Women in Leadership | ESCP Business School

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The personal development programme for leading women. The programme focuses on building leadership presence and impact and on enhancing networking, communication and negotiation skills.

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Short programme

Duration

4 days

Join other female leaders in an empowering experience to develop your authentic leadership style, and improve your executive presence, through improvisation classes, video feedback, coaching and peer exercises.

Training Format(s)

Part-time

Language(s) of training

English

Global Domain(s)

Diversity & Inclusion

Leadership & Personal Development

Programme type

Certificates & Short Programmes

Academic background(s)

Undergraduate Degree (3-4 years of study)

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Professional

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Non-degree programme

Executive Education domain(s)

Diversity & Inclusion

Leadership & Personal Development

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4 days plus evening events and virtual sessions NEXT SESSIONS 24 - 27 November 2026

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English

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Women in Leadership
Professional development for female leaders

Join our career-changing Women in Leadership Programme. Meet aspiring and experienced female leaders during 3 days in Berlin (with a 4th optional day for peer coaching in small groups with a top executive coach), and become a part of the ESCP network. Through a mixture of immersive exercises, peer feedback, and lectures, you will hone your authentic leadership style.

Develop a true leadership mindset
Reflect on yourself and hone your authentic leadership style
Understand and develop your emotional intelligence
Navigate power and politics
Invest in strategic stakeholder management
Grow through targeted exercises
Push your career to the next level
Manage your boundaries and build a sustainable work life integration
Become part of a diverse network of female leaders

This programme is designed for female leaders and entrepreneurs who seek to grow their leadership competencies. It is also ideal for female talents aspiring to take on leadership roles.

What makes the ESCP Women in Leadership Programme unique

We have designed our female leadership programme by women, for women. During three days on-site in Berlin, you will engage in discussions and share experiences. Immersing yourself in interactive exercises and coaching will help you quickly establish trust with other participants.

A comfortable ambience allows you to reflect on your experiences, strengths and challenges. This environment provides you with a safe space to hone your leadership style and skills. It also provides room to focus on unique challenges female leaders face, especially in traditionally male organisations and industries.

The trust and relationships you establish during the programme extend beyond the 3/4 days on campus. Virtual follow-up coaching sessions, peer support, and community events ensure that your journey to growth continues. You will be part of a larger ESCP female leaders network.

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The programme gave me a lot of insights, in particular how to develop a more powerful leadership style and improve my executive presence. There is also one learning I would share about negotiation effectiveness: “Ask what you want!” That makes clear where you want to go and what you want to achieve.

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Elena Franzosi, Country HR Manager at Smurfit Kappa Italia, LinkedIn

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This experience was both fascinating and enriching, broadening my perspective and understanding. The Professors and workshop leaders designed engaging courses that were thought-provoking and rich in content. I found the whole experience extremely valuable for my own personal professional growth.

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Jenny O‘Fee, Primary School Principal at Berlin Metropolitan School gGmbH, LinkedIn

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The leadership seminar has been enriching on both a professional and personal level. Thank you so much for the experience!"

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Veronika-Adriane Posch, Lead Marketing at MILES Mobility GmbH, LinkedIn

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At Mazars, we are working together with ESCP to empower, inform, develop and support women in leadership positions. We strongly believe in diversity.

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Dr. Friederike Hohenstein, Head of People Development, Mazars Germany, LinkedIn

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Inspiring. Empowering. Fun. Group coaching was an especially unique opportunity to receive detailed feedback, advice and insights for my specific question from a very experienced, strong and inspiring personality.

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Elena Borgardt, Director, Deloitte Germany, LinkedIn

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This programme was a life changer, especially when it comes to the executive presence and negotiation modules. Brainstorming, exchanging ideas, and discussing with experts in a spirit of kindness and empathy, helped me understand and overcome challenges that I had been struggling with for months.

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Justine Tabarin, Sustainability Lead at Criteo, LinkedIn

Benefit for participants

1 Clarify and strengthen your leadership identity to lead with confidence in high-stakes situations

2 Increase your impact and credibility in a leadership role

3 Navigate power dynamics and influence key stakeholders effectively

4 Handle complex business situations with greater confidence and decisiveness

5 Leverage peer and expert challenge to refine your leadership approach

6 Translate insights into concrete leadership actions and career moves

Benefits for organisations

• Talent Pipeline: Cultivate a strong pipeline of female talent

• Retain High-Potential Leaders: Keep talented female leaders within the organisation

• Inclusive Culture: Support the implementation of an inclusive workplace

• Enhance Employer Branding: Boost visibility and credibility as a diversity and inclusion-focused employer

For more details please download our brochure

Faculty

Prof. Dr. Veronique Tran

As Professor of Organisational Behaviour at ESCP Business School, she combines extensive leadership experience - including roles as Academic Dean of the Berlin Campus, and EVP of Executive Education and Corporate Relations - with research expertise in emotion and team decision-making, diversity management, and service interactions in the luxury industry.

Prof. Dr. Kersin Alfes

As Professor of Organisation and Human Resource Management at ESCP Business School (Berlin), she combines the latest research insights with over ten years of leadership experience, including managing teams of up to 40 employees and teaching executives across Europe.

Christin Mey - certified trainer, business coach, research associate and lecturer at ESCP

Susanne Kortendick

Susanne has more than 30 years of experience in top management positions in major international companies, and a doctorate in the field of behavioral sciences.

Prof. Dr. Katharina Balazs

She is an Executive coach and professor for leadership. She has worked with executives from global organizations and various countries.

Felicitas von Kyaw

As founder of The Change Shapers, she draws on years of C-level HR leadership, including CHRO roles in Germany at Vodafone and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, and now works as an Executive Sparring Partner for Change & Transformation.

Programme Highlights

Identify how you lead—and how you are perceived—through advanced leadership diagnostics and feedback
Understand and navigate power, influence, and politics in complex organisational environments
Work on real leadership challenges through high-intensity role plays and simulations
Strengthen your ability to influence stakeholders
Engage in rigorous peer coaching to challenge assumptions and refine your leadership approach
Build a strategic network through curated interactions with peers and faculty
Translate insights into action through optional coaching in small groups and post-programme follow-up

Customised Programmes

We are experienced in adapting the Women in Leadership Programme exactly to the context and needs of a specific organisation. We can offer the seminar exclusively for the female leaders and high potentials of your company.

Are you interested in other programmes to push diversity in your organisation? We also offer an Unconscious Bias Workshop. This workshop emphasises the advantages of diversity and is right for everyone interested in uncovering their unconscious thinking patterns.

Do you have any questions? Please contact Denise Tarbuch.

dtarbuch@escp.eu

+49 30 32007-231

+49 17 36831-524

Billie Burns, Global Head of Career & Leadership Development @ BearingPoint

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We have been working with the ESCP Business School for many years. Because of the great success of the Female Leadership Programme, we have recently increased the number of training sessions. ESCP's experience and customer focus ensure that after the programme our employees are highly motivated to tackle the next challenges and feel empowered by what they have learned in terms of leadership presence, communication and networking.

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Billie Burns, Global Head of Career & Leadership Development at BearingPoint, LinkedIn

Julien Vallette Viallard, HR VP at Air Liquide

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We’ve worked with the ESCP Business School in the framework of our internal programme supporting women from the early stage of their career and reinforcing inclusion awareness among employees, both women and men. The feedback we gathered really shows the level of satisfaction and the quality of the content proposed by ESCP and Prof. Marion Festing. We look forward to continuing our collaboration to keep the momentum and do more on diversity and inclusion.

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Julien Vallette Viallard, HR VP at Air Liquide, LinkedIn

Overview

Clé Eudonet

INTER4.4

Type de formation

Formation continue

Side Content

Webinar
Fundamentals of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership

Understanding and applying emotional intelligence, integrating it into leadership practice.

Prof. Dr. Véronique Tran
ESCP Business School

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Audience

(Aspiring) female leaders, such as business and functional managers, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, project managers, and specialists, with a minimum of three years of work experience.