Executive Leadership for Women in Healthcare
€3,400 €̶4̶,̶2̶5̶0̶
Empower your leadership journey with Horizon: Executive Leadership Programme for Women in Healthcare – a focused, practical and reflective programme designed to support women in healthcare to lead with clarity, confidence and purpose.
CPD
3 months
Online - Part-time
TBC
01 August 2025
Introductory bursary – Horizon: Executive Leadership Programme for Women in Healthcare
New for 2025: for a limited time only, avail of a 20% reduction in fees for the new RCSI Horizon: Executive Leadership Programme for Women in Healthcare. Enrol now and save €850.
About
Horizon: Executive Leadership Programme for Women in Healthcare is a transformative leadership development programme designed to support and empower women in healthcare to lead with purpose, confidence, and impact. Delivered through a blend of virtual live sessions and self-paced content, it combines evidence-based leadership strategies with personal reflection and practical tools.
Participants will explore topics such as proactively managing your career, understanding imposter syndrome, befriending your nervous system, setting healthy boundaries at work, leadership versus management, influencing, developing your network, building your personal boardroom, and navigating change. The programme is guided by expert facilitator Dr Claire Vallely and includes the creation of a personalised action plan.
Through enhanced self-awareness, connection, and community, this programme helps women chart a meaningful path forward in their leadership journey.
Develop a clear leadership purpose aligned to your values to pro-actively manage your career.
Lead with confidence, understand imposter syndrome and befriend your nervous system to manage your energy more effectively.
Gain strategies to understand and set healthy boundaries at work.
Construct a compelling leadership brand.
Apply practical tools and strategies to actively manage career progression in the healthcare sector.
Analyse the role of professional relationships and networks in enhancing leadership impact.
Suitable for
Mid to senior level female leaders in healthcare with people leadership responsibilities, preparing for more senior roles, committed to personal and professional development.
What you will learn
Define your leadership purpose and align career with values.
Build self-awareness, confidence, and set healthy boundaries.
Develop influence, personal brand, and strong relationships.
Lead others effectively and manage change with resilience.
Reflect on growth, share your plan, and focus on next steps.
Faculty highlight
Biography
Dr Claire Vallely
Claire is a chartered Organisational Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and an accredited executive coach (senior practitioner level) with the EMCC. She completed her doctoral research on transactional analysis (TA), a psychoanalytical approach to understanding human behaviour and how people communicate.
Find out more
Register your interest
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Course information
By the end of this programme, participants will be able to:
- Articulate their personal leadership purpose, grounded in core values and aligned with their professional goals.
- Demonstrate increased self-awareness, confidence, and emotional regulation in the face of challenge.
- Establish and maintain healthy boundaries to support resilience and sustainable leadership.
- Build influence and credibility through effective communication, networking, and relationship-building.
- Lead individuals and teams through complexity and change in healthcare settings.
- Create a strategic career action plan that supports long-term development and leadership impact.
Session 1: True North – Defining Leadership Purpose
This module helps participants explore what meaningful leadership looks like for them. Through reflection on personal values, leadership theories, and career alignment, learners begin to craft a leadership purpose and strategic plan grounded in authenticity and clarity.
Session 2: The Inner Compass – Understanding Self
Focusing on self-awareness and wellbeing, this module supports learners in identifying confidence barriers, addressing imposter syndrome, managing energy, and setting boundaries. It introduces tools for emotional regulation and personal resilience in leadership.
Session 3: Navigation Tools – Influencing and Building Relationships
Participants develop strategies to communicate with presence, build influence, and strengthen professional relationships. Topics include personal branding, developing a network, courageous conversations, and creating a ‘personal boardroom’ for support and challenge.
Session 4: The Map Forward – Leading Others and Navigating Change
This module focuses on the practical realities of leading teams and driving change in complex healthcare settings. Learners explore change models, leadership practices, and the human dynamics of transition to lead others with clarity and compassion.
Session 5: Integration – Reflection and Next Steps
Bringing it all together, this module creates space for personal reflection, celebration of progress, and sharing of action plans. Participants consolidate their learning and identify concrete steps to continue their leadership development journey.
The schedule for this course will be confirmed as soon as possible.
To complete the course, participants are expected to attend the live sessions. Optional asynchronous content is available to deepen learning and engagement.
Participants will receive an RCSI certificate of completion. This is a non-credit-bearing course.
Admissions
This programme is for mid to senior level female leaders in healthcare with people leadership responsibilities, preparing for more senior roles, and who are committed to personal and professional development. No formal application review is needed. Once your application is submitted and your fee has been paid successfully, your seat will be confirmed on the course.
Teaching in RCSI is through the medium of English.
Introductory bursary: for a limited time only, the fee for this course is €3,400.
Note: RCSI accepts no obligation to refund any fee, or part thereof, in respect of a participant who chooses to withdraw from or does not complete a course.