WITS Leadership Bootcamp: Becoming a First Time Manager

The Women in Tech Sales Bootcamp is excited to introduce our latest training program: Leadership. This course is designed for women who want to become or are on track to be a first time manager! Whether you are in sales, marketing, customer success or another discipline - this program will set you on track to get to and/or excel at the next level.

For more information about the program and registration process, please contact:

• Jillian@talentminded.ca

What is the WITS Bootcamp?

The Women in Tech Sales (WITS) Bootcamp is an industry-vetted leading sales training academy that was established in 2018. Over 540 women have participated in over 30 bootcamps helping companies like Softchoice, Salesforce, Dayforce (formerly Ceridian), Clio, Moneris, Tulip, Sada, Intuit and many other top employers hire more women in tech sales.

What is the WITS First Time Manager course?

The 3-day WITS Leadership program enables you with the skills you need to make the transition from individual contributor to business leader. The program focuses on developing people leadership capabilities, and evolving your business acumen, with clear steps to align to the desired business outcomes.

The results are confidence, community, and knowledge that will support your growth in management and people leadership.

Course outline:

Day One - 12:00 - 3:15 PM EST

Moving from Individual Contributor to Leader

• Setting your leadership goals
• Being an impact player-coach
• Guest speakers and inspirational leaders

Day Two - 12:00 - 3:45 PM EST

People & Talent Strategies

• Managing your stress behaviors
• Coaching habits
• How to set expectations & deliver feedback

Day Three - 12:00 - 3:00 PM EST

Business & Customer Management

• The business of sales; challenger sales & powerbase selling (sales & influence skills are key to any role!)
• Managing meaningful meetings
• Delegation of authority & holding others accountable

What is the goal of the WITS Leadership bootcamp?

Our purpose is to dramatically increase the number of women in leadership positions and evolve the IT industry to align with the world it supports.

With only 6% of tech sales leadership positions currently held by women, we have an incredible opportunity to introduce you to what is possible with a career in leadership and create opportunities for growth along your career journey.

Who is the bootcamp for?

• Women who are in their first year of a people management and/or business leadership role
• Women who are aspiring to move into a leadership position
• Women who are curious about a path to leadership
• Women who are looking to better their business skills and expand their network

Typical outcomes:

• You will build your confidence and preparedness for the next step in your career
• You will gain the tools and foundations for leading people and setting goals
• You will be provided with a WITS Certificate
• You will gain industry connections and a peer group outside your current network
• You will be provided optional coaching and allyship

Who is facilitating the course?

Jenn Cutajar is a talented and skilled Fortune 500 executive and certified professional coach with two decades of experience in cloud software, services, and consulting sales.

She brings a wealth of knowledge with particular strengths in areas such as enterprise sales, digital transformation, operational best practices, and talent and leadership development.

Jenn has worked as a leader at organizations such as PeopleSoft, SAP, Microsoft and Queen’s University. Over the last two decades, she has been dedicated to developing top-performers and empowered teams resulting in exceptional business results. Jenn is also one of the key facilitators of the WITS Bootcamp.

In 2019 Jenn founded Clear The Noise Coaching Inc. Clear The Noise Coaching focuses on one-on-one and group coaching and training programs supporting career development, sales training, leadership and executive presence.

Jenn has a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree from Queen’s University. She is certified as a coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) – Professional Certified Coach (PCC), has completed the Erickson International - The Art & Science of Coaching - securing the Erickson Certified Professional Coach designation, and is a certified Birkman consultant.

Space is limited - act now!

We have 20 spaces available for our next cohort. The criteria and selection process is as follows:

Key criteria:

• You identify as female and/or pronouns she, her, hers, they, them
• You must be available every day at the times expressed above

For more information about the program and registration process, please contact:

• Jillian@talentminded.ca

This program is created and delivered in partnership with TalentMinded and The Revenue U.

TalentMinded is the first subscription based, full service recruiting solution company in Canada. They offer a fully managed, monthly recruiting program that provides a full stack recruiting solution including people, process, tools, technology and employer branding.

The Revenue U’s experiential training is designed to help companies at every stage make first customer contact, close deals and create recurring & repeatable revenue streams.