With: Jaime García, INCAE – Gabriela Lucke, INCAE – Cristina Sánchez, Marviva – Pili Luna, YOU.

The alliance between INCAE and MarViva seeks to improve the rates of social progress, generating employment and turning a skill into an income. We are pleased to invite you on June 8, Oceans Day, to learn about this case in which coastal communities with large gaps have found new sources of employment through collaborative work. This is a project led by Pili Luna, an entrepreneur trained by LEADS Mujer and a graduate of the last edition thanks to her project that turns fish skin into leather that is marketed in products such as shoes, watches and wallets. See you at the Conversation, thank you in advance for joining the dissemination of this innovative experience of sustainability and inclusion.

Date: Wednesday June 8, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (Costa Rica time, GMT -6) 

As part of the Center's program of events, more than 2 people enjoyed a high-level discussion with Sylvia Poll and Camelia Ilie, Dean of Executive Education, both women leaders and pioneers in their fields, with whom the journalist and Director of the "Ticas Poderosas" initiative, Daniel Zueras talked about leadership styles, their stories and the development of their careers, as well as the impact and inspiration of their careers for future generations. This event was held within the framework of the Women's Development Month and the publication of the book "Ticas Poderosas", which tells the story of 18 Costa Rican women who reached the top and seeks to empower girls through their lives.

The festive season is approaching and we want to invite you to visit our first INCAE Virtual Christmas Fair, where we offer you products made by women from the entire Central American region, with exclusive discount codes for the Inca community, offered by each entrepreneur. 

From the Center for Collaborative and Women's Leadership of INCAE we have worked with dozens of women entrepreneurs thanks to the LEADS Woman program, and today we bring you a selection of articles so that you can acquire a special detail for your loved ones. 

When you support women-owned businesses, you are investing in the economic empowerment of women, gender parity in commerce, and the growth of the economy as a whole. 
 

Knowing oneself allows us to know what we want in life, whether in large projects or on a day-to-day basis. It also allows us to better manage our emotions even in the most difficult situations. For this reason, we decided to offer this Workshop, within the framework of Women's Month, which offers practical tools for self-knowledge and self-care to promote the personal and professional development of women.
 
Themes:

• Self-awareness and emotional intelligence 
• Self-care, a challenge for women
• Strategies to promote personal and professional growth

Starting a professional career in a very difficult time in her country, Isabel Tocino was the first in many stages of her life: at university, in her doctorate, in the area of ​​specialization, in political and executive life. Leaving a legacy based on values ​​in each of the positions he has held, today he continues to inspire many professionals in Spain with his energy and capacity for work.

We invite you to share with us a webinar on a fundamental topic: transformational leadership. We will talk about the importance of self-leadership; Here we will analyze the different styles of leadership and the importance of self-awareness and self-motivation, to lead with a purpose and vision. We will talk about how to lead in a changing world and about the VUCA environment, where the leader must cope differently, moving from the traditional VUCA (Volatility, U-Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity) to a leadership VUCA (Vision, Understanding- Understanding , Clarity, Agility / Adaptability) To achieve this, we will discuss the importance of EmpoderAction through soft skills (not so soft) that give power in verb = action and not in noun: power of communication, optimization of time , the decision (courage), the importance of the team and resilience.

Understanding the biochemical process that takes place in the brain when making financial decisions allows us to learn to generate better money management strategies, as well as to think about our financial future. The productive stage is a good time to learn about the management of personal finances and to establish financial goals in the short, medium and long term in order to improve our quality of life.

Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Time: 9:00 am (Costa Rica time)
Free event

Although resilience is usually approached as an individual characteristic, it can also be enhanced and reinforced by a web of vital relationships, from the different spheres in which we interact, both in our personal and work lives. In our webinar, you will learn about eight types of relationships that can help you strengthen your resilience.

Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Time: 6:00 pm (Costa Rica time)
Free event

The five women selected will face an international jury to present their Acceleration Pitches next 7 October, event of LEADS Woman in which the first 3 places will be awarded. They are: 

Valodia Flores / Codornic / Nicaragua: Production and marketing of quail eggs and derived products. 

Karol Hidalgo / Sucato Trading / Costa Rica: Production and commercialization of products based on dehydrated fruits and vegetables.

Maria del Pilar Luna / VOS Honduras / Honduras: Transformation of fish skin into leather for its use and application in articles such as accessories and shoes, with social and economic impact in coastal communities

Nancy Martinez / Ibagari Chocolates / Honduras: The first cacao processor with 100% Honduran capital.

Maria Jose Mena / Pollen Keepers / Costa Rica: Manufacturer and marketer of honey and its derivatives.
 

The world is facing an unprecedented situation due to the crisis caused by the Pandemic. Equipping women entrepreneurs with tools to hone their strategy, evaluate plans, rethink, budget, forecast, stabilize their supply chain, adapt to new technologies and stay ahead is more important than ever.

Cheer up! We invite you to apply. 

We are waiting for you on our Instagram Live: “Professional millennial moms: a new way of exercising motherhood” with an interview from the Peruvian journalist and presenter Manuela Camacho Jaramillo to our Academic Director of the Millennial Women Study: Professionals, Workers, Urbanas ", Margaret Grigsby .

The virtual meeting will take place this Wednesday, May 12, at 7:00 pm Peru time. 

¿Donde? Instagram profile of @manuela_camacho

Impact and service leadership. Two inspiring leaders who have successfully reinvented themselves multiple times, guided by their values ​​and sense of purpose. Focused on creating value from creativity and inspiring from the essence of your being, showing that you can be successful in life and in business, without giving up anything.

Our senior researcher and Director of IPS Projects at CLACDS, Jaime García, offers this webinar on how the COVID-19 crisis goes beyond the health aspect and affects other areas of society, such as slowing economic growth, altering the international order , increases inequality in education, decreases the provision of public goods, creates conditions for social violence, magnifies domestic violence, accentuates inequalities, among other effects. But in addition, many of these affectations have had a gender bias, affecting women to a greater extent.

In this sense, when proposing strategies and plans to go out into the post-COVID-19 world, the opportunity must be seized to make changes that make the countries of the region stronger and more resilient, focusing on aspects related to productivity and inclusion of women These two aspects should be strategic pillars in any recovery plan in the short and medium term. The first because productivity is the generator of wealth, economic growth and consequently employment; and the second, the inclusion of women, because by making it easier for all people to prosper and reach their full potential, it is easier and faster to generate progress in the countries in a sustainable way. In this webinar we will see the analysis of the damages, the challenges, but also the opportunities to guide this reconstruction with equity.

In psychologically safe settings, people feel safe to express their ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes, without fear of condemnation.

Psychological safety has been repeatedly shown to be a key ingredient for team performance, creativity, job satisfaction, and retention.

This interactive webinar will discuss what psychological safety is and why it is so important. It will also address the question of its specific importance to women in the workplace, and what we can do to create psychologically safe environments.

In a rapidly changing world, what is the best way for organizations to keep up with the pace of change? 2020 taught companies around the world that they need flexible, adaptable, and informed decision-making by their boards to survive and thrive. In other words, having diverse perspectives in your boardroom will pay off for your company when faced with uncertainty and new risks.

Join INCAE and Diligent for a webinar detailing the latest research on gender diversity on boards of directors. Hear from Dottie Schindlinger, CEO of the corporate governance think tank and thought leader Diligent Institute, about the connection between diversity and corporate performance.

The woman must take charge of her career and wealth development. For various reasons, a large number of women do not take charge of their careers and reactively wait for progress to occur. This is in part because they are not natural issues for them, as they may be for many men.

The speakers Harry Strachan and Margarita Herdocia will share with the participants their advice and experience to develop a life plan that encompasses meaningful personal and professional purposes and with an impact on their families, communities and countries. How to make life plans ambitious and achievable, how to measure them and how to implement them.

Join us for free in our fourth virtual meeting of the video cast: Leadership Voices. Be part of a space for dialogue where prominent leaders share their success stories and their strategies to promote diversity and inclusive development in their organizations, communities and countries.

Join us for free in our third virtual meeting of the video cast: Leadership Voices this November 26 at 9:00 am (Costa Rica time). Be part of a space for dialogue where prominent leaders share their success stories and their strategies to promote diversity and inclusive development in their organizations, communities and countries.

Don't miss the second chapter of the Leadership Voices cast video with Camellia Ilie-Cardoza  this coming October 07 at 9:00 am (Costa Rica Time). Be part of a space for dialogue with women who opened new frontiers.

Join us for our first virtual meeting of the video cast Leadership Voices with Camellia Ilie-Cardoza this September 03 at 9:00 am (Costa Rica time). Be part of a space for dialogue where prominent leaders share their success stories and their strategies to promote diversity and the inclusive development of their organizations, communities and countries.