Women Rising
Women Rising is an Australian-based women’s leadership and empowerment platform with a mission to support women in their career, leadership journey and life. The platform offers a biannual, 4-month virtual learning program covering various topics effecting working women in today’s society.[2]
The Women Rising holistic leadership framework is the next evolution of empowering women to lead with confidence, show up as their most authentic selves, and live with levels of wellbeing that can sustain them both personally and professionally.[2]
To date, the company and its cutting-edge programs have supported more than 9,000 women in 65 countries, and partnered with many of the world’s leading organisations including including Microsoft, ANZ Bank, Telstra, EY and PwC to name only a few.
Alongside the Women Rising Program, Women Rising offers a Male Allies Program for men and a Leaders & Coaches Collective Program for coaches, leaders, HR professionals, managers, trainers, facilitators, women’s mentors and advocates. These programs offer tested curriculums, expert virtual coaching, evidence-based resources and proven training models to elevate women professionally and personally.[3]
History
Women Rising was established in 2021 and headquatered in Sydney, NSW, Australia.[4] To date, the platform has supported over 9,000 women from over 700 organisations in 65 countries.[5]
Past participants of their programs report significant positive outcomes:
- 97% report having tools to take more confident action
- 98% feel like a more authentic leader
- 96% have new tools to progress their career
- 93% have greater clarity on their vision and purpose
- 92% are more intentional about their wellbeing
- 98% of program graduates would highly recommend the program
Organisations report tangible ROI and benefits including:
- Greater retention of women who’ve been through the program
- Progression of participants into more senior roles
- Women moving from support roles into tech or sales roles
- A tested way to support men to become more effective allies and leaders for women
Services
Among the services the Women Rising Co platform offers include:
- The Women Rising proven evidence-based curriculum covering the 27 areas that have the greatest impact on women’s career success including confidence, authentic leadership, executive presence, mentors and sponsors and wellbeing.
- Live coaching calls for every module covering all global time zones.[6]
- Small group sessions for women to deepen learning in virtual connection calls.
- Participants have lifetime access to all materials plus an alumni community.
- The parallel 8-week Male Allies program is a game changing program to help men become more effective allies and scale their sponsorship. Men are encouraged to enrol alongside their female colleagues to get the maximum impact from the program.
- A Leaders & Coaches Collective Program for coaches, leaders, HR professionals, managers, trainers, facilitators, women’s mentors and advocates.[7]
Awards
In 2024, Women Rising was a NSW finalist for the Telstra Business Award winning the NSW award for the Accelerating Women category.
See also
References
- ↑ Jack Campbell,Template:Cite news
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alice Duthie,"Women Rising Conducts Landmark Survey About Women’s Professional Experiences"
- ↑ Jack Campbell,"Women aren’t feeling confident in their roles – how can leaders change this?"
- ↑ "How To Transform Your Career And Step Into Your Authentic Leadership"
- ↑ "The Women Rising experience, from women of Theta"
- ↑ Jack Campbell,"Why poor leadership is driving 50% of women away"
- ↑ "The push to empower women at work"