Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation - Northern England - Spring

April - June 2026

Supporting Organisations

Summary

This is a unique, cross-sector, leadership program for women in digital transformation roles, delivered by Empowering You and in association with techUK. The aim is to build a collaborative and powerful community of women leaders in digital transformation roles across Northern England.

Delivered between April - June 2026, Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation is designed to enable the transition of female digital professionals of all career stages into more confident, capable and energised leaders.

Key Learning Points

Accelerate personal leadership skills and adaptability
Understand and develop your own personal and authentic leadership style and skills
Build confidence and influencing skills to lead change
Leverage the combined experience of peers to progress individual and collective growth

Program Modules

Segmented into four workshop modules, individual 1-1 coaching and a team community challenge, Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation engages participants in a personal journey to realise your leadership potential.

Each module includes a senior guest speaker from diverse industries and sectors sharing their own personal leadership journey.

The power of connection, trust and relationships.

Self-awareness - drivers, strengths and what holds you back.

Emotional intelligence and working with others.

Authentic leadership and optimising your impact.

Program Experience

Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation immerses participants in a multi-layered development journey designed to ensure maximum individual impact.

This program is delivered in a face-to-face and highly experiential format, with group activities and action learning sets.

Two leadership facilitators are used throughout our workshops to make sure we maintain high levels of personal engagement and diverse perspectives.

2 x 2-day in-person workshops in cohort of c.20 participants
Guest industry speakers sharing personal leadership stories
1-1 coaching sessions with a professional personal coach
"Challenge" themed group project
Graduation event with team presentations to an industry audience

Program Timetable

Activity	Format	Date
Self-assessment	Self-directed, individual
1st 2-day workshop	In-person, Manchester	23rd - 24th April
Challenges Kick-off calls	Self-directed, team groups
Coaching Preparation	Self-Directed, individual
Coaching Session 1	Interactive via Zoom, 1-1	May
Workshop Actions	Self-directed, Individual
2nd 2-day workshop	In-person, London	11th - 12th June
Workshop Actions	Self-directed, individual
Coaching Session 2	Interactive via Zoom, 1-1	Before graduation
Challenges Team calls	Self-directed, team groups
Graduation and Team Challenge presentations	In-person, London (half-day event)	6th July

Pricing & Enrolment

This is a free but selective program. Participants will be selected by a cross-industry panel after applying.

Participants are expected to attend all workshops and the graduation event to complete the programme and graduate.

Apply Online Here

Closing Date For Applications: 13 Mar 2026

Venue: Central Manchester

Pricing: Free

Max Participants: 20

Date & Time Information:

1st 2-day workshop

Thursday 23rd April 2026 - 10:00 to 18:00

Friday 24th April 2026 - 09:00 to 16:30

2nd 2-day workshop

Thursday 11th June 2026 - 10:00 to 18:00

Friday 12th June 2026 - 09:00 to 16:30

It is expected that participants will stay overnight close to the venue on the middle evening of each 2-day workshop and join the planned networking social and group preparation work. Exceptional circumstances (eg. childcare arrangements) will be considered of course.

What Our Alumni Say

“The entire program has been a very positive, immersive experience that has left me feeling empowered and ready to take on future challenges.”

Ieva Kaleinikovaite | Adarma

“I absolutely loved the program! For me personally, it was so much more than I was expecting and the outcomes will shape who I am moving forward to lead in Cyber Security.”

Irene Coyle | Chief Operating Officer, OSP Cyber Academy

“Essentially, this program forced me to take time and space and reflect on who I am and what I want in my career and life – both as a leader and as a person.”

Narelle Gibbons | Product Manager, STV Group

“To be part of a network of inspiring, empowered women that I can tap into, and give back to, for support, ideas, mentoring and to simply share successes with, is truly a blessing.”

Michelle Baillie | Team Leader, Forensic Computer Analyst, Police Scotland

“I liked the “experiential” part of the program – it was very interactive and there was a lot of discussion and reflection.”

Nadia Vidinova | Content Designer/User Centred Design, Social Security Scotland

“The coaching took me on a deeper level to review both my professional and personal objectives and I truly valued this opportunity and experience.”

Nuala Kilmartin | Innovation Lead, UKRI