Women in Business Program 2024

Through the following 7 days, participants will learn the fundamentals of what give you real leadership skills today.

Module 1: Leadership

May 13, 2024  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

This session will kick-off with team-building designed to create an atmosphere of collaboration and mutual growth among the participants. This session will explore the process of Leadership in general as well as specific challenges faced by female professionals. The facilitator will help participants identify what it takes to grow and succeed as a female leader in Japan as well as identify issues related to their own leadership development and obtain direction for future action (create a commitment sheet).

Module 2: Strategic Thinking

May 30, 2024  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

This session will focus on the role and importance of strategy in corporate and business management and explore fundamental strategic frameworks and analytical methods. Participants will also learn about the strategic elements needed to establish competitive advantage in business. This course will enable participants with a toolkit to analyze their own business environment, customer needs and well as the current strategy of their own company. They will also learn how to identify gaps in strategy which will enable them to make better decisions and proposals within their company and business. 

Module 3: Organizational Leadership

June 6, 2024  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

This session will focus on Organizational Leadership and the leadership skills needed to lead organizational change as well as teams in the practical business world. Participants will also explore the challenges of navigating this process as a female leader and brainstorm solutions on how to overcome them in their organizational and business contexts. This session will wrap up by exploring agile team management and organizational change methodologies in a rapidly changing environment.

Module 4: Power and Influence

June 12, 2024  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Participants learn how to influence action in others by exercising the appropriate use of influence and personal power. Different types of power and influence will be explored in the context of inspiring subordinates, supervisors, members of other departments, or organizations with a different cultures. The above will also explore the unique challenges faced by female professionals: how to build credibility in a male-dominated business environment, how to influence stakeholders with very different experiences and mind-sets, etc. This course will enable participants to overcome challenges, achieve personal goals and work successfully at broader and higher levels.

Module 5:  Digitalization and Intercultural Communication

June 27, 2024  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Digitalization : Participants will learn the significance of decomposing traditional customer value and developing it into more sophisticated and refined value through digital technology.

After grashiping how data utilization is important as a source of value creation nowadays, they will consider what is needed to seize the new business opportunities that will arise as the innovation by technology is enhanced. 

Intercultural Communication: Participants learn to better understand their non-Japanese colleagues and adapt in order to work and communicate more efficiently. They will gain a deeper understanding of key concepts and work practices and how they differ from yours. They will also become more familiar with business protocol and etiquette.

Module 6:  Personal Mission and Reflection

July 9, 2024  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Participants will learn about the importance and impact of having a Personal Mission as a female leader and staying true to their authentic values in the business world (through a case study analysis). Participants will spend time identifying their core values as a female leader, build their Personal Mission and make a presentation in the session. Finally, participants will receive feedback and comments from the lecturer and other participants and gain insights about themselves and the aspiration and challenges of other female leaders here in Japan. Through sharing goals and experiences as leaders, this session aims to build a strong network among the participants.

Module 7:  Coaching;  Roundtable Discussion and Graduation Ceremony

July 18, 2024   9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Alumni from previous Women in Business programs will be invited to this session. This will bring an active participation among all participants from both editions. During the morning session we will hold a Coaching Session with FUMI Consulting on "How to Empower Ourselves, adding testimonials from last year's participants". 
Later on we will have a roundtable discussion organized by the CCIFJ, inviting business leaders from our exclusive network with a Q&A session.
Finally we will have a cocktail to hand out the Certificates.

Since attaining formal accreditation as a university in 2006, GLOBIS has grown from a humble intake of 78 students to Japan’s largest business school. The growing student population is a testament to the impact of a curriculum that combines purpose with practicality.

GLOBIS' English programs reach far beyond Tokyo to hub campuses in Singapore, Thailand, the United States, Belgium, and Manila, and provides corporate and executive programs to develop the next-generation of global leaders.