Women in Leadership Programme

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Date: November 4-7, 2025
Venue: Shanghai

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Participants

Women from middle or senior management, who have minimum 5-year management experience and wish to elevate their leadership development while maintaining a proper balance between family and work, will benefit from this programme. Male participants in senior management or executive roles who wish to better understand the gender differences, how to leverage this uniqueness to greater corporate success and foster a strong developmental platforms of their female colleagues, will also benefit from a deeper understanding of the issues covered in this programme. We encourage supervisors or subordinators of female managers to attend as it will help to facilitate greater mutual understanding.

Introduction

Rapid economic development over the past three decades has set up a huge stage for Chinese female players to bring their potentials into full play. Although many of them have had a burst of energy and displayed charm on this stage, those who have played a leading role are still few and far between. According to statistics, female executives account for around 20% of the management in a company. In the newly-announced 400-person Forbes China Rich List, females only account for 7%, while in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World, there are only five Chinese women included. What on earth are the restrictions for Chinese female to further their career development and exert their influence in a much broader field?

Programme Coverage

  • Women in today’s world
  • Different voices
  • Journey to growth
  • Leadership attributes
  • Art of balance
  • Professional renaissance
  • Psychology of gender
  • Breaking through glass ceiling in career advancement
  • Career development
  • Career designing and human resources management
  • Female entrepreneurship
  • Choice and change

A certificate of completion will be awarded

Contact Us

Shanghai
Tel: (86 21) 2890 5187
Email: exed@ceibs.edu
Address: 699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Shanghai

Beijing
Tel: (86 10) 8296 6688
Email: exed@ceibs.edu
Address: Building 20, Zhongguancun Software Park, 8 Dongbeiwang West Road, Haidian District, Beijing

Shenzhen
Tel: (86 755) 3699 5199
Email: exed@ceibs.edu
Address: 142 Zimao St., Qianhai Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, P. R. China 518066

 

LEE, SIEW KIM JEAN

Professor Emeritus
Co-Director, CEIBS Centre for Family Heritage

Programme Objective

The programme is designed to motivate and enhance managerial skills and leadership of woman managers and executives, launch an in-depth discussion on how to release their potential and cope with the unique challenges of woman leaders in a cultural and corporate context.

Programme Benefits

Participants in this programme will be able to:

  • Gain a clear understanding of your own leadership style and management potential, learn to foster strengths and circumvent weaknesses in management practice and live in harmony with male peers as well as superiors and subordinates
  • Set a well-defined goal, make clear pursuit in life and work out an effective strategic plan
  • Develop a global mindset, broaden horizons, and explore upside potentials of females in management and leading positions
  • Learn how to release and adjust pressure, consider pressure from a positive perspective, and bravely meet with challenges
  • Allocate your time effectively and channel your energy wisely to balance career development with family life

Programme Schedule

Day 1

Morning
  • The New Choice and Role of Women Under Globalised Economy
    • Opportunities & Challenges Arising from Globalised Economy
    • A New Perspective of Women’s Traditional & Modern Roles 
    • Women’s Choice
Afternoon
  • Journey to Growth
    • Discovering Yourself: Personality Analysis & Mental Model 
    • Journey to Growth: Family and Cultural Influence
  • Leadership Attributes
    • The Art of Leadership & Team Building
    • Rigid Leadership vs. Flexible Leadership
    • Developing Your Leadership Style 
    • Leadership Assessment & Feedback

Day 2

Morning
  • Art of Balance between Career and Family & Professional Renaissance
    • Family & Career: Choice & Balance
    • Role Management: Kernel & Keystone 
    • Relation Network: Making Choice out of Love
    • Communication Skills: Interpersonal Relationship & Communication Psychology 
    • Self Management: Emotion & Stress Management 
    • Self Fulfillment: Pursuit of Excellence
Afternoon
  • Art of Balance between Career and Family & Professional Renaissance (continued)
    • Leadership Assessment & Feedback
    • Self Cognition & Growth 
    • Group Counseling & Discussion

Day 3

Morning
  • Psychology of Gender
    • Women’s Leadership in the Eyes of Men & Women
    • Career Role Interaction between Men & Women 
    • Expectations on Men’s & Women’s Family Roles 
    • Workplace Gender Discrimination
  • Breaking through Glass Ceiling in Career Advancement 
    • Cracking Workplace Glass Ceiling
    • Selecting Career Advancement Ladder
    • Identifying Your Career Facilitator 
    • Career Guidance for Young Women
Afternoon
  • Career Designing & Human Resources Management
    • Human Resources Support System 
    • Performance Management 
    • Career Planning
  • Building Family-friendly Work Environment for Employees

Day 4

Morning
  • Female Entrepreneurship
    • Entrepreneurial Motives
    • Entrepreneurial Partners 
    • Family, Work and Community 
    • Gains & Pains in Starting a Business 
    • Decision Making 
    • Between Gain & Loss, Give & Take
Afternoon
  • Wrap-up: Choice & Change
    • Power of Change
    • Believing in Choice  
    • Wisdom of Changing Yourself - A Mirror Philosophy 
    • Taking Initiative to Make A Change - transform
    • A Well-balanced Success - Becoming Different 
    • Pursuit of Life - What Do You Want?

We reserve the right to adjust the course information (including price, date, location, faculty, course arrangement and other details)

Prof. Jean Lee’s lectures are vivid and engaging. The class often shifts between a relaxed atmosphere and a more energetic one as we delved into the puzzles and difficulties women leaders come across in their careers and personal lives. Prof. Lee has not only initiated intensive discussion on a variety of issues, but has also explored feasible responses and solutions. She herself is also recognised as a woman of distinction.
Jing JIANG
Executive Director/Co-founder
Lianlian Group

 

This programme was illuminating. As a female leader competing with men in business world, what are our advantages compared with men? The programme made we female leaders know more about ourselves, reviewing which part of our actions were correct and which part need to be improved. More importantly, I know clearly what to do in the future. What makes me like this programme more is that Professor Li is the benchmark for female leasers. She is so charming! She is successful in both career and personal life. Her wonderful experience is like an interesting book. In addition, the learning environment in CEIBS is so nice, making me want to come back for the degree programme. 
Tina Luo 
Sales Director 
Johnson & Johnson Medical (China) Ltd.

 

This is one of my favorite programmes. It made me feel proud of being a woman, knowing how to achieve a perfect life and how to succeed in both career and family life. In the programme, every participant has chances to display their achievements and to share their stories. The learning process is relaxing and interesting. Finally, it inspired to think deeply about myself. Your biggest rival is yourself, but at first, you have to understand and face yourself. This is the most valuable finding I learnt from the programme. 
Tracy Wu 
Project Manager 
Aptar (Suzhou) Dispensing Systems Co., Ltd.

 

This programme was delivered in a wonderful way, including case teaching and experience sharing. The professor's presentation was straightforward and full of wisdoms. It enabled me to reflect upon the past, think about what’s a happy life, and make right choices. Each class experience at CEIBS is a progress of reflection, learning and improvement.
Guan Chi
Deputy General Manager of General Administration Dept.       
China Mobile Group Guangdong Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch

 

The Women in Leadership Programme at CEIBS provided me with abundant knowledge in leadership competence, conflict management, pressure management, emotion management, time management, evaluation of personal traits, etc. I benefited a lot from the programme, not only in solidifying my theoretic foundation, but also in learning from the practical solutions provided. The great insight and experience I gained from the programme enable me to face the future with more confidence and ease! 
Caroline Luo 
Vice General Manager
Hubei Mailyard I/E Trade Co., Ltd.

 

The Women in Leadership Programme is one of the most fruitful programmes that I have ever taken. The content covered was closely related to women's career, life and psychological needs in sorting out their life path, emotional perplexities and psychological growth. It helped us have a profound understanding of the track of life and growth, and the future orientation of career development. The programme enabled us to gain a deep insight into our future demand, improve interpersonal skills, and adjust career goals. In short, the programme offered us an opportunity of self-reflection, self-improvement and reorientation.
Zhang Jia
Associate Medical Director
Eli Lilly China

Teaching Language

Chinese

Admissions Procedures

Applications are requested at least 30 days before the programme start date. Applications are reviewed as they arrive and admissions are subject to the final confirmation of CEIBS. Any applications received after that date will be considered on the basis of space availability. For more information, please contact our Customer Service Team in Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen.

Cancellations

Any cancellation made 30 days or more prior to the programme start date is eligible for a full refund of programme fees paid. However, the expenses arising therefrom shall be for the account of the applicant or his/her employer. Any cancellation made less than 30 days prior to the programme start date shall be subject to a fee of 20 percent of the total programme fee. After the programme starts, no fees shall be refunded for participants who withdraw from the programme for any reason.

Notification

To ensure the continuity of your learning, you are required to make proper arrangements according to the course schedule after receiving your letter of enrollment. We will neither make up lessons for you nor confer you with the certificate of completion if you are absent from the course for personal reasons. CEIBS reserves the right to amend information on this programme including price, discount, date, location, faculty, daily schedule and other details.