Hello & Welcome!
We’re delighted that you’ve decided to join The WLA and we can’t wait to get you started.
On this page, you’ll find everything you need to get you on your way. From an onboarding checklist to help you complete your onboarding process and links to our social groups, to quizzes to identify your strengths and challenges as well as what you can expect from us by way of a membership agenda, roadmap, and key dates.
We’re so looking forward to working with you!
Best wishes,
Sandra
New Member Next Steps
Here is a checklist to help keep you organized and on track as you complete your new member onboarding process.
Step One - Complete your new member introductory session
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Step Two - Complete the new member contact form
We would love to send you a welcome gift but need your details first! Please complete this short Contact Form so we can pop something in the post for you!
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Step Three - Review the 2024 Curriculum
Please take some time to review the 2024 WLA Curriculum. This has all the dates and the links to join our upcoming sessions.
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Step Four - Subscribe to the WLA Events Calendar
Please click here to subscribe to our WLA Events Calendar so that all program live session details and Zoom information syncs with your personal calendar. If there are ever any date, time, or Zoom info changes to our sessions, we will update them on this calendar, which will automatically update the information on your end (and we will also send out a communication to let you know of any changes).
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Step Five - Complete your Leadership Self Assessment
The WLA is focused on helping you to grow in leadership confidence, presence, and meaning. We are often so caught up in the ‘doing’ of our role that we lose sight of who we intend to ‘be’. The Leadership Self Assessment tool is designed to help you identify where you may have gaps so that you can shape a leadership programme to your specific needs.
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Step Six - Join our private WLA Membership Group on LinkedIn
Click here to request to join our private membership group on LinkedIn. Once your request has been approved, please post a short intro in the group. Feel free to share your current role, or perhaps why you joined the WLA and what you hope to get out of it. This is your chance to immerse yourself in our awesome community and see and feel our group come to life to support and champion each other.
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Membership Breakdown: What can you expect?
Live Leadership Masterclasses
Our most popular sessions in the community. Helping you grow internally and externally in your profession.
Monthly Power Hours
Live planning sessions over Zoom to get you clear on your priorities, get unstuck, out of overwhelm and focused on the direction you desire to go.
Supportive Community
Connection with other incredible women leaders for guidance and support in navigating the challenges of the workplace. You’ll learn new strategies to help you have a fulfilling career all within our private LinkedIn group.
Lunch & Learns
Take a monthly opportunity to get together online with other members of the WLA Community. We have guest speakers sharing their stories and experience on anything from resilience and coming back from failure to internal limiting self-beliefs and the benefits of building a network, plus lots more.
WLA Online Resources
Collection of hundreds of online resources from leading experts ranging from webinars, inspirational interviews, podcasts, motivational videos, and past magazines.
Bonus Life Planning Day
Together we gather in January to map out your plans for the year. You will gain clarity through actionable steps to accomplish new goals over the course of the next twelve months.
Priority Tickets for Our IWD Conference
Access to a reduced rate event ticket for our International Women’s Day Conference by the WLA. Our most popular event for networking with other leaders and hearing from experts in a variety of fields.
Accountability Buddies
In the workplace you know how important it is to have a support system. As a WLA member you will have a partner to assist you when you feel stuck and help you work through challenges.
Introductory Bundle
A comprehensive collection of materials comprising a webinar, leadership development plan, and self-assessment to assure you map your leadership journey successfully from the start.
Now… a gift!
Complete our leadership self-assessment so we can best understand how you lead…we’ll need this before we first meet at your Introductory Webinar (or before you watch the replay of the latest Introductory Session if a live session is not currently scheduled).
Once we get your results, you can expect some tailored content from us. Content designed to develop and perfect leaders just like you.
Let’s discuss… The Four Energies of Leadership
At the WLA our leadership development programmes are built on the four energies of leadership.[1]
The concept is simple. Every thought, every emotion, and every feeling we have provides energy; energy that boosts or drains us. Whilst we all have the same number of hours in any one day, we have infinite access to both the quality and quantity of our energy. And we draw that energy from four sources:
[1] Developed by the McCain Group and further developed by Steve Radcliff in ‘Future, Engage, Deliver’
Intellectual Energy
Our intellectual energy is that which focuses on data, on ideas, on logic, on the rational, our ability to debate, articulate and conceptualise. This energy enables us to innovate, organise and move forwards. This is a strong organisational energy that helps us to make sense of the world around us, to structure thinking, to create ‘SMART’ goals, to implement and to review.
Physical Energy
Our physical energy refers to a broad range of aspects: our sleep, our fuel, our recovery, our resilience. This energy drives our every day performance levels. It’s how we show up in the world, when we are interacting with others, our physical ‘presence’ that enables us to keep active, moving and replenished.
Emotional Energy
Our emotional energy is our ability to relate to others, to build rapport, to engage, our empathy, our desire to understand, to listen, to explore our feelings and our enjoyment of life. This energy is essential in creating engagement, followership, partnership and establishing collaborative ways of working.
Spiritual Energy
Our spiritual energy is our focus on our purpose, our reason for being, our vision for ourselves and the organisation, the values that we bring, our integrity, our conviction and our inspiration. Our spirit energy enables us to focus on our future and possibilities. It’s the legacy stuff of leadership, the difference we most want to make in the world.
For more information on the Four Energies download our energy tracker by clicking below.
Your WLA Route Map
Meet the Team!
We might work different hours and from different locations (and timezones!), but we definitely all work together to provide you with the learnings and support you need on your leadership journey. If you ever need to reach out we can be contacted via support@thewla.com.
Sandra Pinnington
FOUNDER
Helen McLaughlin
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
Pam Przybylski
BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER
Orla Hesseling
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
We’re here to support you all the way!
If you have any questions or need support, please email us at support@thewla.com.