals who are ready to move quickly from insight to action. Condensed from our flagship leadership curriculum into a focused two-day format, the program helps participants uncover their hidden strengths, sharpen their leadership identity, and leave with a concrete, personalized plan for career growth, without the extended time away from work that a longer program requires.
Across two immersive days, participants will explore what drives their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors at work; engage with peers and senior women leaders who serve as role models; and empower themselves with a personal brand and career roadmap they can act on immediately. The woman-to-woman setting remains central to the design — creating space to discuss the dynamics, barriers, and opportunities that are unique to women in leadership, and that are not always addressed in a mixed-gender setting.
DAY 1 | Explore & Engage
- Discovering Your Leadership Identity
- Critically examining how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors shape work and life
- Identifying capability gaps and recognizing natural strengths at a deeper level
- Shaping a unique identity and leadership style
- Communicating and Influencing with Confidence
- Articulating ideas clearly to build rapport, authority, and trust
- Adapting communication and influencing styles to different contexts
- Recognizing gender dynamics in managing situations and conflict
DAY 2 | Empower
- Negotiating and Growing Your Network
- Negotiating confidently using proven strategies
- Building and leveraging personal and professional networks for advancement
- Care-fronting to support sustainable career growth
- Personal Brand and Career Roadmap
- Creating a personal brand aligned with your ambitions, values, and goals
- Developing a distinctive leadership identity
- Building a personalized career progression plan with short- and long-term goals
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Identify and leverage personal strengths to build a distinctive leadership identity
- Communicate and negotiate with confidence, authority, and influence
- Navigate gender dynamics in the workplace with practical strategies
- Build and activate a professional network to support career advancement
- Create a personal brand and a concrete, actionable career progression plan
Middle-level women managers with 5+ years of team management experience.
Trainers
Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz
Director, Centre for Entrepreneurial Development and Assistant Professor, School of Business Studies, IBA Karachi.
Dr. Nyla Ansari
Assistant Professor, School of Business Studies, IBA Karachi.
IBA CEE Cancellation Policy for Open Enrollment Programs:
In the event of participant's cancellation, the following schedule will apply:
- 5 days before start of workshop - No cancellation
- Within 4 to 2 days prior to workshop Half program fee forfeiture
- Within 1 day and No Shows - Full program fee forfeiture
Cancellation notification must be made in writing to CEE.
Postponement
Due to any unavoidable circumstances, the workshop may be postponed by the institute. In case of postponement, the institute will refund full fee of the program or the participant may opt to defer his/her registration to the next program.
Substitute
Substitutes will be taken at least 2 days prior to the workshop. Should we be unable to accept your application for any reason, your payment (cheque/draft) will be returned to you.
Deferrals
All registrations deferrals must be requested in writing at least 2 days prior to the workshop. Send a note to the Program Registration Team indicating that you wish to have your registration deferred to another session of the same program within one year. The deposited fee will be carried forward. Please note that only one transfer is permitted. After one year, the deposited fee will be fully forfeited.
