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Advancing into Firm Leadership

About

Advancing into Firm Leadership is the continuation of a class created with the intention of educating female architects, and design professionals, on critical firm information to support their advancement into firm leadership.

Women in Design has taken it under our programming umbrella as another way to advance the WID mission of connecting, empowering, and advocating for women. WID will be offering the class to females, and those identifying as female, designers interested in firm advancement. We encourage you to apply if you are at least 5 years into your career, looking for education on how a company is structured, and ways to advance your leadership skills. Space in this class will be limited and preference will be shown to those actively working towards accreditation, or already accredited in your design profession.

Class Structure

Each class will consist of hard and soft-skill learning opportunities.

Session 1: Introduction to the Class; Soft Skill: Emotional Intelligence

Session 2: Hard Skill: Firm and Corporate Structures - Roles vs Titles; Soft Skill: Servant Leadership

Session 3: Hard Skill: Project Financials - Billing and Contracts; Soft Skill: Negotiating and Effective Presentations

Session 4: Hard Skill: Firm Financials; Soft Skills: Accountability and Building Strong Teams

Session 5: Hard Skill: Becoming a Shareholder; Soft Skill: Change Management

Session 6: Hard Skill: Experience in Leadership; Soft Skill: Networking

Details

Classes will be held in downtown Milwaukee at The Avenue MKE (275 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203) weekly on Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 pm beginning April 19th

Applications go live: January 27th

Applications are due: February 17th

Applicants will be notified by March 10th

Those participating in the class will be asked to make a $100 donation to Women In Design

Questions can be sent to widmke414@gmail.com