Women in Leadership
Organizations that develop and tap into a diverse range of talent and experience are positioned to meet consumer market demands, activate innovation, share new strategies and drive performance. Women make up roughly half of the workforce and are an essential part of the leadership equation. Despite recent gains in the representation of women in the workplace, women are leaving at higher rates than men, worsening the “leaky pipe”.
– Rebecca Shambaugh
Founder of Women in Leadership and Learning
SHAMBAUGH Leadership has been at the forefront of women leadership development for over two decades, providing consulting, development programs, and coaching for women leaders and executives. Our proven and long-term practices, tools, and evidence-based approach have allowed women to elevate their career goals and potential as leaders and provide greater influence and impact to their organizations.
SHAMBAUGH’s Sticky Floor Learning Offerings
An innovative approach for learning that is designed to cultivate meaningful connections and community, scalability, and real-time learning for organizations and their leaders.
Our Sticky Floor Learning offerings provide a flexible format by allowing busy employees to engage in person or in virtual developmental experiences.
Our approach is recognized for creating a sense of community and a learning network, where employees build relationships of trust and rapport, ensuring ongoing learning and networking after this program is completed.
In Demand Offerings Include
Sticky Floor Learning Sessions (Virtual and In-Person)
Fireside Chats for Igniting and Sustaining Inclusive Environments
One-on-One Coaching - Personal or 360 Assessment on Sticky Floors
Fostering and Developing an Allyship Culture
One/Half-Day Conference for ERG Members
What Our Clients Say
The value of SHAMBAUGH’s Sticky Floor Coaching and Development Program is beyond the traditional leadership development offering. SHAMBAUGH’s deep expertise and knowledge, in addition to their practical nature, allowed me to identify my sticky floors (my self-limiting beliefs) and develop an action plan to build my confidence, influence, and impact as a leader in a more intentional and strategic way.
– Vice President, Marriott International 
SHAMBAUGH’s Sticky Floor Program provided an excellent environment to explore new creative approaches to business management, problem resolution, and leadership development. Their programs encourage participants to think outside of our own ‘boxes’ and develop new methods for handling change.
– Senior Director, IBM
Clients We Have Partnered With
Key Results
FOR ORGANIZATIONS
- Targeted strategy to advance women through the pipeline
- Enhanced retention rates
- Accelerate opportunities for women to have an impact on the business
- Significantly increased promotion and advancement rates
- Increased manager engagement towards women’s careers and growth
- Greater levels of mentorship and sponsorship
FOR WOMEN LEADERS
- Promotion within a year
- Noticeable improvement of executive presence
- Think more strategically
- Enhanced effective negotiations
- Greater self-awareness and confidence
- Enhanced political savvy
- Enhanced network
- Increased capacity to have critical conversations
Differentiating Features That Drive Results for Women Leaders and Their Organizations
The foundation of SHAMBAUGH’s offerings are based on their research, enhanced learning methods, experiences, and integrated approach that aligns with women’s leadership with organizational key drivers to sustain long-term success. Some of these unique features include:Completely Customizable
Based on organization needs and priorities, ideal for companies that can build a cohort and want to align the program with overall organization competencies and culture.
360-Assessment
SHAMBAUGH’s Women in leadership and Learning 360 Feedback is a trademarked assessment tool that gives leaders valuable and robust feedback on their most effective leadership skills.
Learning Sessions with Expert Facilitators
Highly interactive sessions that enable participants to share experiences, gain insights, and build a network with their cohort. SHAMBAUGH facilitators create safe environments where women can explore their unique strengths and growth opportunities, applying practical tools, strategies, and techniques that translate into a personalized action plan.
Dedicated Coaching with an Executive Coach
SHAMBAUGH’s certified leadership executive coaches provide targeted one-on-one coaching and group cohort coaching that incorporates constructive feedback, exploration, and expansion of self-awareness and personal growth, and the opportunity to directly apply tools and practices learned from each learning session back to their work environment.
Results Tracking System
SHAMBAUGH’s tracking tool that measures baseline indicators such as mindsets or behaviors and tracks progress at completion of the program.
Follow-up Microlearning Sessions
Microlearning sessions are 30–60-minute learning sessions that are topic-focused, timely, can be attended by a broad audience, and led by a topic expert from the SHAMBAUGH Team.
Cross-Gender Allyship Sessions
These sessions, attended by all genders, are crucial to sustaining support and significantly enhancing workplace collaboration, advocating for others, building capacity to listen, understand, and respect others, etc. These sessions can take the format of fireside chats, small group workshops, or panel discussions.
WILL Alumni Testimonial
WILL Alumni Testimonial
Senior Director
“SHAMBAUGH’S WILL Program has a unique format and design that allowed me to take time to learn, review and reflect on important aspects of leadership.”
Manager
Research
“My SHAMBAUGH coach was quick to get at the heart of the issue, help me see the issues, and provide practical tools and advice to correct the situation, in a way that I will remember and reuse in the future.”
Vice President
“The WILL Program has exceeded our expectations. Participants report that their views have dramatically changed regarding their personal growth and advancing their leadership at Pfizer. This has resulted in an increase in the number of women getting promoted into leadership positions.”
