Advance 250

What is Advance 250?

Research has consistently shown that a woman’s experience of the workplace is different to a man’s, especially in traditionally male-oriented environments, such as the STEM industries.

Our unique programme of group coaching, specifically for women, enables them to:

• appreciate and achieve their potential more quickly
• raise awareness of what might be holding them back
• have clarity and confidence about being successful
• establish positive coaching habits for ongoing success

The coaching is conducted in groups of a maximum of six women. Delegates discuss how the topics (listed below) impact on their work and career.

Plus each meeting includes a ‘spotlighting’ session: one delegate brings a live issue and the rest of the group uses a structured coaching methodology to help them to move forward with it.

The Programme at a Glance

The programme is divided into six two-hour sessions which cover:

• Group ‘contracting’ (deciding the ground rules), introduction to coaching and spotlighting
• Impostor phenomenon and how it is perpetuated by socialisation and attribution patterns
• Prove-It-Again! patterns – reviewing research that women must continuously prove themselves throughout their careers (where men often do not)
• The Tightrope – walking the narrow path between the stereotypes of ‘bossy’ and ‘over-emotional’
• Maternal Wall – the difficulties women experience when they become mothers (or indeed choose not to)
• Tug of War – the sad finding that gender bias against women often fuels conflict between women