Marieke Groenhart is from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. With a master in International Relations and an advanced master in International development, she loves to work with different cultures and nationalities. As a program manager at the Future Firm, she is now connecting her passion, background and expertise. She hopes to help people and organizations in becoming more aware of their unleashed potential to make a difference.
How did you get interested in a program for India ?
From a young age I was already triggered to human&child rights and sustainability and making the world a better place. As a program manager at the Future Firm, I am now connecting my passion, background and expertise. I do help people and organizations in becoming more aware of their unleashed potential to make a difference.
After my studies, I started working for the local government and a child rights organization. In 2010 I joined the Future Firm, to set up an unique global leadership program in India, for one of our clients. That year, I visited the country 3 times and fell in love with it.
My colleague Lieke Rozendal has a background in anthropology and international development. Her focus within the Future Firm is on organizational change and leadership development. Bringing together different worlds gives her endless energy, as well as making people grow. We do share the same passion when it comes to India and to (corporate) social responsibility. Lieke has been working on several projects throughout India during her studies and working life.
Give us some background on your organization and how you got involved
We, at the Future Firm seek and develop people’s unused potential in a creative way. To us, leadership is not a position, it is a choice & responsibility and it is very personal.Before you can lead others, you first need to lead yourself. We are specialized in programs in the field of personal and team development linked to strategy and sustainability. We work with people on all levels in organizations, all over the world. We have been leading programs at several Multinational Companies (like TNT Express, AkzoNobel, ASML, ARCADIS), educational organizations and many more.
As a Social Enterprise we believe that leadership always starts with the self, yet never ends with it. Part of our work is therefore to help people unleash their potential in order to make a positive impact on their environment and create a better world.
I have joined the Future Firm in 2010 to partly focus on the development of The Future Firm Foundation. That’s where my colleague Lieke Rozendal and I have the space to make a difference and design programs that contribute to society.
Tell us more about the program; Ladies in the Lead ' in Bangalore
Diversity is an important topic and quite some companies have a challenge to attract, keep and optimize talented females. That’s why we (Marieke Groenhart and Lieke Rozendal) set up this program, to focus and work on the unleashed female leadership potential.
The program week will be held from January 11-17, 2015 in Southern India and has 3 building blocks:
Day 1 & 2 Cultural and professional exchange on diversity: meet inspirational Indian female examples, visit to Indian and/or multinational companies, get to know India as an upcoming market showing a high degree of economic growth and innovation.
Day 3, 4, 5 Personal Leadership this block is all about reflection on your own leadership. What is your purpose or intention, how can you grow as a person and thus as a leader, what are your strengths and how can you overcome your weaknesses? You will share your stories with peers and learn more of yourself by reflecting and dialogue.
Day 6 & 7 Give back to Society & knowledge exchange Giving back to society: exchange of expertise with a local organization, working on gender issues.
Who can participate and what is the goal?
We invite conscious female from all over the world, who have at least 5 years of work experience and who are open to learn more about themselves, others and society. The more diverse the group will be, the better. A good mix of ladies from the public, private and entrepreneurial sector would be great. We strongly encourage Indian females from India and abroad to apply, as we aim to have at least 50% Indian participants.
This program aims to create a cross cultural and cross company exchange on female leadership and diversity. Focus will be on the unleashed potential of females and will contribute to personal leadership development. Next to that it will have a giving back to society element.
. How can people participate?
People can apply by contacting us by email: Marieke@thefuturefirm.com or phone: +31-641268873, before November 20.
Investment:
In case you work for a corporate company, the business fee is €2975, excluding international flight. This fee includes the sponsorship of one extra participant with less resources
Other individuals (ngo, self employed, government) can apply for the sponsored seats. These fees will be only €200. Limited spaces available and only confirmed after November 20.
What will be the follow up and resources after the end of this program
This program will bring back a female
- with more insights in her strengths & weaknesses
- inspired by examples of strong Indian female leaders
- with a strong international network of ambitious future female leaders
- who wants to make a difference to society
- who has a clear vision and personal action plan for follow up
Furthermore, to the company she works for, she:
- can be a change agent on diversity or gender equality within the organization
- has insight in the power of Female Leadership skills in a business context
We expect the group to stay in touch via our online community, in order to further exchange experiences.
Anything else you need to add to this? partners in India , program details etc
Please take a look at our website: www.ladiesinthelead.org for more information and inspiration!
And for those who are triggered after reading this, we are more than willing to schedule a Skype call and tell you more!
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