Master Class | Women in Leadership

31 Jul 2025 08:45 - 17:30

A high impact one day senior leadership master class

Testimonies from recent programmes’ senior manager participant:

“The Chamber’s Women in Leadership workshop by Agile+ and their CALAgility System was both inspiring and practical. It gave me valuable insights into authentic and powerful leadership, which I can immediately apply in my own context. “

—— Angela Shi, Lego

“The Women in Leadership workshop offered thoughtful insights and practical tools that helped me grow in confidence and clarity. I’d encourage any woman looking to develop her leadership in a supportive space to consider joining. ”

—— Anna Nikonenko, Dulwich College

“Other women in leadership programs helped me learn the rules of this game we call corporate America.. But the CALAgility program spoke to me as a person, as a human who has been forced into this game. And it gave, dare I say, a light at the end of the tunnel.”

—— Anastasia Grilley, Customer Project Manager

“This CALAgility course has been a life-changer in both my personal and professional life…. I was able to bring enrichment to my personal life creating time to enjoy my grandchildren….Team morale and camaraderie is boosted. Without a doubt, this has been the best course of my career..”

—— Brigitte Johnson, PMO Change Manager

The CALAgility System^®is a leadership system that has been implemented by managers around the world, both at junior, middle and senior levels. It is a culture, seniority and gender-neutral approach that works.

Average feedback score from over 50 Senior Leaders in China to date: 4.5 out of 5.

The workshop will introduce the CALAgility System with a particular benefit to women who may question:

Do I have to give up on family time in order to succeed in a leadership role at work?
How can stress be reduced and productivity increased?
Can I get my teams to boost their performance so we can raise recognition?

Completed in advance

Self- assessment for teams/organisation, looking at the principles needed for dynamic and agile productivity. Participants will compare their own confidential scores with cohort peers as well as a global data base.
Individual self-assessment that shows how agile/adaptive, responsive, effective, balanced and overall enabling the choices of leadership strategy are (available in Chinese and English). Highly customised report will give specific suggestions for further exploration. Workshop will compare cohort scores to global averages.

Participants will be able to compare their own confidential score with cohort peers as well as a global normative data base.

Participants will receive:

A high-impact interactive experiential workshop that will introduce a genuinely new approach (NOT “old wine, new bottle”!). This will cover:

WHY women in leadership have the edge for a new paradigm – how to lead collaboratively upwards and sideways not just downwards in VUCA times
WHAT principles need to be in place, so as to leverage the hidden potential that commonly exists in teams and organisations.
HOW to get faster and better results in uncertain times with less stress and effort.

Materials include:

Customised individual report showing scope for leadership capability improvement
Customised and confidential report on team/organisation being led
Signed copy of the book “Future Leadership” (Chinese copy) – discount for English version
Learning log to capture key action points to take away and try out
Pocket-sized Aide memoire of key points
International CPD certificate if needed

After Master Class:

One-on-one coaching session if needed
Access to articles and further reading

Nick Obolensky

Founder, Complex Adaptive Leadership Ltd; MD, Agile Plus Leadership Consultants

Nick is Founder and CEO of Complex Adaptive Leadership Ltd (UK) and MD of Agile+ Consultants (China). He belongs to the faculty of CEDEP in France (INSEAD Fontainebleau campus) as a professor of leadership. He links complexity science, blended with ancient Chinese wisdom, for leaders to navigate VUCA times in a practical way. His approach was awarded the EFMD Gold Award for Executive Development beating many leading blue-chip business schools around the world. This approach has been employed by a variety of international MNCs (e.g. Rolls-Royce, Dow Chemical, GE, UBS, IBM, Société Générale, Rio Tinto, Nokia, Ali Baba) as well as public sector organisations (e.g. in UK, Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia). He has wide ranging leadership experience including:

Practitioner: British Army Major (youngest at the time) in his late twenties trained in Armour, Intelligence, Special Forces and military Joint Service Mountain Expedition Leader; Development Director/COS of FTSE 100 firm (line responsibility for 12,000 staff, change responsibility for 45,000 staff); CEO of green energy technology start-ups.
Consultant: Executive Strategy Consultant of Ernst & Young; Managing Partner of The Vth Dimension.
Academic: Professor of Leadership Nyenrode (MBA professor of the year twice); visiting leadership professor: LBS, INSEAD, EHL, Duke CE and Thunderbird.
Author: “Complex Adaptive Leadership – Embracing Paradox and Uncertainty” (Gower best seller translated in China as “Future Leadership” 未来领导力), “Leading Complex Projects” (ICCPM); “More for less – How to lead an agile self-organising organisation” (Taylor Francis). and “Practical Business Re-engineering – Tools and Techniques for Achieving Effective Change” (Kogan Page).

Nick holds an MBA from IMD (where he graduated as Valedictorian) and is a qualified Chartered Management Consultant. His other past achievements include Master Scuba Diver, twin engine instrument rated private pilot, Emergency First Responder (paramedic) and qualified mountain guide/expedition leader.

More at: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nickobolensky

08:45 to 09:00 Arrival and registration
09:00 to 10:30 You are not alone
10:40 to 10:45 Break
10:45 to 12:30 Navigating uncertainty
12:30 to 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 to 15:00 Building confidence, reducing stress
15:00 to 15:30 Break
15:00 to 17:00 Enabling self and other
17:00 to 17:30 Close and make it happen

Notes:

In case of cancellation, please kindly note you must email ann.pan@britishchambershanghai.cn before 5 pm, 28 July 2025. It is non-refundable for cancellation request made beyond the above mentioned timeframe. Cancellations after this date are non-refundable. Due to the service charges of Glueup and online payment platforms, we can only partially refund up to 90% of your ticket price and payment will be processed within 14 days after the event via your original payment method.

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Room 2107, 699 West Nanjing Road,

Oriental Centre, Jing’an District, Shanghai

上海市静安区南京西路699号东方投资大厦2107室

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