Women’s Leadership Program | Online

Realize your potential as a leader

Leverage your unique leadership capabilities to drive business forward, and lead your organizations and teams effectively.

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April 16, 2025

Next start date

6 weeks

Program duration

6–8 hours

Weekly time commitment

Certificate of participation

From Yale School of Management Executive Education

Advance your leadership skills for career growth

With this comprehensive leadership course, participants will be better prepared to lead their teams and organizations toward success, regardless of their experience or background.

Harness your traits as powerful leadership tools

Develop effective teams and organizations

Leverage relationships to drive business growth

Utilize a personalized development plan

Interact with like-minded women

Meet your Program Co-conveners

The design of this online program is guided by Yale SOM Executive Education faculty, as well as industry experts, who will share their experience and in-depth knowledge with you throughout the program.

Emma Seppälä

Lecturer in Management, Yale School of Management; Faculty Director, Yale School of Management’s Women’s Leadership Program

Seppälä graduated from Yale (BA), Columbia (MA), and Stanford (PhD). She consults with Fortune 500 leaders and employees on building a positive organization and has spoken at TEDx Sacramento, TEDx Hayward, and at companies such as Google and Apple, as well as a United States Congressional Hearing. Seppälä is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Fulfillment Daily, a popular news site dedicated to the science of happiness, and author of The Happiness Track.

Rodrigo Canales

Former Lecturer in Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Management

Canales graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana (BA) and MIT (MBA and PhD). Canales studies how individuals’ backgrounds, professional identities, and organizational positions affect their relationships to existing structures and the strategies they pursue to change them. His work contributes to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that allow institutions to operate and change.

What you’ll learn

The online curriculum is composed of six modules.

Module 1

Explore your core values and traits to become an effective leader.

Module 2

Learn about the value of having self-awareness and practicing self-mastery.

Module 3

Use experimentation to develop your personal and organizational approaches to leadership and innovation.

Module 4

Draw on emotional awareness in order to have difficult conversations and use feedback effectively.

Module 5

Understand the role networks play in developing personal strengths, innovation, and leadership.

This program is for you if:

  • You want to develop the necessary skills and tools to enhance your self-awareness, build confidence, improve networking, and refine communication abilities

  • You are a business leader or senior manager who wants to understand how your behaviors can influence your organizations' future while equipping yourself with leadership skills to create positive changes

  • You are a junior or mid-level manager seeking personal and professional growth in leadership to prepare for advancement into higher management roles

Apply today to invest in a career tomorrow

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  • Begin the application process by filling out the form on this page

Registration details

You can pay your program fees before the program starts, or you may opt for a split payment plan.

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April 16, 2025

Start date

Frequently asked questions

Globally, leadership roles continue to lack representation of women. To overcome this issue, women need to address not only external obstacles that impede their access to these positions but also internal barriers that may hinder their progress.

The Yale School of Management Executive Education's Women's Leadership Online Program can help you realize your potential as a leader in society by providing you with the necessary knowledge and skills. This program emphasizes values-based leadership and emotional self-control to enhance your emotional intelligence, identify your unique strengths, and leverage innovative thinking to maximize your ability to tackle business challenges and solve problems. As you embark on your personal leadership development journey, you will learn to utilize your distinct abilities to guide yourself, your teams, and your organization toward success.

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You can pay your program fees before the program starts, or you may opt for a split payment plan. To find out more about payment options please visit our Payment and Financing page, or contact an Enrollment Adviser, to find out which option you qualify for.

Want to know more?

Enter your information to access the program prospectus and learn more about this program from GetSmarter, an edX partner.

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Enter your information to access the program prospectus and learn more about this program from GetSmarter, an edX partner.