EW to Lead Cyber - North England Spring 2025

Empowering Women to Lead

Cyber Security

Northern England

Spring 2025

Before you apply, please check you can attend the dates of all four workshops and the graduation/ team presentation day. Failure to attend all dates/times in full means you will not graduate from the programme, receive your certificate of completion, or be eligible for follow-up alumni events.

Please answer all questions as honestly as possible, we aim to select those applicants who demonstrate enthusiasm, a learning mindset and authenticity, irrespective of age and experience. This is not a technical programme, but focuses on leadership and personal development.

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Where are you based?

Participant Name

Preferred email for this programme

Phone

Please use mobile phone or a direct number

Organisation

Job Role

How did you hear about this programme?

Please be specific to help us with our publicity focus

Briefly outline your career to date

100 word maximum

Why are you applying for this programme?

100 word maximum

Please rate your current leadership competence level

Very experienced and skilled

Some experience but with skill gaps

I'm new to leadership but keen to learn

The main areas for my continued development as a leader are:

Building relationships

Influencing others

Adaptability

Communication and presence

Coaching others

Managing conflict

Assertiveness

Please select at least 3

On a scale of 1 to 10 (1=not confident at all and 10=completely confident) assess your confidence level in the following scenarios:

Leading a team outside of your own area of technical expertise

Speaking up in meetings

A job interview

Speaking to an audience from the front of a room

Having a difficult conversation with a team member

What is holding you back as a leader?

100 word maximum

Are you a team leader or people manager?

Yes

Soon or hoping to become one!

Each applicant must be supported by an organisation sponsor (usually your line manager or executive). Enter their name below:

Your sponsor may be contacted to verify that your time investment will be supported by the organisation.

Enter their job title below:

Enter the email address of your organisation sponsor below:

Please confirm you are able to attend the whole duration of the 2x 2-day in-person workshops, and the graduation day (all dates and timings are on the programme web page). You will not graduate from the programme if any of these are missed or cut short.

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