How High-Performing Women Senior Managers and Directors Secure Executive Promotion in 12 Months
The Power Shift: From Performance to Embodied Leadership Presence
You are already delivering at a high level.
You lead teams. You drive results. You manage complexity.
And yet you are not being recognized as a serious contender for executive promotion.
Performance alone does not secure advancement.
At the executive level, leadership is evaluated differently: strategic influence, authority, presence and the ability to shape direction rather than execute it.
This session is for women ready to make that shift.
The Power Shift: From High-Performance to Magnetic Presence
The Management Behaviours That Built Your Career Will Not Advance It
The Power Shift: From High-Performance to Magnetic Presence
For decades working harder and proving your value resulted in promotion. At the senior management level, that model stops working. Learn what is replacing it and how ambitious women are making this shift.
This Session Is for You If:
You want to move from management to senior leadership.
You want greater influence with senior stakeholders.
You are tired of being overlooked and want advancement.
You are ready to move from operational execution to strategic decision-making.
The Truth About Leadership Advancement
The technical expertise and work ethic that brought you to Senior Manager or Director will not take you further.
Senior leadership is not granted to the most knowledgeable manager. It is extended to the leader who is trusted differently.
Women are more qualified than ever — in fact, women graduate from post-secondary at higher rates than men. Yet, less than 30 percent of top leadership roles in Canada are held by women.
The trust that elevates you is built through leadership identity, leadership presence and communication. All competencies that can be learned, but not touched or adequately taught in most training programs.
The Power Shift
We challenge the outdated model of high-performance being the ticket to the top, and explore the growing demand for leaders who lead from presence, leadership identity and deep self-trust.
At the senior level, authority is not secured by title or performance alone. It is experienced through how you are showing up daily, who you are being as a leader, inner authority and conviction. This is not about doing or delivering more.
Power is being redefined — not as control over others, but as embodied authority that inspires trust and creates safety inside organizations. The leaders that will rise today are not necessarily the most knowledgeable. They are the ones who understand human behaviour and can relate to people. We call it People Leadership for a reason.
In this session, you will identify inherited performative patterns that may still be shaping how you lead — over-functioning and managing perception — and learn how to upgrade your leadership operating system.
You will reclaim authority not from positional power, but from within. Because senior leadership no longer belongs to the loudest voice in the room. It belongs to the most steady, grounded leaders.
In This Session, You Will:
Understand why you are being viewed as operational rather than strategic
Identify the subtle behaviors that limit executive trust
Learn the three shifts that determine executive readiness
Leave with a clear roadmap to elevate your leadership presence
Who Should Attend
This talk is designed for:
High-performing women at the Senior Manager, Director and AVP level
Leaders serious about executive advancement within the next 12 months
Women respected for delivery who want recognition for strategic leadership
It’s Time to Be Positioned Differently
If you are ready to be seen, trusted and sponsored at the next level, this session will show you what must shift.
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The Power Shift: From High-Performance to Magnetic Presence
With Sarah Doyle, Executive Leadership Coach, founder of Coach for Success and creator of the Signature Leadership Presence Method™
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This session is for women serious about advancing into senior leadership.
Seats are limited. Registration closes 48 hours before each session.
