Lead As FEMME

Leadership as we
know it
The leaders we’ve traditionally seen and come to know have led in ways that often celebrate masculine driven traits, while ignoring the qualities women inherently bring to their leadership style.
An approach lacking diversity and creating environments where a woman’s potential is suppressed and barriers are created.
Seeing these kind of leaders throughout my own corporate career, it was clear the model of leadership created is for men.
Welcome to the gap in leadership.
Women have often had to conform and lead in ways that deny the qualities which are unique to them for fear of rejection or judgement to say the least.
Hiding the parts of them that make them soft for fear it makes them weak, ignoring any emotion they have because they’re convinced and have been told they don’t belong in business or the workplace.
So they continue struggling, using inauthentic tactics and strategies to navigate corporate arenas thinking – this is the way, this will get me what I want, even at the expense of compromising who they are.
Not only has this kept women in a disempowered state, it overshadows a woman’s unique qualities, keeping her from fully realizing her true leadership potential.
Times are changing.
It’s time to LEAD as FEMME
- Empowered to claim audacious opportunities and desires more confidently (without giving up your values)
- Clear in your identity and leadership style, authentic to who you are.
- Managing negotiations and asking for money like it’s asking for your favorite Starbucks beverage with all the customizations unique to you. Because you can.
- More effectively and confidently manage challenges impacting career advancement and gender bias.
- Increased visibility because of the way you lead, simply by being YOU.
- Better understanding of how emotional intelligence effects your leadership and how to nurture it to lead more effectively.
- Enhanced and elevated leadership. Confident in your unique leadership style (no more pretending to be someone you're not).
- Effectively communicating your needs to all levels of management, lead conversations you never thought you could, influencing relationships and creating positive change, making an impact BECAUSE of your leadership.
The women who come to me often feel like they must twist themselves into a pretzel to make themselves known in business or place of work.
They’re exhausted from feeling they have to perform to navigate negotiations, ask for opportunities, use tactics that are inauthentic to get what they want, and struggle with owning being a leader because they’re a woman.
They hit a plateau in their career, struggle to reach career milestones or simply lose themselves in their leadership role feeling the need to conform.
The list goes on.
As a result, women have struggled with being recognized, honored and included as leaders. For many, navigating these environments have left the qualities of what makes a woman, a woman, ignored and suppressed in order to fit in.
When our time together is complete, these same women have gone on to be recognized for promotional opportunities, are sought after to lead high profile projects, lead more authentically, have been able to have more authentic relationships, go after desires they previously didn’t allow themselves to do and so much more.
An increase in confidence is inevitable, but the transformation they experience is life-changing. They elevate their leadership and increase their visibility where it matters. Even better, the organizations they’re a part of become stronger.
The work to bring gender equality, balance and include women as the true leaders they are, has been a work in progress for decades.
Why this program and why now?
I believe when more women are fully able to own who they are in their leadership role, their impact is amplified across all areas of their life. Business’s are more balanced, their work life where they spend at least 80% of their time is more enjoyable, relationships are strengthened and more authentic and life is just all around sweeter.
You’re not a female leader; you’re a leader. Period.
The question I often pose and stops women in their tracks is:
from a place that compromises who you are?
The answer is usually – too much.
The future will continue to see the rise of more conscious women stepping into their role as leaders’ sans slapping their gender in front of their title. Owning the qualities that inherently make them femme, and they naturally possess.
We’ll see an increase in empowered women paving the way for a new generation of leadership.
Paving a new way of living, doing business and working, while courageously doing so with heart.
Now is your time.
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- She is the leader who believes she is worth every investment to elevate and enhance her leadership.
- She is the woman who owns who SHE is as a leader. Period.
- She is the leader who is an example for others to follow simply because of who she is, not for what she pretends to be.
- She is the woman who integrates the essence of being a woman in her role as leader.
- She is the woman who trades conformity for authenticity.
- She is the woman who celebrates her strength while embracing her softness, recognizing that too, IS her strength — and power.
- She is the woman paving a path for herself even in the face of adversity and challenges, trusting she is still a leader despite the obstacles that may come up.
- She doesn’t worry about fitting in when she knows she’s meant to stand out. Simply because she is HER.
- She is intelligent, strong, strategic and she is also compassionate, kind and heart-felt.
Meet Your Coach
Lisa De Nicola, PCC
My experience going through corporate had me feeling very much the same as the women I’ve worked with. Yet, I had a unique position with tons of exposure working with all levels of leadership, including general and senior executive management.
While I didn’t aspire to climb the corporate ladder, during my time I learned what organizations were looking for in their best and brightest as I worked closely with multiple levels of management across the business in the world of talent. Not to mention, I learned and made many of the mistakes you likely have made leading a remote team.
Having a keen eye for talent and understanding what some of the most globally recognized brands looked for in leaders like you gave me an experience I will carry for life.
Transitioning into the world of entrepreneurship, growing and managing my own business gave me a whole new set of challenges you can’t get in the corporate world. It’s offered me immense value and learnings to what any leader faces today, especially as a woman.
Today, I have what I believe is the recipe that’s supported me to get to where I am, and the same one the women in my world use as their secret sauce to embrace their FEMME leadership.
I know there are more of you brilliant women who are feeling like those I’ve had the priviledge to work with. Lead as FEMME was created to make a bigger impact and partner with more women to support them as leaders in elevating and enhacing their leadership to fulfill their full potential.
“The biggest skill Lisa gave me was she helped me better value myself. Working with Lisa has been life-changing, and I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to work with her.”
“You have changed my life and I can’t thank you enough for helping me become the person I am today from the person I was when we first met. Thank you so much and I hope we meet again!”
- You believe in, are willing and ready to invest in yourself
- You're highly self-motivated and committed to your professional and personal growth
- You're ready to reclaim the essence of being a woman and integrate it in the way you lead
- You like to connect with like-minded and heart-centered women
- You are a mid-level sr. corporate professional or an executive
- You own your role as a leader (even if you don’t formally hold a leadership role)
- Are open, willing, and ready to learn and share in an intimate group dynamic
- Are available for the entirety of the group coaching program (stay tuned for the next cohort TBD!)
This is NOT for you if:
- You're not willing or interested in investing in yourself
- You're looking for bandaid solutions and not interested in committing to long-term behaviour change
- You're not interested in elevating and enhancing your leadership
- You're not interested in connecting with other women in a group coaching experience
- You're looking for private 1:1 coaching
- You're looking for inspiration or a cheerleader and unwilling to become aware of your blindspots in order to overcome them
- Are unmotivated and don't want to prioritize the time to commit to a group coaching experience to achieve your goals
- You don't like or are interested in meditation
- 8 live group coaching sessions over 12 weeks (90 min each)
- Tools and resources to support your transformational journey
- A private members group to stay connected in between sessions (platform tbd)
- Guided meditations for you to do in between sessions
I’ve got answers
No. This group coaching experience is meant to be a LIVE coaching experience designed to be highly interactive with group discussions, teaching, coaching and Q&A. Your participation and attendance is greatly appreciated and needed to get the most of it. Please ensure your availability and schedule can accommodate your live participation. This may change in the near future as the program continues to run.
The times will be decided once the program is full. An email will be sent out to participants upon purchase confirming the times.
Each session will take place virtually via Zoom.
During the program, the focus will be on a group experience. If you want to dive deeper and continue your work, there will be an option to purchase an additional 3 or 6 months at the end of the program to continue working with Coach Lisa privately.
Due to the nature of the live group coaching experience, no refunds will be offered if you choose to drop out and are no longer able to participate in the coaching experience. Please ensure you’re 100% fully committed to attending and participating in this live, group coaching experience. We need and want your participation!
Yes. Lead as FEMME is offered both for individuals who are interested in investing in their professional and personal development and at the organizational level. If you have a group of corporate women in your organization at a Director level or above you would like to invest in to participate in a group coaching experience, please contact Coach Lisa here to discuss further.
Fill out the application and get on a call with Coach Lisa. She’ll give you all the information you need to make an empowered decision on how to move forward.